What is the Text Editor?
The Text Editor is used to format text, wherever it is used in your app. It can be found at the top of the screen view in Studio, right below the list of devices used to preview your app.
Why use the Text Editor
The Text Editor is used to format text content in your apps. It is particularly suitable for text-heavy apps. Use it to make your content more readable to your users.
Options of the Text Editor
Style |
Allows selection of style to be applied to text. The following styles are available:
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Font Family |
Configures the font of the text. Custom fonts will appear here if adding via App Settings. |
Font Sizes |
Configures the text’s font size |
Bold |
Bolds the selected text |
Italic |
Italicizes the selected text |
Underline |
Underlines the selected text |
Strikethrough |
Strikes through the selected text. Most often used to indicate text that may no longer be relevant. |
Text color |
Allows selecting the color to be applied to selected text |
Background color |
Allows selecting the color to be applied to the background behind the text |
Text Alignment |
Use the applicable option to align text accordingly:
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Bullet list |
Allows the selected text to be listed as bullet items. Choose styles from the dropdown. |
Ordered list |
Allows the selected text to be listed as numbered items. Choose styles from the dropdown. |
Decrease/Increase indent |
Decrease or increase the indentation of selected text |
Blockquote |
Inserts quotation marks between selected text |
Subscript |
Makes the selected text a subscript |
Superscript |
Makes the selected text a superscript |
Table |
Inserts a table into the component. The number of columns and rows can be defined prior to insertion. Cells, rows, and columns are also configurable. |
Insert date/time |
Allows the current date and/or time to be inserted |
Special character |
Shows a list of special characters to insert |
Horizontal line |
Allows inserting of a horizontal line that will run the full width of the text section, often for dividing content. |
Clear formatting |
Clears the formatting for the selected text |
Insert link |
Allows links to be inserted and configured. For more information, see Configure Links. |
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