Configuring the Rich Text Editor

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As a developer, there are times when WYSIWYG editors provide functionality that, when used incorrectly, can hinder the goal of a unified brand and cause content design and flow issues. The Rich Text Editor inside of custom modules now provides the ability for developers to remove components from the configuration toolbar through the enabled_features property inside of the fields.json file.

Note: The following applies to custom modules utilizing the rich text field in local development only. Using this feature will not disable the functionality of options removed from the Rich Text Editor, just the display of the options. This is for backward compatibility reasons so existing content is not affected. 

How to use enabled_features

In your fields.json file where you have your rich text field object, you can enable certain features by adding the valid toolbar options in an array to the enabled_features property as illustrated below:

JSON
// Rich text field with only Bold, Link, and Image available in the Toolbar
{
  "name" : "description",
  "label" : "Description",
  "required" : false,
  "locked" : false,
  "type" : "richtext",
  "default" : null,
  "enabled_features" : ["bold","link","image"]
}

The content editor would then see the rich text editor with only the included options enabled as illustrated in the image below:

Note: Some features, such as the “Clear Styles” button which allows you to revert to the default styling for the editor, will always be enabled and cannot be removed. If the enabled_features property is omitted, all features will be shown.

An example of a RTE toolbar with enabled features.

Feature listings

Below is a list of features which can be enabled individually when using the enabled_features property.

Groups of controls

Use this table to describe parameters / fields
OptionDescription
colors

Text color and background color controls.

fonts

Font family and font size controls.

indents

Outdent and indent controls.

lists

Bulleted and numbered lists controls.

standard_emphasis

Bold, italic, and underline controls.

advanced_emphasis

Strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code format controls.

glyphs

Emoji, special character, and icon controls. Not supported in email modules. To add the emoji picker to email modules, use emoji instead.

Text Formating

Use this table to describe parameters / fields
OptionDescription
block

Shows the style switcher dropdown menu.

font_family

Shows the font switcher dropdown menu.

font_size

Shows the font size dropdown menu.

bold

Shows the bold button.

italic

Shows the italics button.

underline

Shows the underline button.

text_color

Shows the text color button.

background_color

Shows the background color button.

alignment

Shows the alignment button.

bulleted_list

Shows the bulleted list button.

numbered_list

Shows the numbered lists button.

lineheight

Shows the line-height button.

outdent

Shows the outdent button.

indent

Shows the indent button.

strikethrough

Shows the strikethrough button.

superscript

Shows the superscript button.

subscript

Shows the subscript button.

code_format

Shows the code format button.

Insert Buttons

Use this table to describe parameters / fields
OptionDescription
link

Shows the link button.

image

Shows the image button. Not supported in email modules.

emoji

Shows the emoji button.

personalize

Shows the personalize toolbar item.

cta

Shows the call-to-action menu item under the insert menu.

embed

Shows the embed menu item under the insert menu.

video

Shows the video menu item under the insert menu.

table

Shows the table menu item under the insert menu.

charmap

Shows the special character menu item under the insert menu.

anchor

Shows the anchor menu item under the insert menu.

hr

Shows the horizontal line menu item under the insert menu.

nonbreaking_space

Shows the non-breaking space menu item under the insert menu.

icon

Shows the icon menu item under the insert menu.

Advanced Options

Use this table to describe parameters / fields
OptionDescription
source_code

Shows the source code menu item under the advanced menu.

visual_blocks

Shows the show blocks menu item under the advanced menu.


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