text_format field displays a simple text input instead of full editor [#2447211]

Description

The text_format field doesn't display a full editor anymore, only a basic input field. In the beta7 version, it displays the editor correctly but doesn't save. The latest 8.0.x-dev version inverts that bug (it saves the contents of the field, but doesn't display correctly — same code).

Steps to reproduce

Install Drupal 8.0.x-dev
Create an entity
Configure the add route for the entity

Put the following code in the baseFieldDefinitions method for the entity:

$fields['content'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('text')
      ->setLabel(t('Content'))
      ->setDescription(t('The content of the block'))
      ->setSettings(array(
        'max_length'  => 1024
      ))
      ->setDisplayOptions('form', array(
        'type'   => 'text_format',
        'weight' => -6
      ))
      ->setRequired(TRUE)
      ->setDisplayConfigurable('form', TRUE);

Go to the add page for the entity, see the result
Update composer.json by changing the drupal/core version to "~8.0"
Run composer update and clear cache
Go to the add page again and see the field displaying just fine

Expected result (display on 8.0.0-beta7)

expected screenshot

Obtained result (display on 8.0.x-dev)

obtained screenshot

Comment	File	Size	Author
	Screen Shot 2015-03-06 at 12.07.07.png	28.56 KB	PLPeeters
	Screen Shot 2015-03-06 at 11.59.23.png	15.92 KB	PLPeeters

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Comments

Comment #1

idebr CreditAttribution: idebr commented 6 March 2015 at 12:44

Status:	Active	» Closed (works as designed)
Related issues:		+#2442255: Changing text formats on a field makes it impossible to edit.

@PLPeeters thanks for submitting a bug report! The editor was purposefully removed because CKEditor is currently only compatible with textarea (and incompatible with textfield). For more information, please have a look at the issue where this was resolved: #2442255: Changing text formats on a field makes it impossible to edit.

Comment #2

PLPeeters CreditAttribution: PLPeeters commented 6 March 2015 at 13:36

@idebr Thanks for clearing that up. Reading through the comments, I noticed it's still possible to attach an editor, but I couldn't understand how. Could you tell me where I can figure that out?

Comment #3

idebr CreditAttribution: idebr commented 6 March 2015 at 13:42

@PLPeeters The possibilities suggested in #2442255: Changing text formats on a field makes it impossible to edit. are either:
- Use a WYSIWYG editor that is compatible with a textfield (eg. not CKEditor)
- Use a textarea instead of a textfield to use CKEditor

Comment #4

PLPeeters CreditAttribution: PLPeeters commented 6 March 2015 at 14:10

@idebr Using a textarea seems to be the appropriate option in my case, however the description for text_format in the documentation for the Form API is "A text-format-enabled version of a textarea", so apparently it's already supposed to be a textarea. I guess there's something I'm not understanding correctly here. Could you enlighten me?

Comment #5

PLPeeters CreditAttribution: PLPeeters commented 10 March 2015 at 10:03

Just for the record for anyone who might stumble across this problem in the future, the solution was to change the definition of my field to text_long and the type to text_textarea, like this:

$fields['content'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('text_long')
      ->setLabel(t('Content'))
      ->setDescription(t('The content of the block'))
      ->setDisplayOptions('form', array(
        'type'   => 'text_textarea',
        'weight' => -6
      ))
      ->setRequired(TRUE)
      ->setDisplayConfigurable('form', TRUE);

Comment #6

michael.romero CreditAttribution: michael.romero commented 17 October 2019 at 15:29

configuration to have a field with full editor (Textarea):

$fields['description'] = BaseFieldDefinition::create('text_long')
      ->setLabel(t('Description'))
      ->setDescription(t('The description.'))
      ->setRevisionable(TRUE)
      ->setSettings([
        'max_length' => 1000,
        'text_processing' => 0,
      ])
      ->setDefaultValue('')
      ->setDisplayOptions('view', [
        'label' => 'above',
        'type' => 'string',
        'weight' => -4,
      ])
      ->setDisplayOptions('form', [
        'type' => 'text_textarea ',
        'rows' => 0,
        'weight' => -4,
      ])
      ->setDisplayConfigurable('form', TRUE)
      ->setDisplayConfigurable('view', TRUE)
      ->setRequired(TRUE);