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These inputs give your editors ultimate control by allowing them to write markup directly into your data files.
HTML#
Rich text WYSIWYG input for HTML values.
HTML inputs are shown for inputs configured with the type html. or for input keys matching:
html*_html
sidebar_html: |
<p>This paragraph has <em>emphasis</em> and <strong>strength</strong>.</p>
<ol>
<li>Walk</li>
<li>Run</li>
</ol>
<p>Linking to <a href="/">index</a>.</p>
{
"sidebar_html": "<p>This paragraph has <em>emphasis</em> and <strong>strength</strong>.</p>\n<ol>\n <li>Walk</li>\n <li>Run</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Linking to <a href=\"/\">index</a>.</p>\n"
}sidebar_html = """
<p>This paragraph has <em>emphasis</em> and <strong>strength</strong>.</p>
<ol>
<li>Walk</li>
<li>Run</li>
</ol>
<p>Linking to <a href="/">index</a>.</p>
"""
side_content: <p>This is <strong>bold</strong>.</p>
_inputs:
side_content:
type: html
{
"side_content": "<p>This is <strong>bold</strong>.</p>",
"_inputs": {
"side_content": {
"type": "html"
}
}
}side_content = "<p>This is <strong>bold</strong>.</p>"
[_inputs.side_content]
type = "html"
Markdown#
Rich text WYSIWYG input for Markdown values.
Markdown inputs are shown for inputs configured with the type markdown. or for input keys matching:
markdown*_markdown
markdown: |
# Animals
- Dogs
- Cats
{
"markdown": "# Animals\n\n- Dogs\n- Cats\n"
}markdown = """
# Animals
- Dogs
- Cats
"""
top_copy: |
# Animals
- Dogs
- Cats
_inputs:
top_copy:
type: markdown
{
"top_copy": "# Animals\n\n- Dogs\n- Cats\n",
"_inputs": {
"top_copy": {
"type": "markdown"
}
}
}top_copy = """
# Animals
- Dogs
- Cats
"""
[_inputs.top_copy]
type = "markdown"
You'll likely need to convert the Markdown value into HTML to use it on your site:
specific doc
In your layout, use the markdownify function to render Markdown from front matter.
{% if page.markdown %}
{{ page.markdown | markdownify }}
{% endif %}
specific doc
In your layout, use the markdownify function to render Markdown from front matter.
{{ with .Params.markdown }}
{{ . | markdownify }}
{{ end }}
specific doc
Eleventy doesn't have a markdownify shortcode or filter by default, so using the value from this input depends on your specific implementation.
specific doc
Other SSGs vary in processing Markdown, so using the value from this input depends on your specific implementation.
Options#
Rich Text inputs options are configured with options inside an _inputs entry.
main_content:
_inputs:
main_content:
type: markdown
options:
blockquote: true
bold: true
format: p h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 pre address div
italic: true
strike: true
subscript: true
superscript: true
underline: true
bulletedlist: true
indent: true
numberedlist: true
outdent: true
code: true
embed: true
horizontalrule: true
image: true
table: true
undo: true
redo: true
removeformat: true
copyformatting: true
styles: /css/editor.css
left: align-left
center: align-center
right: align-right
justify: align-justify
image_size_attributes: true
{
"main_content": null,
"_inputs": {
"main_content": {
"type": "markdown",
"options": {
"blockquote": true,
"bold": true,
"format": "p h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 pre address div",
"italic": true,
"strike": true,
"subscript": true,
"superscript": true,
"underline": true,
"bulletedlist": true,
"indent": true,
"numberedlist": true,
"outdent": true,
"code": true,
"embed": true,
"horizontalrule": true,
"image": true,
"table": true,
"undo": true,
"redo": true,
"removeformat": true,
"copyformatting": true,
"styles": "/css/editor.css",
"left": "align-left",
"center": "align-center",
"right": "align-right",
"justify": "align-justify",
"image_size_attributes": true
}
}
}
}[_inputs.main_content]
type = "markdown"
[_inputs.main_content.options]
blockquote = true
bold = true
format = "p h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 pre address div"
italic = true
strike = true
subscript = true
superscript = true
underline = true
bulletedlist = true
indent = true
numberedlist = true
outdent = true
code = true
embed = true
horizontalrule = true
image = true
table = true
undo = true
redo = true
removeformat = true
copyformatting = true
styles = "/css/editor.css"
left = "align-left"
center = "align-center"
right = "align-right"
justify = "align-justify"
image_size_attributes = true
Rich Text inputs have the following options available:
Shows or hides the resize handler to vertically resize the input. Defaults to true.
Defines the initial height of this input in pixels (px). Defaults to 320. Supports values between 135 and 1200.
Paths to common folders. Each path is relative to global site source. If unset, the paths default to those configured in the global configuration.
The available keys are:
uploadsfor the default location of newly uploaded site files.dam_uploadsfor the default location of newly uploaded DAM files.dam_staticfor the location of statically copied assets for DAM files.
These paths control where new asset files are uploaded to. They also set the default path when choosing existing images, and linking to existing files.
uploads and dam_uploads have a number of dynamic placeholders available.
Set how an ‘empty’ value will be saved. Does not apply to existing empty values. Can be one of the following:
string- an empty value for this input will be stored as"".null- an empty value for this input will be stored as a null value (default). This does not apply to TOML files.
Formatting#
Options for base text formatting.
Enables a control to wrap blocks of text in block quotes.
Enables a control to set selected text to bold.
Enables a drop down menu for structured text. Has options for p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, pre, address, and div. Set as space separated options, e.g. format: p h1 h2.
Enables a control to italicize selected text.
Enables a control to strike selected text.
Enables a control to set selected text to subscript.
Enables a control to set selected text to superscript.
Enables a control to underline selected text.
Enables a control to create hyperlinks around selected text.
List controls#
Options for managing text in lists and nested lists.
Enables a control to insert an unordered list, or to convert selected blocks of text into a unordered list.
Enables a control to increase indentation for numbered and unordered lists.
Enables a control to insert a numbered list, or to convert selected blocks of text into a numbered list.
Enables a control to reduce indentation for numbered and unordered lists.
Block content#
Options for adding media and full-width content elements.
Enables a control to set selected text to inline code, and unselected blocks of text to code blocks.
Enables a control to insert a region of raw HTML, including YouTube, Vimeo, Tweets, and other media. Embedded content is sanitized to mitigate XSS risks, which includes removing style tags. Embeds containing script tags are not loaded in the editor.
Enables a control to insert a horizontal rule.
Enables a control to insert an image. The image can be uploaded, existing or an external link.
Enables a control to insert a table. Further options for table cells are available in the context menu for cells within the editor.
Enables a control to insert snippets, if any are available.
Image options#
Options for images when enabled.
Instructs the editor to save width and height on the image elements added to this input. This can prevent pop-in as a page loads. Defaults to false.
This defaults to true for sites created before June 23 2023, in order to keep those sites working. Use the Image Size Attributes Default flag to update this for your site, if needed.
Defines the width of the bounding box used in the resizing process defined with resize_style.
Defines the height of the bounding box used in the resizing process defined with resize_style.
Sets how uploaded image files are resized with a bounding box defined by width and height prior to upload. Defaults to contain. Must be contain, cover or stretch:
coverkeeps aspect ratio and ensures the image covers the bounding boxcontainkeeps aspect ratio and ensures the image fits inside the bounding boxstretchignores aspect ratio and resizes the image to the bounding box
Has no effect when selecting existing images, or if width and height are not set.
Sets what format the image is converted to prior to upload. The extension of the file is updated to match. Defaults to keeping the mime type of the uploaded file. Must be one of image/jpeg or image/png.
Controls whether or not images can be upscaled to fit the bounding box during resize prior to upload. Defaults to false. Has no effect if files are not resized.
Controls whether or not the JPEG headers defining how an image should be rotated before being displayed is baked into the image prior to upload. Defaults to true.
If you have one or more DAMs connected to your site, you can use this key to list which asset sources can be uploaded to and selected from.
You can refer to a DAM with the Reference Key field from the site-level DAM configuration.
You can refer to your site files with site-files. If this is omitted from the array, site files will not be available as an asset source for this input.
Actions#
Options for editor actions when editing and formatting content.
Enables a control to undo recent edits. Undo is always enabled through standard OS-specific keyboard shortcuts.
Enables a control to redo recent edits undone with undo. Redo is always enabled through standard OS-specific keyboard shortcuts.
Enables the control to remove formatting from text. Applies to formatting from bold, italic, underline, strike, subscript, and superscript. Does not remove other styles or formatting.
Enables a control to copy formatting from text to other text. Only applies to formatting from bold, italic, underline, strike, subscript, and superscript. Does not copy other styles or formatting.
Styles and alignment#
Add predefined styles in plain CSS for your clients and team members to use.
Enables a drop down menu for editors to style selected text or blocks or text. Styles are the combination of an element and class name. The value for this option is the path (either source or build output) to the CSS file containing the styles.
Enables a control to left align text by toggling a class name for a block of text. The value is the class name the editor should add to align the text. The styles for this class need to be listed in the styles file to take effect outside of the input.
Enables a control to center align text by toggling a class name for a block of text. The value is the class name the editor should add to align the text. The styles for this class need to be listed in the styles file to take effect outside of the input.
Enables a control to right align text by toggling a class name for a block of text. The value is the class name the editor should add to align the text. The styles for this class need to be listed in the styles file to take effect outside of the input.
Enables a control to justify text by toggling a class name for a block of text. The value is the class name the editor should add to justify the text. The styles for this class need to be listed in the styles file to take effect outside of the input.
The styles CSS file can be either a source or output file. The source CSS file is used if both exist. In either case, it must contain plain CSS.
Selectors must specify an element and one class in order to be included in the styles drop down. Styles with incompatible selectors are applied to the editor, but not shown as options.
The alignment classes for left, right, center and justify must be defined in the styles CSS file to give the Rich Text inputs access to those styles.
/* Can be applied to blocks of content */
p.callout {
margin: 10px;
border: 1px solid #f5f5f5;
background-color: #eee;
}
/* Can be applied to inline content */
span.big-blue-text {
font-size: 2rem;
color: blue;
}
/* Applied to content, excluded from style dropdown */
h2 {
font-family: cursive;
}
/* Applied to content, excluded from style dropdown */
.align-left { text-align: left; }
.align-center { text-align: center; }
.align-right { text-align: right; }
.align-justify { text-align: justify; }
Custom styles require the same styles on your live site. If you don’t have the same styles on your live site, the class will be there but it won’t change the styling.
Valid values#
Documented below are the valid formats for html and markdown inputs.
The lists of examples are non-exhaustive.