---
aliases:
  - ../../features/panels/text/
  - ../../panels/visualizations/text-panel/
  - ../../reference/alertlist/
  - ../../visualizations/text-panel/
keywords:
  - grafana
  - text
  - documentation
  - panel
labels:
  products:
    - cloud
    - enterprise
    - oss
description: Configure options for Grafana's text visualization
title: Text
weight: 100
---

# Text

Text visualizations enable you to directly include text or HTML in your dashboards. This can be used to add contextual information and descriptions or embed complex HTML.

For example, if you want to display important links to your dashboard, you can use a text visualization to add these links:

{{< figure src="/static/img/docs/text-panel/text-panel.png" max-width="1025px" alt="A text panel showing important links" >}}

Use a text visualization when you need to:

- Add important links or useful annotations.
- Provide instructions or guidance on how to interpret different panels, configure settings, or take specific actions based on the displayed data.
- Announce any scheduled maintenance or downtime that might impact your dashboards.

## Mode

**Mode** determines how embedded content appears.

### Markdown

This option formats the content as [markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown).

### HTML

This setting renders the content as [sanitized](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/main/packages/grafana-data/src/text/sanitize.ts) HTML. If you require more direct control over the output, you can set the
[disable_sanitize_html][] flag which enables you to directly enter HTML.

### Code

This setting renders content inside a read-only code editor. Select an appropriate language to apply syntax highlighting
to the embedded text.

## Variables

[Variables][] in the content will be expanded for display.

{{% docs/reference %}}
[disable_sanitize_html]: "/docs/grafana/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana#disable_sanitize_html"
[disable_sanitize_html]: "/docs/grafana-cloud/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA VERSION>/setup-grafana/configure-grafana#disable_sanitize_html"

[Variables]: "/docs/grafana/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA VERSION>/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax"
[Variables]: "/docs/grafana-cloud/ -> /docs/grafana/<GRAFANA VERSION>/dashboards/variables/variable-syntax"
{{% /docs/reference %}}