text

Represents longer formatted text content with support for rich text (HTML/TinyMCE editor) or plain text.

dataformat: text

  MYFIELD:
      dataformat: text
      default: ""

dataformat_ext

Not used - Text fields have no extended options. All text content is handled uniformly through the TinyMCE editor.

Characteristics

• Longer content: Designed for multi-line, paragraph-length text
• Rich text support: TinyMCE editor for HTML formatting in UI
• Flexible: Can store plain text or HTML
• Single-value: Does not support multi-value (cardinal_max is fixed)

Multivalue

Not supported - Each text field holds one text block.

Examples

Schema Definition

- classname: _schema
  keyname: article
  body:
    dataformat: text
    displayname: Article Body
    description: Main article content

Instance Example

- classname: article
  keyname: article001
  body: "This is the main content of the article with multiple paragraphs..."

Notes

• Designed for long-form content (use string for short single-line text)
• Supports HTML formatting and markup
• TinyMCE editor provides visual editing in UI
• Useful for documentation, templates, descriptions, comments
• Single-value field (no multi-value support)
• Can include Markdown, HTML, or plain text