Rich text

Meet the toolbar

You can easily structure your content using headings, paragraphs, ordered or unordered nested lists, tables, links, images, components, and other items and add formatting such as bold, italics, _subscript, ^superscript, and monospace. Plus, you can author content with AI to:

• Shorten your text
• Provide instructions using custom prompts
• Change the voice and tone
• Generate titles and summaries

Use character counter

If you need to write content of a specific length, there’s a character count located at the bottom of the editor window to help you. The counter can also show the number of words and whether you’re approaching a specified limit. To enable word count, adjust the limitations of the rich text element.

Adding links

Add hyperlinks to your content by selecting a portion of the text in the rich text editor and clicking . You can select which type of link to insert:

• Web URL link – creates a hyperlink to a website (such as https://example.org). You can insert any type of URL, including absolute and relative addresses, and anchors. You can also specify a link title and choose whether the link should open in a new browser window.
• Content item link – points to any content item within your project, limited to the currently selected language variant. You can publish content item links along with the content item.
• Asset link – points to any asset within your project and lets visitors view and download the file.
• Email link – creates an email hyperlink (such as mailto://email@address.com). Clicking on a mailto link opens a new blank email in the visitor's default email client. You can define the recipient and subject of the email.
• Phone link – creates a phone link (such as tel:+420630123456). Clicking on a tel link opens the visitor's default phone client with the number ready to be called.

Adding images

Make your content more engaging. Add images directly to the rich text by clicking  and then . The image will be inserted at the position of the cursor. When selecting the image, you can either choose an image from your existing assets or upload a new one.

Adding tables

To add a table, position your cursor in the text and click  and then . By default, the table will be 3 x 3 – consisting of 3 rows and 3 columns. You can change the table’s dimensions by right-clicking the table and choosing one of the options shown. If your tabular data is larger and more complex, you can model tables using components. This approach allows you to reuse your data and display it in your app however you want.

Adding components

Depending on whether you’d like to reuse your content later, you can choose a component (for one-time use) or a content item (reusable). Both can be added directly to a rich text element via the toolbar. Click  and then to add a new component to the element. You can then start filling in the content. You can set limitations on the content type of the components that can be included in the rich text.

Save space by collapsing components

You can quickly collapse all the components in the rich text by clicking More actions and then Collapse components. Even with the collapsed components, you can still see a little text preview of what’s inside. For this to work, your component needs to contain a filled-in text element.

Adding content items

To create a reusable piece of content, click  and then  to embed a content item into your text. The content item will be inserted into the text at the position of the cursor. To change the position of the content item within the rich text element, drag & drop the item as needed. Just like with linked items elements, a tile representing the included content item will appear showing its name, content type, workflow status, and readiness. You can set limitations on the content type of the content items that can be included in the rich text. After adding linked items, you can publish all the linked items along with the original content item to save you the time of publishing each item separately. You can expand the item you added to see its content. Click  to open and edit the item.

Clear formatting

Clear formatting by selecting a portion of the text in the rich text editor and clicking . All formatting for the currently selected text will be removed, including headings, links, lists, and tables. Components, linked items, and assets included in the selected area will be ignored, and their formatting will be preserved.

Not enough options in the toolbar?

Maybe you’re used to editors where you can set your text color, font face, or image display width. And maybe you’re missing these options in Kontent.ai’s rich text editor. The editors that offer tight control over visuals of content are called WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get), and there’s a reason why Kontent.ai doesn’t offer these options out of the box. While this level of control over visual aspects of your content might sound useful, there’s a catch. When you use WYSIWYG editors to style your content, you face the danger of creating visually inconsistent content, violating your organization’s visual style guide, or even breaking your app. Also, reusing content from WYSIWYG editors across multiple channels is usually next to impossible. Why, do you ask? Have a look at our blog post about the pitfalls of WYSIWYG editors.