---
title: "Editing rich text Paragraph fields with Edit Entry and GravityEdit"
date: 2026-10-07
updated: 2026-10-07
author: "Block MCP (service account)"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/editing-rich-text-paragraph-fields/"
category: "GravityView > Edit Entry"
---

A Paragraph field in Gravity Forms can use a rich text editor, which gives people a toolbar for bold text, lists, and links. When the editor is on, [GravityView](https://www.gravitykit.com/products/gravityview/) Edit Entry and [GravityEdit](https://www.gravitykit.com/products/gravityedit/) inline editing both show a formatting toolbar for that field, and your View can show that formatting.

## Turn on the rich text editor

GravityView and GravityEdit both use this setting from the form. The View has no rich text setting of its own.

- Go to **Forms** and edit your form.
- Click the **Paragraph** field.
- Open the **Advanced** tab of the field settings.
- Check **Use the Rich Text Editor**.
- Click **Save Form**.

![The Advanced settings of a Paragraph field in the Gravity Forms editor, with Use the Rich Text Editor checked](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/rich-text-paragraph-01-use-rich-text-editor.png)**Accessibility**: Gravity Forms warns that its rich text editor is not accessible to people who use a screen reader. If they need to fill in or edit this field, keep the editor off.

## Editing in GravityView Edit Entry

Edit Entry shows the same rich text editor and toolbar as your form, with the field's current formatting loaded. GravityView saves the changes when you click **Update**.

![The GravityView Edit Entry screen with a rich text Paragraph field, showing the editor toolbar and the Update, Cancel, and Delete buttons](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rich-text-paragraph-02-edit-entry-rich-text.png)
*To set up Edit Entry, see [Configuring the Edit Entry screen](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/edit-entry/configuring-the-edit-entry-screen/)*

## Editing inline with GravityEdit

The rich text editor needs GravityEdit 2.11.0 or newer, and adding links in the popup editor needs GravityEdit 2.11.2 or newer. Turn on GravityEdit for the View as [GravityEdit: How to Enable for GravityView Views](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityedit/enable-inline-edit-for-gravityview/) describes. Then open the View with an account that can edit the entry, click **Enable Inline Edit**, and click a rich text Paragraph field to open it in the editor.

The toolbar has buttons for:

- Bold, italic, and underline
- Bulleted and numbered lists
- Quotes
- Adding and removing links
- Undo and redo

![A GravityEdit inline editor open on a Paragraph field in a View, showing the formatting toolbar and the Update button](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/rich-text-paragraph-03-gravityedit-inline-rich-text.png)To save, click **Update** or press Cmd+Enter (Mac)
or Ctrl+Enter (Windows). To close the editor without saving, click **Cancel** or press Esc. If you changed the text, GravityEdit asks before it discards your changes
Clicking another editable field closes the open editor without saving and without asking, so click **Update** first.

### Editing a whole column at once

In [column edit mode](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityedit/inline-edit-column-edit-mode-bulk-editing/), the cells of a rich text column stay closed until you click one. Edit one cell at a time and click **Update** before you open the next one. If another editor is open when you click a cell, that editor closes, and you click the cell again to open it.

### Formatting that GravityEdit saves

GravityEdit saves the HTML that WordPress allows in post content, such as paragraphs, bold text, lists, and links. It removes the HTML tags and attributes that WordPress does not allow in post content, such as scripts.

If you turn the rich text editor off later, GravityEdit opens the field as a plain text box that shows the HTML tags. Saving the field then removes the tags and keeps the text and line breaks.

**Note**: If the field opens as a plain text box with HTML tags while the rich text editor is on, the WordPress editor did not load on that page. Another plugin that removes the editor can cause this. You can still edit the HTML in the box.

## Showing the formatting in your View

The View shows the formatting on the Multiple Entries and Single Entry pages while the field's **Display as HTML** setting is checked, which is the default. To find the setting, click the gear icon on the Paragraph field in the View editor.

- With **Display as HTML** unchecked, the View shows the HTML tags as text.
- A number above zero in **Maximum words shown** shortens the text to that many words and removes its formatting, even when the text is already shorter. Leave it empty to keep the formatting.

## Related

- [Getting started with GravityEdit](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityedit/quickly-edit-entries-in-gravity-forms/)
- [GravityEdit: How to Enable for GravityView Views](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityedit/enable-inline-edit-for-gravityview/)