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Rich Text Editor Widget (CX & EX)

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About Rich Text Editor Widgets

The rich text editor widget allows you to display static text in your dashboard.

Rich Text Editor widget containing an explanation of the dashboard's use

Types of Dashboards

This widget can be used in a few different types of dashboard. This includes:

Field Type Compatibility

The rich text editor widget does not display any mapped data. Instead, it allows you to type in your own text, independent of any data. This can be helpful for adding section headers, descriptive information, or even special messages for your dashboard viewers.

Widget Customization

To add text to the widget, click the default text and start typing. You can add line breaks as needed by pressing Enter on your keyboard.

You can format the content displayed in the rich text editor widget by highlighting your text and selecting the option you want to apply. The following options are available:

Text Type

Choose from Header, Subheader, or Body text types. Selecting a different type will change the size of your text.

text type options

Font size

Choose a font size ranging from 9 pixels to 64 pixels.
Font options on the Rich Text widget editing pane

Font

Choose from many different fonts, including Sans Serif, Helvetica, and Monospace.

font options

Font characteristics

Add bold, italicize, underline, or strikethrough elements to text. Change the text color or background color by selecting a color from the palette or by manually adding the hex color code.
Font options on the Rich Text widget

Qtip: Select the Clear formatting icon to remove any formatting applied to your text. clear formatting icon

PARAGRAPH STYLES

Select left, center, or right justification for your text. You can also choose between turning your text into a bulleted or numbered list.

paragraph styles options

Vertical alignment

Select Top, Middle, or Bottom alignment for your text.
vertical alignment options

Content

Add a hyperlink to your text by adding the link or email your text should redirect to.
Insert link button and menu in left editing pane

Add a static or dynamic (GIF) image by pasting in the image URL.

insert image button and options

Qtip: If you have an image uploaded to your computer you’d like to use, upload it to your Qualtrics account library and use the URL from there.

Widget Styles

Decide if you want the height of your widget to be automatically expanded based on the length of the content in the widget. When this option isn’t selected, your widget will stay the same size.

option to auto expand height on the widget

Select the container for your widget. See the Widget Style section of Editing Widgets for more information on these options.

widget container options dropdown

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