The text and title widgets offer a wide range of customization options, most of which are accessible through the text toolbar. With this simple editing interface, you can easily change the font, color, alignment, and style of your text. The text toolbar allows you to quickly make adjustments to highlight key points and effectively organize information on your site.
There are three text widgets that can be found in the widget library:
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Text
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H1 (Large Title)
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H3 (Small title)
Once a text widget is added to a site, you can easily switch between different text options. For example, if you add a Text widget but then decide you want it to be an H2, you can make that change directly in the text toolbar.
The available text types are: Paragraph, H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, and H6.
To edit text on your site:
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Click the text you want to edit to open editing mode.
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Select the text you want to edit by clicking and dragging over the text.
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Use the inline editing options in the bar above the text to edit text styles, sizes, fonts, alignment, add links, and more.
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Setting/option Name |
Description and Notes |
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AI Assistant |
Generate content quickly and work more efficiently with the AI Assistant. For more information, see AI Assistant for the Text Editor. |
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2 |
Basic formatting options |
Bold, Italicize, and Underline selected text. |
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3 |
More formatting options |
Click on the horizontal three dot icon to find the following options to apply to selected text:
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Text color |
Change the color of the selected text. |
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5 |
Clear Formatting |
Reset selected text to the format set in the site's theme. For additional information on theme text, see Theme Text. |
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Text type |
Select the type of text:
All text will be converted to the selected text type. If the style of the text has been manually changed and you want to apply the changes to the theme text, use the Update theme option located at the bottom of the drop down list. |
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Typography settings |
Change the font family and text size for the selected text. This will disconnect the text from the theme text. To reconnect it, click the Clear Formatting icon (labeled as number 5 in both the table and the screenshot). |
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8 |
Link text |
Add a link to the selected text. For more information on the link picker, see Link Picker. |
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Alignment |
Change the alignment of all text in the widget. |
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Line height |
Change the line height of the selected text. There are preset options available as well as custom |
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List options |
Turn selected text into a numbered or bulleted list. Use the down arrow to change the bulleted list style. For more on lists, see Bullet and Number Lists. |
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Text direction |
Change direction of the text. |
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Connect to data |
Connect a string of text to data rather than the full text widget. |
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Undo and Redo |
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Exit edit mode |
Click the check mark to exit out of editing mode for the widget. |
Create a bullet or number list using the text tools inside the Text widget. Lists are a good way to group content, features, or products so that visitors can quickly understand and compare information.
To add a bullet or number list:
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Click the text you want to make into a list.
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Highlight the text, and click the Bullet list (
) or Number list (
) icon on the text toolbar.
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(Optional) To select a different bullet style, click the down arrow next to the Bullet list (
) icon.
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To create nested bullets and lists, press the Tab button on your keyboard. The bullet or number is shown indented to the right.
You can have multiple nested bullet and number lists.
The design options in the design editor apply to the widget itself, such as adding a background.
To style the text within the widget, use the text toolbar. However, if the widget is connected to data, text settings will be available in the design editor instead. Keep in mind that when you customize text settings in the design editor for data-connected widgets, these changes will override the site’s theme settings and break the connection to the theme. As a result, future changes to the theme won't affect the text in this widget. For more information, see Theme Text.
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Text sizes can be up to 500 px.
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Multiple types of text can be contained in a single text element. For example, Heading 2s, paragraph, and Heading 3s can all be used in the same element. The text should be on its own line, separated by pressing the Enter key.
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If a font offers other weights, it can be selected within the font list. To select a font's weight, hover over the font to see the font's available weight options (normal, bold).
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Copy and paste works externally and internally. Pasting from both external locations and within the editor (internal) applies the theme text styles and any inline styles that were applied to the text in the editor. Bold, underline, and italic are maintained from the copied text.
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Custom line height. In addition to the existing default line heights, you can now choose a custom line height.
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Specify letter spacing. To select letter spacing, click the three dots icon in the inline text editor, and select from the following:
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Auto
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Narrow (-0.05)
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Wide (0.2)
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Custom (between -2 and 0.5 in increments of .01)
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All Caps. To change the font to be in all caps, click the three dots icon in the inline text editor, and click the All Caps toggle.
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Shadow. Select the color and position.
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Strike-through text.
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More bullet list style options. Click the down arrow next to the Bullet list(
) icon.
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Connect text to data. Click the connected data icon in the inline text editor.
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There is no option to add a list with heading text.
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Bullets of items in a list that have more than one fonts size will use the site theme size.
The new text editor includes improved technology for increased stability, a wider range of available text sizes (up to 500px), allows you to use different text styles within the same element, and more.
Old text editor:
Note
Existing text in your site can be edited using the old text editor, with the option to update to the new editor. All new text will be edited using the new text editor.
To upgrade and use the new text editor:
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Click the text you want to edit to open editing mode.
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On the text editor, click Update text editor.
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On the confirmation message, you have the following options:
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Update this text. Click to only update the text widget you have selected.
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Auto update all texts. Click to auto update all text widgets in your site. Note, only text you click will move to the new text editor without the need to approve it.
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Warning
After confirming the update, you will not have the option to revert to the old text editor.
The following may cause the update to the new text editor to fail:
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Custom code where the HTML is not valid.
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Maximum site CSS storage capacity has been reached.
If your text contains certain tags that are not supported, you may not see the option to upgrade the editor. The following tags are not supported: form, svg, iframe, audio, canvas, dialog, embed, hr, input, map, picture, select, textarea, range, table, progress, script, ins, style.