Rich Text and HTML in Events

Introduction

DayBack allows you to style the text in your event descriptions, adding links and formatting using an expanded editor.

You can even include tables for better organization and presentation of information.

Additional Customization Options

• Event Styles & Icons: Customize the event display with CSS styles and icons.
• Event Colors & Status: Change the color of an event based on a specific field, usually the "status."

How it works 

Enabling HTML Support:

• In the admin settings, go to the Field Mapping section for each calendar and turn on the HTML support switch under the description field:

Rendering HTML:

• With HTML support enabled (green), DayBack will render any HTML in the description field, displaying formatted text instead of code.

Using the HTML Editor:

• You will have access to an HTML editor for entering and formatting text in your description field. Click on the pencil icon to open the text editor:

Read-Only Events and Public Shares:

• For read-only events and events in public shares, an "expand" icon will be shown instead of a pencil. This allows users to expand the description field into a larger window for better readability.

Example

This functionality enables you to add rich, interactive displays in your event descriptions. Here's an example from our timeline on the history of the polio vaccine:

Limitations

Rich text is available in every calendar source supported by DayBack, not just Salesforce. However, not all sources can display HTML in their own calendars or native apps. As a result, HTML added to events in DayBack will look great there but may appear with HTML tags in other views, such as FileMaker table view.

Currently, HTML can only be added to the description field. We plan to extend this capability to custom fields in the future. If you need this feature urgently, please let us know.

DayBack also supports HTML that is included in the title field via the description. You can also style the title field using CSS.

Rich Text in Salesforce

While Salesforce has a specific field type for rich text, you can enable DayBack's HTML support for any field mapped to DayBack's description field. The advantage of using a rich-text-specific field in Salesforce is that it will render your HTML correctly, rather than displaying it as code. If you use a regular text field for HTML, it will appear as code in Salesforce, even though it will be properly rendered in DayBack.

Note that the rich text field type is not available in the native Event object in Salesforce. You may want to upvote the feature request for adding this functionality.