Rich Text Editor Component

Overview

Starting in 24.2, the Styled Text Editor Component is available directly in the product. Consider using this in place of the plug-in moving forward. For more information, review: https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/latest/Styled_Text_Editor_Component.html

Displays a field that allows for users to type text and format it with a variety of style options.
Output is saved as HTML. To get the raw character output, designers can use the Appian function fn!stripHtml() on the output.
HTML output can be passed into Send E-Mail node or document generation smart services. Note that not all formats supported by the Rich Text Editor component may be supported by e-mail or document generation.
Allows uploading of images which get stored in the specified Appian folder (requires separate install of the Rich Text Editor Connected System Plugin from https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/rich-text-editor-image-upload-connected-system).

Visit https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/1378/end-user-rich-text-editor-component for more information. If you have any problems installing or using the component, please see the https://community.appian.com/w/the-appian-playbook/1603/rich-text-editor-component-plug-in-troubleshooting-guide

Key Features & Functionality

Component: fn!richTextField()
Allows for size validation
Allows for adjustable height
Allows for read-only / editable view
Supported font formats: "header", "size", "bold", "italic", "underline", "strike", "color", "background", "link", "align", "indent", "list"
Designer control over the allowed formats

Supported Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari
Supported on Mobile

evans0001 over 4 years ago
Hello, I am seeing an issue using this component when another Appian element to clears out the value of the text field. Steps to reproduce:
1. Type some text into the richTextField( richTextValue: local!val, richTextSaveInto: local!val )
2. Click around on other elements on the page
3. While the page is still refreshing, click a button which sets the local!val to null
4. If you're quick enough the local!val will correctly be nulled out, but the richTextField will still keep the text as it was entered
This is leading to confusion from our end users with our use case. Is there a workaround for this issue?
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christineh0001 over 4 years ago

Has anyone experienced any issues when a http:// url us posted in the rich text field and then clicking the url and the link being blocked?
We are seeing if we have a https url, we get a "popup" of 'Visit URL'. When we click, access is blocked. However, if we copy the URL and paste in the browser, the URL accesses the site fine.
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Appian AppMarket over 4 years ago
v1.4.0 Release Notes
- Does not set validations on initial load when readOnly or disabled (this was previously triggering a SAIL re-evaluation).
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Jed Fonner over 4 years ago in reply to Rama Krishna Golla

Please send us details, including your SAIL code, a screencast/screenshot, and browser version, to richtext-componentpluginsupport@appian.com so we can better help you.
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Rama Krishna Golla over 4 years ago in reply to Jed Fonner

We are working on on-prime server which is 20.4, configured dynamic content URL and installed the plug-in. The component is not working though the dynamic content url is working without having any issues. I can able to retrieve the test page. So can you please let us know if any step is missing?
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felixl0004 over 4 years ago

Hi everybody, does anyone have experience using the Rich Text editor to paste a table from Excel into the editor?
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Appian AppMarket over 4 years ago
v1.3.1 Release Notes
- Image support for Internet Explorer 11 browser
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ankitj0003 over 4 years ago

Dear All,

We are trying to capture user inputs using rich text editor which contains multiple fonts, bullets etc.. and then this information is used to generate a word document (DOCX). Can you help to suggest how we can generate this word document while retaining the rich text features ?

Currently we are on Appian 20.3 and we are using smart services available to generate the word document.
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Appian AppMarket over 4 years ago
v1.3.0 Release Notes
- Automatically saving input text into html format on load
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Appian AppMarket over 4 years ago
v1.2.1 Release Notes
- Fixing small bug when submitting quickly after typing
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