Embed hidden notes in long text columns

If you are familiar with HTML, you know that you can use <!--- to hide notes to yourself --->.  I realized today that, if you want to, you can use the rich text formatting in the preview program do something similar in a long text column that you have set to HTML.  

If you are not familiar with rich text in AppSheet see the following:

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Announcements/Rich-Text-Formatting-in-Preview-Program/m-p/35...

Now, here's how to hide text:

Screenshot 2023-08-02 at 0.08.14.png

As you can see, the note to myself is contained in an <a> tag but the tag has no effect on the displayed text because it's empty:

Screenshot 2023-08-02 at 0.08.42.png

Now, of course, the note is only hidden from the surface; if you confess to a horrible crime in the <a> tag, your crime may be discovered.  But, this is more-or-less the same as <!--- ---> in HTML.

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Afaik, that's because you added the Text inside an style property with no content, which is ignored by AppSheet (all CSS is) and there is no content. This should behave the same with other tags. Did you give it a try?

I tried <p> and it worked but it gave me an extra line.  I imagine that other tags would work too but <a> seems fairly convenient. By the way, I got the idea here:
Screenshot 2023-08-02 at 9.35.25.png

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Announcements/Rich-Text-Formatting-in-Preview-Program/m-p/35...

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