How do we create an html field in the widget?

[Jurow1812]

textarea in widget- How do we create an html field in the widget?

[Punit S]

To create an HTML field in a ServiceNow widget, you can use a text area input element with the "contenteditable" attribute set to true. Here's an example of how you can create an HTML field in a widget:

1. Define a text area element in your HTML template:

<textarea class="html-field" contenteditable="true"></textarea>
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In this example, we've given the text area element a class of "html-field" and set the "contenteditable" attribute to true, which allows users to edit the content of the text area as if it were a WYSIWYG editor.

• Use JavaScript or jQuery to manipulate the content of the text area element:

var htmlField = document.querySelector('.html-field');

// Get the HTML content of the text area
var htmlContent = htmlField.innerHTML;

// Set the HTML content of the text area
htmlField.innerHTML = '<h1>Hello World!</h1>';

// Add an event listener to the text area to capture changes to its content
htmlField.addEventListener('input', function() {
  var updatedHtmlContent = htmlField.innerHTML;
  // Do something with the updated HTML content
});
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In this example, we've used the document.querySelector method to get a reference to the text area element, and then we've used various JavaScript methods to manipulate its content. You can use these techniques to read and write HTML content to the text area element, and to respond to changes made by the user.

Note that if you plan to use the HTML content of the text area element to display content elsewhere in your widget, you may need to sanitize the HTML to prevent XSS attacks. ServiceNow provides several methods for sanitizing HTML content, such as the GlideHTMLSanitizer API.

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Thanks,
Punit