# Multi line support to view full log message in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [February 8, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586 "2022-02-08T11:44:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![thujitha\_p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@thujitha\_p](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thujitha_p)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586/1 "2022-02-08T11:44:56Z")

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Hi there,

I am new to this ELK stack. I have a problem with previewing log message in kibana. If a log message has too much characters, it is unable to view full message without expanding it. If it is large it is ended up with three dots.

 ![Screenshot from 2022-02-08 17-02-38](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/f/2f22cbb8eac48cb75129c1022d9aed6a0ffcd475.png)

I want to preview full message with multi-line support without expanding it.

Is it support in kibana? if yes how to do?

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**Author:** ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586/2 "2022-02-08T16:14:52Z")

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Are you sure talking about filters as screen shot?  
If you are talking about document previews, that feature will be supported in near future version.

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/pull/122087>
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> \## Summary
> 
> Closes #109107
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> This PR adds ability to change row height option…s of \`Document explorer\`.
> 
> ⚠️ Current PR still contains one small issue related to Eui component. Once user change \`rowHeight\` using toolbar, updating rowHeight from URL will not work.
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> \### Priority for applying rowHeight
> 1. URL state
> 2. Saved search
> 3. Last used value (\`localStorage\`) or advanced setting (\`uiSettings\`)
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> \### Checklist
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> Delete any items that are not applicable to this PR.
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> \- \[\] \[Unit or functional tests\](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development-tests.html) were updated or added to match the most common scenarios
> \- \[\] This renders correctly on smaller devices using a responsive layout. (You can test this \[in your browser\](https://www.browserstack.com/guide/responsive-testing-on-local-server))
> \- \[\] This was checked for \[cross-browser compatibility\](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#matrix\_browsers)

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**Author:** ![thujitha\_p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@thujitha\_p](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thujitha_p)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586/3 "2022-02-09T05:00:09Z")

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@Tomo_M Thank you for the response 🙂

I wanted to preview the log message without truncation in table cell. It is needed keep expanding to view the full message. Now I found solution.

I'm using `kibana version - 7.17.0`

> 1. Go to **Management \> Stack Management \> Kibana \> Advanced Settings.**
> 2. Scroll or search for the setting **Maximum table cell height.**
> 3. Enter a new value for the setting (Set to 0 to disable truncation).

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.8/advanced-options.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/6.8/advanced-options.html)

Now it is able to view full message without truncation.

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**Author:** ![Tomo\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@Tomo\_M](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tomo_M)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586/4 "2022-02-09T07:33:53Z")

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Thank you for sharing the solution!

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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:** [March 9, 2022, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-line-support-to-view-full-log-message-in-kibana/296586/5 "2022-03-09T07:34:36Z")

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