Composite Columns: Stripping HTML from a value

M. Northstar · 08-27-2019, 09:49 AM

Hi. I'm sorry if this has been addressed before, but if so, about an hour of reading the manual and searching the forums didn't find it.

I want to create a custom column that takes the value of the Title field, and my custom column Sub Title, and puts them together as Display Name.

I have gotten so far as this template:

Code:

{title}{#sub:|: |}

which does everything I want, except that the #sub field (which is a long text field) returns HTML-formatted text. How do I make it return just the plain text, as it does in the column itself?

chaley · 08-27-2019, 01:02 PM

The #sub field should have the sub-type "Short text, like a title". That subtype doesn't use html.

M. Northstar · 08-28-2019, 05:39 PM

That's done it. Thanks.

(A note, however: those posts that had already had a value in the #sub field, and therefore had HTML formatting, retained their HTML formatting. I had to go in and delete the HTML tags for hand. Fortunately, there were only a couple of posts with that information already filled in).

08-27-2019, 09:49 AM	#1
M. Northstar Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sweden Device: Smart Phone	Composite Columns: Stripping HTML from a value Hi. I'm sorry if this has been addressed before, but if so, about an hour of reading the manual and searching the forums didn't find it. I want to create a custom column that takes the value of the Title field, and my custom column Sub Title, and puts them together as Display Name. I have gotten so far as this template: Code: {title}{#sub:\|: \|} which does everything I want, except that the #sub field (which is a long text field) returns HTML-formatted text. How do I make it return just the plain text, as it does in the column itself?

08-27-2019, 01:02 PM	#2
chaley Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,525 Karma: 8065948 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Notts, England Device: Kobo Libra 2	The #sub field should have the sub-type "Short text, like a title". That subtype doesn't use html. Attached Thumbnails

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08-28-2019, 05:39 PM	#3
M. Northstar Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sweden Device: Smart Phone	That's done it. Thanks. (A note, however: those posts that had already had a value in the #sub field, and therefore had HTML formatting, retained their HTML formatting. I had to go in and delete the HTML tags for hand. Fortunately, there were only a couple of posts with that information already filled in).

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