Default Value of Field type Texteditor

[tovoro]

Hello

It would be great if we could use the texteditor in the default value of a custom field with type texteditor, so we could have some nicely formatted default values for fields in our Quotes for example.

This is already mentioned on Github: https://github.com/espocrm/espocrm/issues/3331

Is there a way to change this in the code and if yes, can someone point me in the right direction? Will it affect upgrades? I have not developed anything within espocrm yet.

Thanks for your help
Tobi

[item]

Hi,
If i understand you can change the "view" of the field.. in upgrade safe.

You can create a json at
custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/entityDefs/YourEntity.json.

{
    "fields": {
        "description": {
            "type": "text",
            "view": "views/fields/wysiwyg"    // This is the new view of out-of-box description field
        }
} 

clearCache and rebuild (from admin section)
Try it .. i don't know how is in database but certainly perfect. (someone can correct if it's bad proposition)

[tovoro]

Thanks a lot for your reply.

I tried but I dont think this is what im looking for.

Im looking to have this field in the custom field settings to have a wyswiwyg editor available, so I can format the defautl value of the field.

[tovoro]

With the help of AI I figured out a solution which is update-safe.

Just add these two custom files

espocrm/client/custom/src/views/admin/field-manager/fields/wysiwyg/default.js

define(['views/fields/wysiwyg'], function (WysiwygFieldView) {
return class extends WysiwygFieldView {
setup() {
super.setup();
this.name = 'default';
this.height = 200;
this.minHeight = 150;
}
}
});

espocrm/custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/fields/wysiwyg.json

{
"params": [
{
"name": "default",
"type": "text",
"view": "custom:views/admin/field-manager/fields/wysiwyg/default"
}
]
}

Seems to work fine for me

[yuri]

This breaks all other field parameters..

[tovoro]

Thanks a lot for the hint!

This is better, right? Any review is highly appreciated :-)

custom/Espo/Custom/Resources/metadata/fields/wysiwyg.json

{
{
"params": [
{
"name": "required",
"type": "bool",
"default": false
},
{
"name": "default",
"type": "text",
"view": "custom:views/admin/field-manager/fields/wysiwyg/default"
},
{
"name": "height",
"type": "int"
},
{
"name": "minHeight",
"type": "int"
},
{
"name": "readOnly",
"type": "bool"
},
{
"name": "readOnlyAfterCreate",
"type": "bool"
},
{
"name": "attachmentField",
"type": "varchar",
"hidden": true
},
{
"name": "useIframe",
"type": "bool"
},
{
"name": "maxLength",
"type": "int"
},
{
"name": "audited",
"type": "bool",
"tooltip": true
}
]
}​