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Allow textarea widgets to be used for text (formatted) fields

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Created on 23 February 2023, over 1 year ago
Updated 11 April 2023, about 1 year ago

Problem/Motivation

I would like to use a Text (formatted) field to create a "Description" field appropriate for an og:description meta tag, since we typically want to limit those to 100-300 characters max, and also want it to allow HTML tags since it could be used for display. It is not possible to use a textarea/CKEditor widget for these fields without https://www.drupal.org/project/textarea_widget_for_text →

Steps to reproduce

  • Create a new "Text (formatted)" field to a node type
  • Move to the "Manage Display" tab and observe you can only use the "Text field" widget

Proposed resolution

Allow the use of the "Text area (multiple rows)" widget

Remaining tasks

  • Are there any issues with validation? Can we make the user experience better for CKEditor where there is a #maxlength on the textarea source field? Maybe something like https://www.drupal.org/project/ckwordcount → or propose CKEditor shows something if #maxlength is reached in the WYSIWYG?

User interface changes

The new widget is available in the "Manage Display" form.

API changes

None

Data model changes

None

Release notes snippet

✨ Feature request
Status

Needs work

Version

10.1 ✨

Component
Text  →

Last updated 9 days ago

Created by

🇺🇸United States Dave Reid Nebraska 🇺🇸

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  • Needs tests

    The change is currently missing an automated test that fails when run with the original code, and succeeds when the bug has been fixed.

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