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Why doesn't "Wrap results" fit to the screen (or is there a way?)

sasank
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After I perform a search and click the "Format" Icon above the search results, there is an option for "Wrap Results". I check this and it does an attempt at wrapping results, but I still have to scroll incredibly far to the right to see each result. It seems to just pick some arbitrary length and wraps it there. I should note, in the events there are plenty of spaces that could be used as clean wrap points but the system just seems to not use them. Is there some sort of config setting that controls wrap behaviour that I could tweak?

Here is the event:

{"cf_app_id":"uuid","cf_app_name":"app-name","deployment":"cf","event_type":"LogMessage","info_splunk_index":"splunk-index","ip":"ipaddr","message_type":"OUT","msg":"2022-12-22 19:11:30.242 DEBUG [app-name,02c11142eee3be456dc30ddb1b234d5f,f20222ba46461ea9] 28 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] classname    : {\"data\":{\"fields\":[{\"__typename\":\"name\",\"field\":\"value\",\"field2\":\"value2\",\"field3\":\"value 3\",\"field4\":\"value4\",\"field5\":\"value5\",\"field6\":\"value6\",\"field7\":\"value7\",\"field8\":null,\"field9\":\"value9\",\"field10\":null,\"field11\":111059.0,\"field12\":111059.0,\"field13\":null,\"field14\":\"value14\",\"field15\":\"2018-10-01\",\"field16\":null,\"field17\":false,\"field18\":{\"field19\":\"value19\",\"fieldl20\":\"value20\",\"field21\":2.6,\"field22\":\"2031-10-31\",\"field23\":\"2017-11-06\"},\"field24\":{\"field25\":\"\",\"field26\":\"\"},\"field27\":{\"field28\":{\"field29\":0.0,\"field30\":0.0,\"field31\":240.63,\"field32\":\"2022-12-31\",\"field33\":0.0,\"field34\":\"9999-10-31\"}},\"field35\":[{\"field36\":{\"field37\":\"value37\"}},{\"field38\":{\"field39\":\"value39\"}}],\"field40\":{\"__typename\":\"value40\",\"field41\":\"value41\",\"field42\":\"value 42\",\"field43\":111059.0,\"field44\":\"2031-04-01\",\"field45\":65204.67,\"field46\":null,\"field47\":\"value47\",\"field48\":\"value48\",\"field49\":null,\"field50\":\"value50\",\"field51\":null,\"field52\":null}},{\"__typename\":\"value53\",\"field54\":\"value54\",\"field55\":\"value55\",\"field56\":\"value56\",\"field57\":\"value57\",\"field58\":\"value58\",\"field59\":\"9\",\"field60\":\"value60\",\"field61\":null,\"field62\":\"value62\",\"field63\":null,\"field64\":88841.0,\"field65\":38841.0,\"field66\":null,\"field67\":\"value67\",\"field68\":\"2018-10-01\",\"field69\":null,\"field70\":false,\"field71\":{\"field72\":\"value72\",\"field73\":\"value73\",\"field74\":2.6,\"field75\":\"2031-10-31\",\"field76\":\"2017-11-06\"},\"field77\":{\"field78\":\"\",\"field79\":\"\"},\"field80\":{\"field81\":{\"field82\":0.0,\"field83\":0.0,\"field84\":84.16,\"field85\":\"2022-12-31\",\"field86\":0.0,\"field87\":\"9999-10-31\"}},\"field88\":[{\"field89\":{\"field90\":\"value90\"}},{\"field91\":{\"field92\":\"value92\"}}],\"field93\":null},{\"__typename\":\"value94\",\"field95\":\"value95\",\"field96\":\"value96\",\"field97\":\"value97\",\"field98\":\"value98\",\"field99\":\"value99\",\"field100\":\"1\",\"field101\":\"value101\",\"field102\":null,\"field103\":\"value103\",\"field104\":\"359\",\"field105\":88025.0,\"field106\":79316.87,\"field107\":\"309\",\"field108\":\"value108\",\"field109\":\"2018-10-01\",\"field110\":\"2048-09-30\",\"field111\":false,\"field112\":{\"field113\":\"value113\",\"field114\":\"value114\",\"field115\":2.35,\"field116\":\"2031-10-31\",\"field117\":\"2017-11-06\"},\"field118\":{\"field119\":\"\",\"field120\":\"\"},\"field121\":{\"field122\":{\"field123\":341.58,\"field124\":0.0,\"field125\":155.33,\"field126\":\"2022-12-31\",\"field127\":186.25,\"field128\":\"2022-12-31\"}},\"field129\":[{\"field130\":{\"field131\":\"value131\"}},{\"field132\":{\"field133\":\"value133\"}}],\"field134\":null}]}}","origin":"rep","source_instance":"0","source_type":"APP/PROC/WEB","timestamp":1671732690243306564}

Here is a screenshot:

wrap toggle is enabledwrap toggle is enabled

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