Text, Text area, Email, and Rich text fields
Learn how to create, and manage text-based fields in your flow form in this article. If you are unsure about what a field is, and how to add a field to a form, this article might come in handy. You can learn the basics and come back here to understand how text-based fields work.
Text field
A Text field can be used to store a single line of text. You can key in letters, symbols, numbers, and special characters to the text field.
Expressions/formulas
See all the text expressions you can use as a part of a formula.
Validations
There are 13 types of validations you can use for a text field. Learn more about all the validations.
Text area field
A Text area field is generally used to store multiple lines of text. You can key in letters, symbols, numbers, and special characters to the text area field.
The formatting options: Bold, Italics, Hyperlink, Subscript, and Superscript are supported in the Text area field. Select a piece of text and click to remove the formatting that's applied already.
Note:
You cannot use any expressions or formulas on Text area fields.
Validations
There are 4 types of validations you can use with a Text area field:
- Contains
- Does not contain
- Max length
- Min length
Email field
The Email field lets you collect valid email addresses. This field requires a โ@โ and โ.โ from the user to be considered valid.
Settings
You cannot use any expressions or formulas with email fields.
Validations
There are 8 types of validations you can use for an email field.
Rich text field
The Rich text field allows you to format and style your static text in a form. You can also add images and videos to any area of a form, integration email actions, and so on.
Note:
To start a new paragraph in the rich text editor, click Enter or Return. Click and hold Shift, then Enter or Return to insert a line break without starting a new paragraph.
There are two different ways in which text can be formatted and style applied inside a rich text field:
- Type a text and select the content piece to view the rich text editor in the horizontal view.
2. Click '/' to view rich text editor commands in vertical view.
There are multiple formatting and styling options available to use. Below you can find the list:
- Bold
- Italics
- Underline
- Strikethrough
- Text color
- Alignment
- Left align
- Right align
- Center align
- Justify
- Paragraph
- H1 and H2 headings
- Add a link (For example, upload a document to a drive and add its link to the field, so users can open it with a click.)
- Bulleted list
- Numbered list
- Blockquote
- Code snippet
- Subscript
- Superscript
- Add an image (available only on the no-code platform; not supported within apps)
- Add a video
- Clear formatting
Note:
- The rich text editor only supports adding images and videos. To replace an existing logo or image within a rich text field, you must first delete the current image. Once removed, type
/to open the command menu and select the Image or Upload option to insert the new file.- The rich text editor in Kissflow does not render raw HTML or Markdown syntax. Any HTML or Markdown pasted directly will be displayed as plain text.
Where can I use the rich text editor?
- Process form - advanced field
- Board form - advanced field
- Board notes
- Organizational posts
- Teams' feeds and forums
- Integration action email body
There are no validations or expressions for the Rich text field.
Tip:
- If you need to display a table or complex formatting, we recommend creating it in an external tool (such as a spreadsheet), capturing a screenshot, and inserting it as an image into the editor.
- To attach static files directly, use the attachment field. If you want to include attachments within the rich text field, insert a link that redirects users to an external location where they can access the file.