This Field Type represents a block of unformatted text.
Name
Internal name
Expected input type
TextBlock
eztext
string
Description
The Field Type handles a block of multiple lines of unformatted text. It is capable of handling up to 16,777,216 characters.
Input expectations
Type
Example
string
"This is a block of unformatted text"
Value object
Properties
The Value class of this Field Type contains the following properties:
Property
Type
Description
$text
string
This property will be used for the text content.
String representation
A TextBlock's string representation is the the $text property's value, as a string.
Constructor
The constructor for this value object will initialize a new Value object with the value provided. It accepts a string as argument and will import it to the $text attribute.
Validation
This Field Type does not perform any special validation of the input value.
Settings
Settings contain only one option:
Name
Type
Default value
Description
textRows
integer
10
Number of rows for the editing control in the administration interface.
