Rich text lets you format your notes and descriptions so they are easier to read and more useful. You can use it in places such as record notes and public descriptions.
What you can do
Format text
- Headers, bold, italics and underline to emphasize specific parts of your text
- Bullet lists, ordered lists and checkbox lists
Add links
- Link to websites or to internal documents on a shared folder
Reference records
- Type @ followed by, for example, an accession number to link to an existing record in Hortis
- You can reference taxa, accessions, material and sources
Showing the formatting toolbar
- Mobile: The toolbar is visible whenever you are editing a rich text field.
- Desktop: Select the text you want to format and the toolbar will appear.
Editing links
Change the URL
Click the link while editing the note. The URL dialog will open, where you can update the address.
Change the link text
- Use the arrow keys to move the cursor into the link text.
- Start editing the text.
On mobile, hold down the spacebar and drag to move the cursor into position, then edit the link text.
Example using rich text to reference parent taxa
