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title: Text
description: Add titles, descriptions, and rich formatting to dashboards using Markdown.
---

Text widgets render Markdown content directly on the dashboard. Use them to add narrative, structure, and context around your charts.

## Adding a text widget

In the [dashboard builder][ref-workbooks], open the **Add Widgets** menu in the toolbar and choose **Text**. A new text widget is added to the canvas with an empty editor.

## Use cases

- Add a dashboard title or section headings to break long dashboards into scannable chunks
- Explain what stakeholders are looking at and how to interpret the numbers
- Link out to related dashboards, runbooks, or documentation
- Embed images, callouts, and formatted lists

## Supported syntax

Text widgets support standard Markdown — see the [Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/basic-syntax/) for a full reference of supported syntax.

## Editing

Click the widget's settings menu and choose **Edit** to open the Markdown editor. The widget renders as you type so you can preview formatting before saving. Use **Hide Title** in the same menu to suppress the widget's title bar when the Markdown content already provides its own heading.

[ref-workbooks]: /docs/explore-analyze/workbooks
