Key questions about this property
The answers below summarize the purpose, scope, default effect, and review scenarios for this property.
| What does it do? |
This property takes an array of objects to define text patterns that can format text, replace content, or execute commands within HTML editors. |
| What area does it affect? |
HTML editor configuration |
| What does the default mean? |
The default value is "false", which is the baseline setting used unless it is changed. |
| When should you review it? |
Review this property when customizing the HTML editor's functionality or troubleshooting text pattern issues. |
Out of the box property record
Raw metadata from the property record.
| Property name |
glide.ui.html.editor.textpatterns |
| Sys ID |
3b991b54ff5003102e62ffffffffffc5 |
| Type |
string |
| Application |
Global |
| Default value |
false |
| Description |
Takes an array of objects used to configure the text patterns option for html-editors on forms. Text patterns can be used to apply formats, replace text, or execute commands.
Tinymce documentation: https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/latest/content-behavior-options/#text_patterns
IMPORTANT: Do note, that the value that is set here is not received by the field as is, but instead gets wrapped in a string which is parsed in the backend. In order for the JSON parse to work correctly, the keys and values will have to be in double quotes.
Example:
Use [{ "start": "1." , "cmd" : "InsertOrderedList" , "trigger" : "space" }, { "start" : "*" , "cmd" : "InsertUnorderedList", "trigger" : "space" }]
instead of
[{ start: '1.', cmd: 'InsertOrderedList', trigger: 'space' }, { start: '*', cmd: 'InsertUnorderedList', trigger: 'space' }] |
| Updated |
2026-04-13 10:18:13 |
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... which they are associated. 892 HTML system properties in TinyMCE (continued) System properties for TinyMCE HTML editor Type Description glide.ui.html.editor.default_link_target Choice list This system property is used to set link_default_target. glide.ui.html.editor.textpatterns String Takes an array of objects used to configure text patterns for HTML editor on forms. Use this property to enable or disable text patterns for formatting, text replacement, or ...
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