Is it possible in five. to have a rich text field, or format a memo field to have rich text?
I am trying to build an email form, and it would be valuable to be able to format the email body text with bold, italics, etc.
Thanks…
Hi Ron,
Have you tried using the Display Type ‘_RichEditor‘?
This allows you to format your text, and it is saved in an HTML format.
See the images below, the display type, the text entered, and how it is saved in the database.
Regards,
Elton S
Thanks Elton!
That does indeed work like you described. but now, the field itself only displays “Click to edit”. When I do that, it does show the editor, and shows the word I previously set as bold in bold. Instead of “Test generic body” it now says “Test generic body”.
This is almost working transparently. what it should show is the field itself on the form, with the properly formatted text. That would be much more user-friendly and would match what people are used to seeing in Word or in their email client.
Any way to do that?
Also, when I had it as a Memo type, the text box would expand to show multiple lines. I would lose that feature also, with _RichEditor, right?
Thanks…
Hi Ron,
At this stage, when adding text to the ‘_RichEditor‘, it won’t display the text formatted in the form field, as you need to click on the field.
You could achieve this functionality, or something similar, by creating your own Custom display type using React, but I won’t be able to support it because it’s custom development.
Regarding your question, yes, if you use the ‘Memo’, you would lose the ‘_RichEditor‘ feature, as there are different display types.
Regards,
Elton S
Thanks, Elton.
At this point, I’m not sure which way to go here. I do NOT want to try to hot-wire the form using React.
I can just accept that the field will say “Click to edit” and always use the pop-up editor.
I can request that you folks consider a way to do in-place rich editing.
I can duplicate my Access functionality and use codes like “this is bold text”, and later have the rendering engine replace those, but this would be very difficult.
My first choice is just to accept using the rich editor.
My GenerateEmails form is having some strange behavior. it has several unbound fields, and some hidden bound fields. Like any email program, it has To, Cc, Bcc, Subject and Body fields.
There is an edit button available. If I want to type in an email address, I’d expect to be able to either click the edit button or double-click the To field. However, double-clicking this field doesn’t put the form in edit mode to allow me to type in an address. Strangely, double-clicking other unbound fields puts the entire form (including the To field) into edit mode. Of course, clicking the edit pencil works also. These unbound fields seem to be defined similarly. Can you think of a reason the this would happen?
Thanks…
Hi Ron,
Would be able to share your application please?
Also, can you send the steps you are performing such as the Form name, and fields that works and those that are not.
Regards
Elton S
I have put the application onto the OneDrive folder. Please advise if you no longer have the link to get it, or if you need passwords.
The form is GenerateEmails. When you open it, there are 3 email types in the list. Only GENERIC emails are working for now.
If you click on GENERAL and want to type an email address in, you have to first click the edit pencil, then you can type in an email address. Usually you can click or double-click a field to put the form in edit mode, but it is not consistent in this form. clicking or double-clicking another field will put it in edit mode. but clicking/double-clicking the To field does not do this. Except sometimes it does. Usually I need to click in another field first to get to edit mode.
This form also lets you switch to the Members tab and select 1 or more members by single-clicking on their name. The DataView will be updated with a checkmark. when you go back to General page, the member(s) you selected on the other page will have their emails showing in the To field. You can also add manual addresses by typing a semicolon, space and an email address.
Hi Ron,
Thank you for sharing the details,
I managed to reproduce this issue, which is related to the display type ‘Memo‘.
It seems that when you double-click on the fields (in the area where it’s supposed to have a value), the form is not turn into Edit-mode.
But, if you click on the name of the field, it does, that why it seems to work sometimes.
The image below shows where it does and does not work,
I will notify the Development team about this issue. Meanwhile, can you use the display type ‘Text‘ for the field ‘To‘, ‘Cc‘, and ‘Bcc’.
Thank you,
Elton S
Thanks for the quick answer Elton.
The reason I used Memo for the display type was that it would expand vertically if we have several email addresses. I think the Cc and Bcc fields will probably not need this, as they are not usually long.
I will just use it this way. Optimal is not having to go into edit mode at all for a field to be accessible for entering text in. I know, this would be a massive task to change Five like that.