[campsite-dev] Feedback Wanted on "Plain Text Field Article Type"
  • Since a whole bunch of changes are being made to the Article Types in
    2.6, we were wondering if it would be useful to be able to turn the
    WYSIWYG editor on or off for text fields. This basically means you
    could have a "plain text field" and an "HTML field". The HTML field
    would have the editor, and the plain text field wouldn't (a normal
    TEXTAREA in HTML). Why wouldn't you want the editor? Maybe you don't
    need formatting capabilities for a field, or maybe you want the "Article
    Edit" screen to load faster. Since no one has expressed a need for
    this, we have our doubts this would be useful, so please speak up if you
    like this idea.

    - Paul
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  • it is useful for the intro (deck) of articles. which ususally contain no
    links or formatting but *feel* longer than the text input line field. even
    though most of the time they won't exceed the 255 chars. but still in a
    textarea field you can see the text all at once.

    i think it would be a good thing.

    At 20:12 21.03.2006, you wrote:
    >Since a whole bunch of changes are being made to the Article Types in
    >2.6, we were wondering if it would be useful to be able to turn the
    >WYSIWYG editor on or off for text fields. This basically means you
    >could have a "plain text field" and an "HTML field". The HTML field
    >would have the editor, and the plain text field wouldn't (a normal
    >TEXTAREA in HTML). Why wouldn't you want the editor? Maybe you don't
    >need formatting capabilities for a field, or maybe you want the "Article
    >Edit" screen to load faster. Since no one has expressed a need for
    >this, we have our doubts this would be useful, so please speak up if you
    >like this idea.
    >
    >- Paul


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