The Core Component Text Component is a text composing component that features in-place editing. The component offers rich text editing and formating options available to authors.
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The Text Core component is used to place body text onto an AEM page.
The Text Component offers a robust rich text editor that allows for easy text editing in a simplified, in-line editor as well as a full screen format.
The edit dialog features in-line editing with limited options with full functionality available in the full-screen edit dialog. Using the design dialog, text formatting options such as headings, special characters, and paragraph styles can be configured for the template for the content author.
The edit dialog offers the standard rich text formatting tools a user would expect to compose text.
Used to apply bold formatting to selected text or boldly format text entered after the cursor.
Ctrl+B can be used as a keyboard shortcut.
Used to apply italicized formatting to selected text or italicize text entered after the cursor.
Ctrl+I can be used as a keyboard shortcut.
Used to apply underlined formatting to selected text or underline text entered after the cursor.
Ctrl+U can be used as a keyboard shortcut.
Used to format selected text or text entered after the cursor as subscript.
Used to format selected text or text entered after the cursor as superscript.
Pastes any copied text as plain text without any formatting.
When selecting this option a window opens where the text can be pasted as plain text with no formatting as a preview before it is inserted into the text. Accept by tapping or clicking the check mark, cancel by tapping or clicking the x.
When selecting this option a window opens where the text can be pasted maintaining its formatting as a preview before it is inserted into the text. Accept by tapping or clicking the check mark, cancel by tapping or clicking the x.
Use this option to convert the selected text into a hyperlink or modify an already defined link. This option is only active when text is already selected and opens a window with additional options for setting the link.
Enter the path
Enter alternative descriptive text for the link
Select link behavior
Tap or click the check mark to apply the link or the x to cancel.
Use this option to remove a link already applied to the selected text. This option is only active when a link is already selected.
Use this option to search the text for occurrence of a specified text string. Selecting this option opens a window for specifying the search options.
Enter the text for which you want to search and tap or click Find to begin the search. Tap or click the x to cancel.
If you wish to do an exact match according to the case, select the option Match Case before starting the search.
If a match is found, it is highlighted and the search dialog is dimmed. Tap or click the Find button again in the dimmed dialog to search for the next occurrence.
If no additional occurrences are found, a message will be displayed and the search will restart from the beginning of the text.
Use this option to search the text for occurrences of a specified text string and replace the matches with another string. Selecting this option opens a window for specifying the search and replace options.
Enter the text for which you want to search as well as the text with which it should be replaced.
If a match is found, it is highlighted and the search dialog is dimmed. Click the Find button again in the dimmed dialog to search for the next occurrence or select the Replace button to replace the highlighted, matched text. Note that the Replace button is only active once a match is made.
The find and replace dialog becomes transparent when find is clicked and becomes opaque when replace is clicked. This allows the author to review the text that the author will replace.
Used to align the text to the left margin.
Used to center the text.
Used to align the text to the right margin.
Used to format the selected text as a bulleted list or begin the insertion of a bulleted list after the cursor.
To end a bulleted list, tap or click the Bullet button again or enter two carriage returns.
Used to format the selected text as a numbered list or begin the insertion of a numbered list after the cursor.
To end a numbered list, tap or click the Numbered button again or enter two carriage returns.
Used to decrease the indentation level of the selected text or text entered after the cursor.
Only active if the selected text or position of the cursor is already indented.
Used to increase the indentation level of the selected text or text entered after the cursor.
Used to insert a table into the text. Selecting this option opens a window for specifying the details of the table.
Used to check the spelling of the text content. Possible misspellings are underlined with broken, red lines.
Special Characters
Used to insert special characters into the text. Selecting this option opens a window where the available characters are displayed.
Tap or click the desired character to insert it into the text after the cursor. Multiple characters can be inserted. Tap or click the x to close the selection window.
Used to apply paragraph formatting to the selected text or to text inserted after the cursor. Selecting this options opens a dropdown from which the paragraph format is selected.
The text component can be edited in-line as well, but due to space restraints, not all formatting options are available in-line. To see all options, switch to full-screen mode.
The Text Core component supports the AEM Style System.
Use the drop-down to select the styles that you want to apply to the component. Selections made in the edit dialog have the same effect as those chosen from the component toolbar.
Styles must be configured for this component in the design dialog in order for the drop down menu to be available.