Rich text

Rich Text field is text based field & is extension of Long text that allows you to add formatting to the text. You can add text formatting like bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, horizontal rule, ordered list, unordered list, code, quote, etc.

Create a Rich Text field

1. Click on + icon to the right of Fields header
2. On the dropdown modal, enter the field name (Optional).
3. Select the field type as Long text from the dropdown.
4. Enable Rich Text toggle field.
5. Set default value for the field (Optional).
6. Click on Save Field button.

note

• Specify default value without quotes.
• Use Enter key to add new line.

Cell display

Rich Text field is displayed as a single line text field in the table view. Click on the expand icon in the cell to view the full text.

Formatting options

NocoDB supports markdown syntax for formatting the text. Following are the supported formatting options.

Heading

To create a heading, prefix # symbol preceding your heading text. The number of # symbols employed will dictate the heading's hierarchy level and typeface size. Three levels of headings are supported.

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3

Text formatting

You can emphasise text with bold, italic, strikethrough or underline formatting options. Table below shows syntax, keyboard shortcut, example & output for each formatting option.

Style	Syntax	Keyboard shortcut	Example	Output
Bold	**bold text**	Ctrl/Cmd + B	**This is bold text**	This is bold text
Italic	*italicized text*	Ctrl/Cmd + I	*This is italicized text*	This is italicized text
Strikethrough	~~strikethrough text~~	Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X	~~This is strikethrough text~~	This is strikethrough text
Underline		Ctrl/Cmd + U	This is underlined text	This is underlined text

Quote block

You can quote text with a >

normal text
> quoted text

normal text

quoted text

Code block

Code block can be created by using (3 backticks) before & after the code.

```
This is a code block
```

This is a code block

Link

You can create an inline link by using Link menu option in the rich text toolbar

Bullet List

You can create unordered list by using Bulleted list menu option in the rich text toolbar or by preceding the text with - + or * symbol.

- Item 1
- Item 2

+ Item 1
+ Item 2

* Item 1
* Item 2

• Item 1
• Item 2

• Item 1
• Item 2

• Item 1
• Item 2

note

You can create nested lists by using tab key & shift + tab key to indent & outdent the list items.

Numbered List

You can create ordered list by using Numbered list menu option in the rich text toolbar or by preceding the text with 1. symbol.

1. Item 1
2. Item 2

1. Item 1
2. Item 2

Task list

You can create task lists by using Task list menu option in the rich text toolbar or by preceding the text with [ ] symbol. You can mark the task as completed by using [x] symbol.

[ ] Item 1
[x] Item 2

• Item 1
• Item 2

Similar text based fields

Following are the other text based fields available in NocoDB, custom-built for specific use cases.

• Single line text
• URL
• Email
• Phone