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Hello! I currently have an app that utilizes a rich text editor to create narratives for events. My original "Event Creation" page just uses a Rich Text field and adds it to the dataverse entry through a power automate flow. However, later on, I allow the user to edit the event using the Form item. When they do this, the narrative appears with all of the HTML tags inside a regular text box instead of in a Rich Text editor. Is there any way to make it so that the card in the form is a Rich Text editor instead of just a text editor? Or do I have to create a separate editor and tie it to the submit button somehow. Any help is appreciated, thanks!

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Hi,

Yeah, this is a pretty common situation when working with rich text in Microsoft Dataverse through Power Apps.

What’s happening is your data is being stored correctly as HTML (since it came from a Rich Text Editor), but when you open it in the Edit Form, the default control in the DataCard is just a normal text input. That control doesn’t render HTML, so you end up seeing all the tags like <p>, <br>, etc.

To fix this, you don’t need a separate screen or custom submit logic. You can just replace the control inside the form:

Unlock the DataCard for your narrative field

Remove (or hide) the default Text Input

Insert a Rich Text Editor control inside that same DataCard

Then set:

Default (Rich Text Editor) → Parent.Default

Update (DataCard) → RichTextEditor1.HtmlText

That way:

Existing content will render properly as formatted text

Any edits will save back correctly to Dataverse

So essentially, you’re just swapping the “viewer” from a plain text box to something that understands HTML.

No need to build a separate editor unless you want more customization.

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Vish WR 3,748 on at

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you app is saving text with HTML tags like <p> and <br> but when editing, it shows those tags instead of the formatted text because the form is using a plain text box that cannot read HTML.

Fix it by swapping that plain text box inside the form card with a Rich Text Editor control. It knows how to read and display HTML properly.

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Hi @AB-03121629-0,

To have a Rich Text Editor experience inside a form for editing narratives stored as rich text (HTML), you have two main options:

Replace the Default Text Input Card with a Rich Text Editor Control

Remove or unlock the data card for the narrative field in your form.

Delete the default text input control inside that card.

Insert a Rich Text Editor control (available in Power Apps) inside the card.

Set the Rich Text Editor’s Default property to the narrative field’s value, e.g.: ThisItem.NarrativeField

On form submission, patch or update the record with the Rich Text Editor’s .HtmlText property, e.g.: RichTextEditor1.HtmlText

We will need to customize the card’s Update property to return the Rich Text Editor’s .HtmlText instead of the default text input’s .Text.

Use a Separate Rich Text Editor Outside the Form

Keep your form for other fields.

Use a standalone Rich Text Editor control bound to the narrative field.

On save, patch or submit the narrative field separately using the Rich Text Editor’s .HtmlText.

This approach gives you more control but requires manual patching or flow integration.

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Hello @AB-03121629-0,

Yes, you can handle this within the form itself. Instead of removing the card, you can unlock the DataCard and add a Rich Text Editor inside it.

Then update the properties like this:

Default Property of the RichText box should like this:

Parent.Default
DataCard Update Property:
RichTextEditor1.HtmlText //RichTextEditor1 - Replace with your control name

This way, the form will display the content in rich format and save it correctly back to Dataverse.

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