Rich Text Editor Component

The Rich Text Editor component is an interactive component for rich text content. This component lets your end-users input and format rich text content like modern word processor tools.

Additionally, the Rich Text Editor component lets you do the following:

  • Format and style text.

  • Spell-check content.

  • Paste content from external sources, including Microsoft Word.

  • Add images.

  • Maximize the Editor window for full-screen viewing.

Supported Fonts

The Rich Text Editor component retains some font types when you copy and paste from an external source into the component in Express View. After pasting text into the component, confirm the font by clicking the Rich Text Editor Source Icon Source button in Express View:

The Rich Text Editor supports the following fonts:

Arial

Courier New

Georgia

Tahoma

Trebuchet MS

Calibri

EB Garamond

Lucida Sans Unicode

Times New Roman

Verdana

You'll find the Rich Text Editor component in the Display & Layout group to the left of the Module Builder.

To learn more about the Rich Text Editor's settings, click on the links below:

Field Text

A static image displaying the Rich Text Editor's Display settings.

Setting Description

Label Text

Label Text conveys what the input component is and what information it displays. Enter the purpose of the corresponding component or field.

User-friendly labels make your module more accessible. Keep labels short and descriptive (a word or two) using title case. For longer entries, use sentence case.

Default State Options

Setting

Description

Disable User Input

When set to  (ON), end-users cannot interact with or edit the Express View's input field or element. When end-users hover over the field, their cursor changes to alert them to the status change.

By default, Disable User Input is set to (OFF).

Hide Field

Displays or hides the component from view. Setting Hide Field to  (ON) hides the component in Express View. Setting it to (OFF) displays the component. The component is always visible in the Module Builder.

By default, Hide Field is set to (OFF).

Formatting

Setting

Description

Hide Toolbar in Express

When set to  (ON), the Editor's toolbar is hidden from the end-user in Express View. This setting is useful when you want to display read-only content to the end-user.

By default, this setting is set to (OFF).

Display Content as Text

When set to  (ON), the Default Content field displays in the component's configuration window. Content entered in this field displays to the end-user. When set to  (ON), the Reference Content feature available.

By default, this setting is set to (OFF).

Default Content

This field offers a semi-WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) content editor. Built to look like a word processor, this editor lets you create, edit, and format your content.

Text in this field does not display in the Module Builder canvas. Instead, Preview the module to see the text.

This setting is available when you set the Display Content as Text toggle to  (ON).

Reference Content

This field lets you reference content from other components. To reference content, choose the Property ID of the referenced component and give it an alias. Then, reference that alias in the Editor. To work, you must surround your alias in curly braces. For example, {{Name}}.

Where you entered the alias, the end-user will see the referenced content.

This setting is available when you set the Display Content as Text toggle to  (ON).

For this example, leave the content field blank for your end-user to edit. You want the end-user to enter their cover letter as part of an application process. These instructions assume that you have an open module saved with a title.

1. In the Module Builder, drag and drop a Rich Text Editor component onto your canvas.
2. In the Property ID, enter rteCoverLetter.
3. In the Label Text field, enter Cover Letter.
4. Click Save Component.
5. Save your module.

Preview your module in Express View and to view the following functionality:

A static image of the configured Rich Text Editor component in Express View.