I’m not sure if I’m the only one interested in this, but it would be great if we could put the panel where we build formulas in full-screen mode. It would provide much better visibility, especially for building large formulas. Something similar to programming IDEs.
much needed!
i often copy/paste my larger formulas into my ‘professional’ IDE to work on them in the bigger window.
i also prefer NOT to have the auto-suggest items in the Coda editor - i find them distracting and i often have to hit the delete key after each comma.
in my IDE its just me and my formula, and i can work much faster that way.
max
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This is now possible:
Integrating the Coda Formula Language (for Coda.io) into Google Antigravity to create a custom IDE experience involves two distinct layers:
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The Visual Layer (The “IDE”): Teaching the editor how to highlight and format the code.
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The Intelligence Layer (The “Agent”): Teaching the Antigravity agents how to understand and write the formulas for you.
Since Antigravity is built on top of VS Code, you can leverage standard VS Code extension methods for the visual layer while using Antigravity’s specific agentic capabilities for the intelligence layer.
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Indeed. It got me to thinking about Google’s new Antigravity IDE, so I created this.
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Agreed, much needed!
In the meantime, I just vibe coded a little Chrome extension that makes the formula window 95% wide and 95% high, and hides that large suggestions/docs panel.
Get here: Coda Formula Dialog Resizer - Google Drive
Unzip, tweak the content.js script if you want the full 100% (or any other dimensions), enable Developer Mode in chrome://extensions, and then Load Unpacked from the folder where you unzipped. Reload your Coda tabs and enjoy!
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That’s awesome. It’s a great workaround — already using it.
Thanks Paul
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Show! Excelente, acabei de testar, ficou primeira!
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Hey Paul,
This is very nice - in particular for those really long formulas that won’t be spread out over many lines as happens in the current editor.
I hate to be the one asking for more, but, would it be possible to expand the capabilities of this plug in to:
- turn the help screen on or off without having to load the other plugin (by using a shortcut or a button)
- make the code window size adjustable at any time (sometimes you want to see part of the screen that is hidden by the CFL window) and/or allow the user to place it anywhere in the browser window
We have asked for free sizing and free positioning many years ago - and even though that should be native to Coda - a plugin will go a long way.
Thank you for your consideration,
Greetings,
Joost
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Hi, I’ve adopted the logic that Paul (thx paul for idea) proposed but with a small interface in BETA (the drawback is that you have to refresh the coda page after changing settings to apply the changes).
Here’s the repository if you want to duplicate or view the source code. And here’s the link to the extension!
Feel free to suggest improvements! and/or PR / Fork
Github : GitHub - math-dev-24/coda-formula-custom: BETA - Customise you formula window in CODA.IO
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Hey @Math_24 ,
I’m trying your plugin. It works, but can you tell me how to get to the popup to play with the settings?
Thanks,
Greetings,
Joost
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Helle @Math_24
Great - once you know, you know! Easy enough to edit the settings.
My suggestions for future versions (my wishlist :-)):
- options for placement of the window, like align center (like it is now) and align right
- width settings down to as little as 20%, allowing to see the screen below while working on the code.
- the settings box in the border of the code window (top right?)
Ideally the CFL window would be free floating and size adjustable by grabbing the window borders, but my suggestions under 1) and 2) are the next best thing. My scenario: large monitor (or dual monitor) with large browser windows, allowing to see the page and other things while working on the code. My default content alignment on pages is ‘left’.
Thank you for a great chrome extension!
Greetings,
Joost
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@Math_24 well done indeed!
This has improved my working day by a HUGE amount.
The impact on the cognitive load is significant.
I no longer feel like I am working down a cramped lead mine.
Room to breathe and think…
It is so much easier to work on complex formulas in the larger editor!
Brilliant!
One of the best improvements in the whole Coda UX in a very long time.
Take a bow and absorb the applause.
Max
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Thank you.
Yes, that’s a good idea, I’ll look into it.
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Thanks. Great if this can help someone ! 
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Oh nice! That’s what the Community used to be about — building on top of each other’s contributions! 
I’m personally just using my ‘help on the right’ variant for now, but I set the max width to be 1200px so that I can still see pages on the left (as they serve me as the ‘doc map’ for database tables) and the code is somewhat centered. I asked ChatGPT to make me a popup UI with settings and it did, but I was just too swamped to integrate it and update.
So, kudos for taking this to a more sensible state! (and also publishing it on the chrome store) 
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@Math_24 I didn’t know what I was missing…I echo @Agile_Dynamics. You’ve made it significantly easier to work with complex formulas and meaningfully improved my experience using Coda.
AMAZING! Big thanks to @Paul_Danyliuk too!
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Coming soon today 
And when I have a little more time, I’ll integrate the configuration panel directly into the formula modal.
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Oh my, @Math_24 , you made my day! I had no idea how limiting the formula editor was!
I remember (though I can’t recall how long ago that was), when we were all so excited about the fact that we could expand the formula editor.
Which caused me to treat the expanded formula editor as “big enough because it’s much bigger than before”.
And now you came along and showed me what I was missing out on
Thanks so much for sharing this with the community, greatly appreciated!
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