Rich Text fields are textarea fields that use the WordPress rich text editor. This allows user to easily add bold text, links, ordered lists, blockquotes, etc.

Standard field options

A Rich Text field has the following standard options:

• Field type
• Required
• Unique
• Read Only
• Field key
• CSS layout classes
• Label position
• Field size
• Visibility
• Conditional logic

Field-specific options

In addition to the standard field options, Rich Text fields have field-specific options.

Default values and field icons

You may add a default value to a rich text field by using the Rich text input in the field options setting.

Field action icons allow you to duplicate, delete, or move a field on the form builder page. See the field action icons article for more information.

Display Rich Text fields

Display the value submitted in a Rich Text field in a form's confirmation message, email, or View.

Shortcode options

• Display text: Display the submitted text. Paragraph tags will be added automatically.

  [x]

  Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field.

• Text without paragraph tags: Display the submitted text without automatically adding paragraph tags.

  [x wpautop=0]

  Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field.

• Truncate: Truncates text to the specified number of characters. By default, a link is appended to the end of the text. You can use the following parameters to modify or remove this link.

  [x truncate=40]

  Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field and replace '40' with the number of characters you would like to display.

  • More text: By default, this link will be "..." but can be changed with the parameter below. If this shortcode is inserted in a Dynamic View, the link will go to the detail page. Otherwise, it will show the full text in-place.

    [x truncate=100 more_text="Read More"]

    Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field and replace '100' with the number of characters you would like to display.

  • No Link: By default, when truncating text, there will be a link to show the remaining text. To remove this link, use the following shortcode. Please note, the no_link parameter requires the truncate parameter to also be used.

    [x truncate=100 no_link=1]

• Remove links: Remove links from text.

  [x links=0]

  Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field.

• Remove HTML: Removes all HTML from the displayed text.

  [x striphtml=1]

  Replace x with the ID or key of the Rich Text field.

Limitation

When displaying the value submitted in a Rich text field using the truncate parameter, the HTML needs to be stripped to avoid cutting in the middle of an HTML tag.

Related developer hooks

• Require a minimum, maximum, or range of words (or characters) with the frm_validate_field_entry hook.
• Change the options for the TinyMCE editor, like having an Add Media button, with the frm_rte_options hook.
• Limit the options for the TinyMCE editor with the frm_rte_options hook.