Hi, is it possible to use html editor in textarea field? I need to add in description text url and list style
#210 textarea withl html editor
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Latest post by b2z on Monday, 05 January 2026 21:34 EET
Sunday, 28 December 2025 18:10 EET
Hi Vladimir!
Currently not possible. But you can use HTML elements in textarea field.
Kind regards,
Dmitrijs
Sunday, 28 December 2025 23:31 EET
no it does not work, all html elements are removed when saving entry
this is problem without formating text...
Monday, 29 December 2025 15:52 EET
Check the "Filter" setting of this field, it should be "SAFEHTML" or "Text Filters".
Tuesday, 30 December 2025 19:26 EET
sorry, after change it did not removed the html code but result is instead of working html code only visibile html code like
Realizace: <a href="https://norrnext.com/#">Dřevostavbybidlo s.r.o.</a>
see link https://drevo.vanekdesign.com/nc-entry
if i tried to make url field, it looks like weird
better way is to have option to fill text for url, like button, continue etc... and second field form can be direct link/url
i do not want to show whole big url adresss with all subcategories in link etc...
and if i added class for url field like btb btn-primary it does not make nothing, on frontend, url adrress field has no additionall classes
i am sorry, but you need better tester for year 2026
Monday, 05 January 2026 20:36 EET
Hello!
HTML does not work for text filed, only for textarea. So use textarea for your URL.
In the next version we will make URL field more advanced.
Kind regards,
Dmitrijs
Monday, 05 January 2026 21:18 EET
no your code for textarea is not converting html tags to html page, it displays raw data
only when you change code from
echo nl2br(\Joomla\CMS\HTML\HTMLHelper::_('content.prepare', $value));
to this
echo ($value));
sorry but yours tips are not helpful
basic text field
echo htmlentities($value);
to
echo ($value);
Monday, 05 January 2026 21:34 EET
Default fields code perfectly works without any modification, see https://postimg.cc/BP0FKKFd
And it is the same as in core Joomla:
joomla-cms/plugins/fields/text/tmpl/text.php at 5.4-dev · joomla/joomla-cms
joomla-cms/plugins/fields/textarea/tmpl/textarea.php at 5.4-dev · joomla/joomla-cms
I am not sure why it is not working on you webiste...
Kind regards,
Dmitrijs