Rich text editing for properties

Introduction

The Rich text editor allows to format the text that you enter. For now, it is available for properties of an asset. For which properties, you can use the editor depends on the configuration of your system.

There are two versions of the Rich text editor:

• Inline editor is used for simple text fields, for example name of the author.

• Text block editor is used block text fields, for example description of a widget.

Rich text editor for inline fields

Compared to the block text version, the inline version has a reduced feature set. The editor shows all its content in one line. It works like any other rich text editor.

Features

• Character formatting: Bold, italic, underline, and strike through

• Subscript, and superscript

• Font color, and background color

• Links

• Code formatting: inline code

• Remove formatting code from text

Hotkeys

• Character formatting: Bold, italic, and underline

Rich text editor for text block fields

Compared to the inline text version, the block text version has a more rich feature set. The editor shows its content in one or more line which depends on its configuration. It works like any other rich text editor.

Features

• Character formatting: Bold, italic, underline, and strike through

• Subscript, and superscript

• Font color and background color

• Headers: H1, H2, and H3

• Links

• Lists: numbering and bulletpoints

• Indent: increase and decrease

• Code formatting: inline code and code block

• Text alignment

• Remove formatting code from text

Hotkeys

• Character formatting: Bold, italic, and underline

• Lists: numbering and bulletpoints

Number of characters limited

Depending on the configuration of your Rich text editor, the number of characters can be limited. If you exceed the limit, your text is automatically truncated. A box informs you about this action:

Versioning

If you are changing asset properties using the Rich text editor, these changes are shown in Versions of the History tab like as with other properties.

Product description

By default, you find the Rich text editor in the Product description widget.

How to add:

1. Go to the tab to which you want to add the widget.

2. Go to the asset menu of your Product asset or any other suitable asset at the top right.

3. Select Add widet …

4. Search for Product description.

5. Click OK to add.