Plain Text Element Dialog

The Plain Text element becomes a field in Contributor where users perform basic (and somewhat limited) edits, such as cut, copy, and paste. This can be useful when you want to prevent contributors from formatting text (and thereby creating more consistent, or possibly cleaner web pages). This particular element is used in legacy sites.

Element	Description
ID	The identification that Site Studio assigns to the element.
Name	The name you assign to the element. This is used for coding purposes and as such should not contain spaces, or non-ASCII or special characters. If you reuse the same data file in multiple places, then the name of the region and its elements on each page must be the same.
Label	Briefly describes the element. The label displays beside the field in Contributor to let individual contributors know what content should go there.
Info	Provides a more detailed description of the element. This description appears as a tooltip when contributors hover their mouse over the Info icon in Contributor.
Type	Indicates the type of element you are adding.
Actions	Actions determine the available editing options for a contributor: Undo: Contributors can undo their last edit. Redo: Contributors can redo their last edit. Cut: Contributors can cut text. Copy: Contributors can copy text. Paste: Contributors can paste text. Formatted (on/off): Allows formatting or removes formatting when text is pasted in Contributor (For a Plain Text element, this means text includes HTML formatting tags or no formatting tags). Spell Checker: Contributors can spell check their work. Required: Requires contributors to enter information in the field before Contributor closes. Validation: Used to validate the content added in Contributor (allowing you to enforce certain content requirements for contributors). Validation Settings: Opens the Plain Text Element Validation dialog (see Plain Text Element Validation Dialog), where you specify what is validated. Custom Configuration: Select Custom Configuration: Shows or hides the content server environment when a contributor selects a custom configuration. Set Element Height: Used to set a fixed height of the element. Set Height: Use to set the height of the element by entering a number and the unit of measurement (centimeters, millimeters, inches, percent, picas, pixels, points).
Check All	Checks all of the actions so that a contributor has all available editing options.
Clear All	Clears all of the metadata values so that a contributor has no editing options.
OK	Saves your settings and closes the Plain Text Element dialog.
Cancel	Cancels your settings and closes the Plain Text Element dialog.
Help	Opens the online help for this specific dialog.