Formatting Text in WIND

A basic set of formatting tools are present under some input area, allowing you to apply some simple text styles and enhance the presentation of the text fields.

A text field which can be enriched with tagged text is easy to identify: it has the Tagged Text Editor toolbar (illustrated below) located right under it.

The term 'Tagged Text' refers to the editor inserting specific formatting code instructions within the text - these small pieces of code are named Tags.

Note that this component is not a WYSIWYG editor - it will only show some code, and does not render it as it would be when seen from the NOP.

Caution: the Tagged Text Editor must be used very carefully

Since the HTML code is visible - and therefore editable as well - your text might not render as expected if some tag has been damaged or removed by mistake.

As for most simple text editors, many of the commands are quite straightforward to understand. This is certainly the case for these:

Undo / Redo: undo (or redo) the last entered changes.

Carriage Return: Inserts a line break each time you click on it, forcing a carriage return.

Hitting the return key on your keybord will not be enough to force a new line - even though it might seem so in the editor window. Again, this is not a WYSIWYG editor.

Bold / Italic / Underline

Simply highlight with the mouse the text you want to edit, then click on the desired button. Should you wish to apply a second style on the same text string, please make sure to only reselect the original text - excluding all tags (tags are HTML commands placed between < > brackets).

Example

Select the text
Click on the Bold button - you text is now surrounded by the and tags (marking where to start and where to end the effect)
Select again the same text ...
.. and this time click on the Italic button

Notice how the tags are correctly nested within the tags. This gives the following sequence:

some words which will correctly display in the viewers' browser.

An incorrect sequence, such as some words is likely to be wrongly rendered. The whole text will probably be set in bold, since the bold closing tag is not located where it is expected, namely after the  tag.

Example: the source code

Example: how is shows in the NOP

Note: in case you are familiar with HTML, it is tempting to add your own HTML code to further enrich your text. Unfortunately, WIND will not retain any additional HTML code...

The other tools are described each in the next sections.

Tagged Text Editor