Improve Text Input tool

[haraldharders]

From my perspective, the Text Input tool would benefit from some adjustments.

Allow set the column data type in the tool

Currently, Alteryx tries to identify the data type of a column based on the input. But is "1" a bool, integer, or a string? Of which type is an empty field? Quite often, Alteryx does not select the intended data type. 

Example:

Idea: Allow to define the data type in the Text Input tool:

Improve input window for long content

Currently inputting long text to Text Input cells is nearly impossible. Extending the window size is also limited. Please allow horizontal scrolling within a cell and/or line breaks within cells.

[haraldharders]

Apparently, animated gif doesn't work. Here's another video.