Formatting text inside the text area field with conditional logic

  • anna1989
    Asked on April 27, 2015 at 11:11 PM

    Hi Jotform

    Sorry I am pretty lost on that responce. I was hoping to just add a  command in the "conditions wizzard", under  "add field" inbetween the the different inserted fields. Is this possible?

    Thanks

  • Charlie
    Replied on April 27, 2015 at 11:30 PM

    Hi again,

    Unfortunately, HTML tags like <br/> will not display properly in the textarea field, this is because it is being read as plain text. Same goes with other formatting or styling tags like <b>, <i> and the likes.

    For now, commas or other plain text to separate field values are the available options that we can use, you could however use the form's full source code and manually add special formatting tags like <br> using Javascripts, but this will be more technical to do.

    I will forward a feature request for this functionality, I believe it's a good addition to let users add formatting tags to text area field with conditional logic. Unfortunately, I'm unable to provide exact date to when this will be implemented or even be considered, but rest assure that our developers will be aware of this request.

    Thank you.

  • anna1989
    Replied on April 27, 2015 at 11:51 PM

    Hi Charlie

    Thankyou so much for your responce, as a sugestion with you putting this idea forward, could you add either bullet points or numbering as a handy tool.

    Thanks

    Anna

  • Ashwin JotForm Support
    Replied on April 28, 2015 at 2:19 AM

    Hello Anna,

    I believe once the HTML tags are allowed to be added through the conditions, the bullet points/numbering will also be automatically taken care of. Isn't it?

    My colleague have already sent the feature request to our back end team. We will get back to you as soon as we have any update form them.

    Thank you!

  • Gordon
    Replied on September 15, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Hello,

     

    How can I format line breaks in options inside check box modules? I have answers that are 3-5 sentences and I want to set where the breaks are. When I use <br> in the field it creates a new option. Thanks!

  • Charlie
    Replied on September 15, 2015 at 12:09 PM

    @Gordon

    To better assist you, I went ahead and opened a separate thread regarding your concern. Please refer to this link instead: http://www.jotform.com/answers/662500. We will address it shortly.

    Thank you.