Add underline option to text formatting

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04-25-2022 08:29 AM
Status: Needs Clarification
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LauraBabcock
New Contributor II

Please include the ability to underline text, (both entire words or single letters) in the text formatting options. There is the ability to bold (paragraph and large paragraph only) and italicize, but not underline. Underline option would need to be available in all text locations such as headers, paragraphs, captions, attribution, alt text, express map annotation...

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A number of my StoryMaps embrace stories and recognition of Native tribes and indigenous people and unfortunately, their native language cannot accurately be captured without the option to underline. For example, the Tlingit alphabet contains additional letters that are underlined such as, Gaanaxáa. Though there is a workaround to fit the English alphabet, this is not ideal as we strive for better and appropriate inclusion and diversity in our organization.

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OwenGeo
Status changed to: In Product Plan

@LauraBabcock -- Thank you for this feedback. We have been holding off on adding underline since it can be confused with links in digital documents, but we appreciate you sharing this important use case. We will look to add this feature in an upcoming release and I'll share more information here when a timeline might be available.

OwenGeo

@LauraBabcock -- We're doing some research on this... From what we have gathered, manual underlining of individual letters is not the best way to enter characters in Tlingit. "An x with underline formatting" is not the same as the unique unicode character "x̲'".

It looks like there are some 3rd party tools to help you type these special characters (see Apps and Keyboards | Lingít Yoo X̲ʼatángi (tlingitlanguage.com) as an example). You can install these on your machine and then use your own keyboard to enter them into a story.

You can also copy Tlingit characters from an external web page like this Wikipedia page and they will be placed in your story.

OwenGeo
Status changed to: Needs Clarification