Can the 'Custom format' option support escape characters when setting content

[ibarryyan]

When I used Grafana's clock plugin, I found a feature that was incomplete， Steps to reproduce the problem： 1.Edit the panel and select Mode as CountUp under Clock. 2.In the 'Custom format' input box under the CountUp option, enter characters such as M and H to display them, but they will be automatically escaped，And I can't use \n for line wrapping, so I can't do it either.

I suggest making improvements： 1.The use of escape symbols such as \ n can be used for related escapes. 2.Using the +transition symbol can cancel the escape. For example, \ M can display M.

[academo]

Hi @ibarryyan

Internally clock panel uses momentjs to format using the custom format.

The momentjs documentation has a section that indicates you can escape characters in the format if you put them inside square brackets.

So if you'd like to escape something like Month: January you can write [Month:] MMMM where MMMM is the format code to display the full month (refer to the momentjs documentation)

I'll go ahead and add a small link in the panel options so people can refer to the momentjs documentation about this formatting options.