CE Rich Text Markup
Card items with the Rich Text type can have content that specifies different characteristics for different words (e.g. making just one word bold or italic), and can include inline images as if they were characters or words.Tell me more about Card Item Types.
To do this, the content for a Rich Text item uses embedded Rich Text Markup commands. These are similar but not identical to HTML markup commands. For example, to make a single word bold, you could enter the text This is a {.b}bold{/b} word into a cell for a Rich Text card item.
The Rich Text CE Toolbar
Markup can be annoying to type, and difficult to remember when you are editing your content. The Rich Text toolbar in the content editor can insert markup for you, so that you don't have to remember or type it.
The Rich Text toolbar in the Content Editor window.
Basic Rich Text Markup Buttons
The B, I, U, andThe ↩︎ button inserts markup for a newline (aka "line break").
The \{ button inserts markup for a literal { (open curly brace) character. Because that character is used to begin markup commands, you must use this button (or manually add its markup) if you need a literal { character in a rich text field.
Font Markup Controls
The Change Font popup menu lets you select a font. Markup will be inserted to render the selected text in that font. The = button lets you select an absolute point size for the selected text, while the ± button lets you vary the font size by adding or subtracting points from its current size.The {.f} button inserts markup that cancels the effect of any earlier font, font-size, and/or font style markup. (It does not affect text color.)
Images
The Image button displays a panel that lets you select an image from among those found in your template's Image Folder. You can specify an image in any of several ways:- Filename - Use the panel's popup menu to select an image filename from your Images Folder.
- Gallery - Click an image in the thumbnail gallery of recently-used images.
- Column Reference - Use the panel's popup menu to select a column which will contain an image filename.
- Style Attribute - Use the panel's popup menu to select a style and content attribute to supply the filename.
Column Reference and Style Attributes are advanced topics.
Tell me more about Column References in Rich Text Markup.
(See the section Embedded References to Other Fields on that page.)
Tell me more about Style Attributes in Rich Text Markup.
The Image button can be used while editing cell content as usual, but it can also be used if you have just one cell selected and aren't editing yet. If you do, the cell will begin editing, and the image markup will be appended to any text already in the cell.
Text Shadow Popup
Select Black, White, or None to apply (or remove) a shadow effect to the selected text.Text and Background Color
The Text Color and Item BG Color buttons display a color-selection panel. Use the panel to choose a color: you can use a standard "named" color, select a color you've already recently used elsewhere, or open the standard Color Panel to choose your color.If you clicked the Text Color button, the selected text will be drawn in your color.
The Item BG Color button is different: it will set the background color for the entire item, not just for the selected text. The markup is always inserted at the beginning of the text.
The Advanced CE Toolbar
The Advanced toolbar is for Rich Text functions which many card decks won't need, and whose effects require a deeper understanding of their functions. We recommend that you read about these functions before trying to use these features.
The Advanced toolbar in the Content Editor window.
The Column Reference Popup
The content of one cell in a row can be automatically included in the content of another cell in that row, by using column-reference markup to specify which other column has the content to be included.Select a cell, or some text within a cell, then select a column name from the Column Reference popup menu. Markup will be inserted into the selected cell.
Tell me more about Column References in Rich Text Markup.
The Series Button
Use this button to replace the selected cell's content with markup for a series. (Remember that series markup must be the entire content of a cell, and cannot be embedded within other content.)The inserted markup will always be |el1|el2|el3|el4| where "el1", "el2", and so on are the elements of the series. You must edit these to replace them with the values you want in your series.
You may add more elements to the series by typing them in and separating them with "|" characters; remember that the last element must also end with a "|".
You may also delete elements if you don't need so many.
The Rotors Button
Use this button to replace the selected cell's content with markup for a rotor.The button will open a panel where you can configure your rotor. You can choose to create a new rotor, or reference an existing, tagged rotor.
If you create a new rotor, you can give it an optional tag (so that it can be referenced later by other rotors) and optionally set its "stagger" option.
To insert a reference to an existing rotor, select the rotor by choosing its tag name from the popup menu.
Rotor markup syntax is similar to Series markup syntax (see above). You can edit, add, and delete elements in the same way.
The Style Button
The Style button inserts Style markup. Unlike the other buttons in the Advanced toolbar, Style is available only when you are editing within a cell, and applies markup to the selected text.Clicking the button displays the Style panel, which displays instructions for its use.
Tell me more about Styles.
Tell me more about Style markup in Rich Text.