# Kibana canvas json inside table

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** canvas\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117 "2020-11-11T19:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Fernando\_Palm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_fernando_palm/32/77804_2.png) [@Carlos\_Fernando\_Palm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Fernando_Palm)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117/1 "2020-11-11T19:23:06Z")

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Hello, I am logging a variable as a json:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/8/48a55f62397152a27ba01a08d595adb7ecd0cc43.png)

But when I use a query to show in a canvas table I lose the new line characters:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/1/91eb85051dd771d9be30aae584ee41eff4a6825e.png)

Is there a way to prevent that from happening?

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**Author:** ![Catherine\_Liu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/catherine_liu/32/34294_2.png) [@Catherine\_Liu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Catherine_Liu)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117/2 "2020-11-12T16:19:57Z")

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HTML tables will preserve/render all the new lines and tabs in your JSON string if you apply the following CSS.

```auto
.canvasDataTable__table {
  white-space: pre-wrap;
}

```

 ![Screen Shot 2020-11-12 at 10.18.26 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/2/2272e0bc63932f60b2c0b4d6f6dc1a6110752f9d.png)

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Fernando\_Palm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carlos_fernando_palm/32/77804_2.png) [@Carlos\_Fernando\_Palm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Carlos_Fernando_Palm)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117/3 "2020-11-12T18:43:16Z")

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wow amazing!!  
Thanks so much!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-canvas-json-inside-table/255117/4 "2020-12-10T18:43:23Z")

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