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  • Author: Appian Corporation
  • Type: Plug-in (Component)
  • Support: This plug-in or utility is not supported by the author. The content is free to use with a licensed product, but it is made available as-is and Community supported.
  • Industry: All Industries
  • Compatible Version(s): 24.4
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  • Cost: Free
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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

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  • in reply to VinodT

    Hello Appian Team, 

     

    We also have the same use case and want to use this component in an editable grid. Can we expect this future in your upcoming release?

    Thanks

  • Thanks for releasing 'Styled Text Editor Component' component, very much excited to use.

    In one of the business use case, i was looking to use this component in editable grid but it is not supporting like richTextField function.

    Should i expect editable grid support in future release. Thanks for your support like always.

  • in reply to Jason Ruvinsky

    It should be (the Styled Text Editor has a few less format options though). If any of it isn't please let us know.

  • Will richText entered via this component be compatible with the out-of-the-box Styled Text Editor Component - Appian 24.2, or will we need to make edits to the formatted text so that it can work in the new component?

  • Hello,

    We are experiencing issues where images uploaded to the component refuse to render on custom-branded mobile apps for iOS. If an image was added to the component, it appears as a blue box with a question mark to users on the iOS device

  • v1.12.3 Release Notes
    • Fixed an issue with the field refreshing while user is typing.

  • We have this vulnerability reported on latest May 2024 scan. Can we have a resolution for this issue.

    BDSA-2021-1834

    Quill is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) because it does not correctly sanitize user input before it is processed. An attacker could exploit this flaw to execute malicious JavaScript code in a victim's browser, which can result in the theft of session tokens or cookies.   **Note**: the vendor disputes this issue, asserting that potentially dangerous content should be sanitized before being passed and loaded into the Quill editor.

  • in reply to rishub

    We have this same vulnerability reported on latest May 2024 scan. Can we have a resolution for this issue.

    BDSA-2021-1834

    Quill is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) because it does not correctly sanitize user input before it is processed. An attacker could exploit this flaw to execute malicious JavaScript code in a victim's browser, which can result in the theft of session tokens or cookies.   **Note**: the vendor disputes this issue, asserting that potentially dangerous content should be sanitized before being passed and loaded into the Quill editor.

  • We found issue where the nested bullets formatting is not getting formed correct. 

    The nested bullets getting formatted like this

    <ul>
    <li>myItem 1</li>
    <li>myItem 2</li>
    <li style="list-style-type:none">
    <li>myItem 2a</li>
    <li>myItem 3</li>
    </ul>

    instead of getting formatted like this is which is preferred

    <ul>
    <li>myItem 1</li>
    <li>myItem 2</li>
    <li style="list-style-type:none">
    <ul>
    <li>myItem 2a</li>
    </ul>
    </li>
    <li>myItem 3</li>
    </ul>

  • in reply to michalt

    Thank you for your patience. This behavior should be fixed in v1.12.2 that was just released.

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