Converting and formatting HTML in an interface

Question

I have a record that stores text with HTML formatting from a Styled Text Editor Field. In one of my interfaces I pull that text from the record and display it with a rich text display field. 
 Is there a way for me to put the text in such that it keeps the styling? I've been using stripHTML() on the text but that just removes everything which is not what I need.

Shubham Aware · Answer

You cannot use Rich Text Display Field to show HTML-formatted text with styling. The solution is to use a read-only Styled Text Editor component. This way preserve the HTML formatting from your Styled Text Editor Field. See below working example a!localVariables( local!htmlText:"Bold Text
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", a!sectionLayout( label: "HTML Text Display Comparison", contents: { a!textField( label: "Raw HTML (stored value)", value: local!htmlText, readOnly: true ), a!textField( label: "Using stripHtml() - loses all formatting", value: stripHtml(local!htmlText), readOnly: true ), a!styledTextEditorField( label: "Using Read-Only Styled Text Editor - preserves formatting", value: local!htmlText, readOnly: true, sizeLimit: 1000 ) } ) )

Stefan Helzle · Answer

The styled text editor has a readonly option.