# Action Text: Trim text to first 4 lines
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910
**Category:** Ask for Help
**Created:** [February 17, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910 "2024-02-17T14:30:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910/1 "2024-02-17T14:30:28Z")
Hi, it appears this feature has been depreciated in the new apps. What would be the most suitable workaround to recreate the trim and “more” extender nowadays? Thnaks!
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### Author:  [@kyleheney](https://community.glideapps.com/u/kyleheney)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910/2 "2024-02-17T14:34:09Z")
You can add a new column in your data “Truncate Text” to shorten a long text field, then add a button to either open the full text column in an overlay, or use visibility conditions to reveal it instead of the truncated version.
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### Author:  [@Ric\_1](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Ric_1)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910/3 "2024-02-17T14:36:44Z")
Thanks for the lightning reply. Looking at the effort this takes vs setting a checkmark in the component’s options, I start missing the old apps’ features. 😉
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.glideapps.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 24, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/action-text-trim-text-to-first-4-lines/70910/4 "2024-02-24T14:37:26Z")
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