About text editors

Text editor types

Text editors in Collibra allow you to enter, edit, and format text. The following table lists the types of text editors and where they are available.

Text editor	Location of use
Standard text editor	Rich text responses in assessments Comments in the default experience (includes an HTML Editor) Community and domain pages (includes an HTML Editor) Dashboard text widget (includes an HTML Editor) Ratings
Mini text editor	Assessment comments Assessment template field descriptions Commenting in the new experience Table text fields (includes an HTML Editor) Task sidebar (includes an HTML Editor) Text attributes on asset pages (includes an HTML Editor)
Plain text editor	Some text fields

Additionally, admins can enable the Rich Text Editor (in preview) feature in the Settings > In Preview page.

This new experience migrates the Rich Text Editor back to TinyMCE to enhance functionality and improve your editing experience. You can now copy and paste content from Microsoft Word and Excel into the Rich Text Editor while preserving the correct formatting.

Tip For a list of all known issues, go to the Support Portal.

Standard text editor

The standard text editor is a rich text formatting editor.

Example

Commenting on asset pages in the default experience

For formatting, you can use:

The formatting toolbar options, such as paragraph styles, bold, lists, and code block. Via the toolbar, you can also add hyperlinks and images. For information about hyperlinking, go to Manual hyperlinking.
The HTML Editor, if available. Click HTML Editor and enter HTML code. The HTML Editor allows for even more advanced HTML editing, and gives you the option to preview the output.
Tip
- For a list of HTML tags supported by Collibra, go to HTML tags in text editors and text widgets.
- The <style> tag affects only elements in the related text editor area, such as the text widget or attribute.
- You can maximize the HTML Editor. In the full screen view, you can see a preview of your code.

Note

Copying and pasting from Microsoft Office or other sources may not retain all formatting.
You can't upload an image via a URL path. You can drag an image to the text editor or upload the image from your computer.
You can resize your image by selecting the image and dragging the corners of the image to the desired size.

Mini text editor

The mini text editor is a variant of the rich text formatting editor. The toolbar in the mini text editor offers a more basic set of formatting options than the standard text editor.

For formatting, you can use:

The formatting toolbar options, such as paragraph styles, bold, lists, and code block. Via the toolbar, you can also add hyperlinks and images. For information about hyperlinking, go to Manual hyperlinking.
The HTML Editor, if available. Click HTML Editor and enter HTML code. The HTML Editor allows for even more advanced HTML editing, and gives you the option to preview the output.
Tip
- For a list of HTML tags supported by Collibra, go to HTML tags in text editors and text widgets.
- The <style> tag affects only elements in the related text editor area, such as the text widget or attribute.
- You can maximize the HTML Editor. In the full screen view, you can see a preview of your code.

Note

Copying and pasting from Microsoft Office or other sources may not retain all formatting.
You can't upload an image via a URL path. You can drag an image to the text editor or upload the image from your computer.
You can resize your image by selecting the image and dragging the corners of the image to the desired size.

Example

Text attribute on an asset page

Text in tables

Text in a comment in the new experience

Plain text editor

The plain text editor allows you to enter text without any formatting.