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Velo How-To: Text Formatting

by Velo by WixMay 22nd, 2021

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Velo is a full-stack development platform that empowers you to rapidly build, manage and deploy professional web apps. You can connect data to elements using Wix Data and datasets or Velo and code. The formatting of a Text element's content that is set using code is determined by the property used to set the the content and the manner in which the content is marked up. For example, the formatting in the Text element will be uniform for all its content. Different parts of the content cannot be formatted differently.

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You can connect data to elements using Wix Data and datasets or Velo and code. You can learn about how data is formatted when it is connected using datasets, here.

When you connect a Text element to data using Velo, the formatting for its text is affected by a number of factors. How you connect the data, what data you connect it to, and how its formatting is set, all contribute to the text's formatting.

The formatting of a Text element's content that is set using code is determined by the property used to set the the content and the manner in which the content is marked up.

.text

When a Text element's content is set using its

text

property, it keeps the formatting that was set in the Editor using the Edit Text button.

The formatting in the Text element will be uniform for all its content. Different parts of the content cannot be formatted differently. If more that one format settings were used in the Editor, the first style is applied to all the content that was set using the

text

property.

.html

When a Text element's content is set using its

html

property, the Text element's formatting depends on how you mark up the content. You can mark up the content with tags that are translated to themes or by adding additional tags.

Themes

When a Text element's content is set using its

html

property, all

<hx>

and

<p class="px">

tags are formatted using the site's themes as described in the API Reference.

Remember, themes are defined site-wide. Use themes when you want to remain consistent with the rest of your site. If the formatting of a theme in your site is changed, you won't have to worry about changing the formatting of the content in your rich text fields. They reflect the new theme's formatting.