About

The Text module allows you to create short and long text fields with optional summaries. See the Field module help and the Field UI help pages for general information on fields and how to create and manage them. For more information, see the online documentation for the Text module.

Uses

Managing and displaying text fields

The settings and display of the text field can be configured separately. See the Field UI help for more information on how to manage fields and their display.

Creating short text fields

If you choose Text (plain) or Text (formatted) as the field type on the Manage fields page, then a field with a single row is displayed. You can change the maximum text length in the Field settings when you set up the field.

Creating long text fields

If you choose Text (plain, long), Text (formatted, long), or Text (formatted, long, with summary) on the Manage fields page, then users can insert text of unlimited length. On the Manage form display page, you can set the number of rows that are displayed to users.

Trimming the text length

On the Manage display page you can choose to display a trimmed version of the text, and if so, where to cut off the text.

Displaying summaries instead of trimmed text

As an alternative to using a trimmed version of the text, you can enter a separate summary by choosing the Text (formatted, long, with summary) field type on the Manage fields page. Even when Summary input is enabled, and summaries are provided, you can display trimmed text nonetheless by choosing the appropriate format on the Manage display page.

Using text formats and editors

If you choose Text (plain) or Text (plain, long) you restrict the input to Plain text only. If you choose Text (formatted), Text (formatted, long), or Text (formatted, long with summary) you allow users to write formatted text. Which options are available to individual users depends on the settings on the Text formats and editors page.