Rich Text Component

Overview

The Rich Text component is used to compose and display formatted text, and can also be made clickable using blocks.

Rich Text works alongside other user interface components like buttons, images, and text inputs to create a cohesive and intuitive user experience.

Properties

You can customize your Rich Text component using the following properties:

Rich Text

Property	Value	Description
Text	Text	Text that appears on the Rich Text Component
Font	Select from menu	Font used to display component's text
Font Size	Number	Size of the text
Font Weight	True/False	Make the text bold
Color	Color	Color of the text that appears on the component
Highlight Color	Color	The color in which to highlight the text
Strikethrough	True/False	Draw a line through the select text
Underline	True/False	Underline the selected text
Italic	True/False	Make the selected text italicized
Text Align	Select from menu	Set alignment of the text relative to the outline
Line Spacing	Number	Maximum amount of lines of text that will display
Visible	True/False	Display or hide the component

Using Custom Fonts may only be available for Creators on certain Thunkable plans. Please refer to our pricing page for more information: Thunkable pricing.

Layout

Property	Value	Description
X	coordinate value	Position of the upper left corner of the Rich Text component on the X-axis, where the left side of the screen is X=0.
Y	coordinate value	Position of the upper left corner of the Rich Text component on the Y-axis, where the top of the screen is Y=0.
Height	number in pixels	The Rich Text component's height is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Width	number in pixels	The Rich Text component's width is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Resize Mode	Stretch	Stretches the Rich Text component to fit the dimensions of the device's screen.
Resize Mode	Float in Place	Renders the Rich Text component in the same aspect ratio as the design, regardless of the device size.

Style

Property	Value	Description
Visible	visible	Users can see the Rich Text.
Visible	invisible	Users cannot see the Rich Text.
Background Color	color	The background color of the Rich Text.
Border: Style	solid	The Rich Text component's border is a solid line.
Border: Style	dotted	The Rich Text component's border is a dotted line.
Border: Style	dashed	The Rich Text component's border is a dashed line.
Border: Color	color	The Rich Text component's border is the color selected.
Border: Width	number in pixels	The width of the Rich Text component's border is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Border: Radius	number in pixels	The radius of the Rich Text component's border’s corners is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Shadow: Color	color	The Rich Text component's shadow is the color selected.
Shadow: Opacity	number between 0 and 100	The opacity of the Rich Text component's shadow.
Shadow: Radius	number in pixels	The radius of the Rich Text component's shadow’s corners is defined by a custom number of pixels.
Shadow: Offset	number in pixels	How far the Rich Text component's shadow should be offset, in height and width, is defined by a custom number of pixels.

Rich Text Blocks

To access the blocks specific to the Rich Text component:

1. On the Design tab, add a Rich Text component to a screen.

2. Navigate to the Blocks tab.

3. In the component tree on the left, click the name of the Rich Text component.

4. A drawer of Rich-Text-specific blocks opens.

Block Image	Description
	This event will fire when the user clicks on the Rich Text.
	Removes all text from the component.
	Reset all text formatting (including paragraph modifiers) to the default styling (i.e., the styling that a brand new Rich Text component has before it is modified).
	Replace any text with the provided string. This will set it to the “default component styling” (no modifiers).
	Get the component's text.
	Set the background color of the component.
	Get the background color.
	Set the height of the component.
	Get the height of the component.
	The Computed Height block gets the on-screen dimensions of the component, after it has been rendered on-screen. The value returned is an integer, representing the size of the Rich Text component in pixels.
	Set the width of the component.
	Get the width of the component.
	The Computed Width block gets the on-screen dimensions of the Rich Text component, after it has been rendered on-screen. The value returned is an integer, representing the size of the Rich Text component in pixels.
	Choose whether to display or hide the component.
	Get the True or False value for the Visible state.
	Set the position of the component on the X-Axis, where the left side of the screen is X=0.
	Get the position of the component on the X-Axis.
	Set the position of the component on the Y-Axis, where the top of the screen is Y=0.
	Get the position of the component on the Y-Axis.
	Set the font of the component's text.
	Set the font size of the component's text.
	Make all the text Bold or Normal.
	Set all the text to Italic.
	Underline all the text.
	Draw a line through all the text.
	Highlight all the text in a specific color.
	Set the line spacing.
	Set all the text to a specific color.
	Set the component's Text Align. Text Align can be any of the following values: Auto, Left, Right, Center, or Justify.