Keep Comments in Columns

[kmonteleone]

What inspired this wish list request? 

I have some convoluted formulas that I'm stuggling to keep straight and I don't want to make my column names longer than they already are. I want to remember what I was working on when I come back to it in a few days. I'll often put some comments in the source script (or just a blank script) and wanted to do the same.

What is the improvement you would like to see? 

When you comment in a column the comments are dropped. Can we keep them?

Why is this idea important? 

It'll allow me to come back to previous work with a better idea of what I've done. Sometimes it can feel like I need to start from 0 if I can't exactly remember where I was. And other people will have more clues when looking at one of my files. 

[hogi]

you can use JSL code to add a pseudo comment, e.g.

mycomment = "this is a comment to better understand the ideas behind the  formula when I come back later";

not ideal - but maybe good enough as a workaround till there is an official solution.

[SarahGilyard]

Thank you for posting. If you use the Notes feature under the Column Properties, does this serve the purposes you need?  

[hogi]

No, unfortunately not.
we want to document the JSL code in the Formula editor, we don't want to write a note about the column in general.

The notes in the column properties are too far away from the Formula Editor.