How do I install a text editor for a text area?

[Simon Love]

Hi

I've looked at all the instructions and I just can't seem to install the text editor into a text area? How do I go about this?

[dragan]

You don't need to install it, just go to your textarea field and configure it:

Setup > Fields > your_field_name > Tab Details > inputfield type > select CKEditor

 

[szabesz]

1 hour ago, dragan said:

just go to your textarea field and configure it:

In addition to @dragan's reply, you might find my previous post regarding CKEditor useful when setting it up:

 

[Simon Love]

Now it's putting in <p> tags into the text. How do I stop it doing that? Isn't there a tutorial anywhere on this site that covers all this stuff so I don't have to keep asking questions?

[Autofahrn]

There is a Textformatter to get rid of the enclosing p tags. Go to Modules->Install and select Textformatter, there you should find "Paragraph Stripper". After installation go to your inputfield and on the Details tab add that textformatter.

But be aware that CkEditor generates markup, so paragraphs are intentionally embedded in p tags, and CkEditor can generate plenty of other tags as well. If you only need plain text, then not selecting CkEditor is probably the better choice.