using rich textbox in Sharepoint 2013

Question

I want to use a rich textbox in Sharepoint 2013 as seen in the figure below. How can I do that?

I have already used the code below.

<%@ Register Tagprefix="SharePoint" Namespace="Microsoft.SharePoint.WebControls" Assembly="Microsoft.SharePoint, Version=15.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %> 

<SharePoint:InputFormTextBox ID="RichTextField1" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" RichTextMode="FullHtml" Columns="20" Rows="10"/>

but I could not get what I need. I got a simple multiline textbox with scroll.

Thank you for the answers.

Solution 1

try adding this in

RichText="true" 

more or less it would be like this as a sample:

<SharePoint:InputFormTextBox ID="rftDefaultValue" 
RichText="true" 
RichTextMode="FullHtml" runat="server" 
TextMode="MultiLine" Rows="5">
</SharePoint:InputFormTextBox>

also, if you're viewing this using chrome, it would only show as a plain text box, try viewing this using IE :)

Solution 2

Rich Text boxes are an old issue on non IE browsers, if you want to use the abilities of the rich text you will have to use IE.

You can implement other rich text editors on your sharepoint site like tinymce http://joshmccarty.com/2011/06/use-tinymce-as-the-rich-text-editor-in-sharepoint-forms/

Comments

[Emre Tuncer]

Thank you.It worked in IE. what can I do to make it work in all browsers?

[Angelo Kee]

im not really sure, since even the normal rich text box of sharepoint doesn't work in chrome sadly.

[Deryck]

anyone coming across this as of today should know that Chrome works with the Content Editor (at least in SharePoint 2010 - so 2013 should definitely work).