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Any way to prevent Rich Text boxes from putting a < p > < /p > before and after the content from SPO?

  • June 20, 2025
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When giving a Rich Text box default content from SharePoint, it is surrounded by < p > & nbsp; < /p > when you look at the source of the control. I’m looking for a way to keep only my original content in the control.

 

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Rich Text:

 

Best answer by LukeR

@SimonMuntz , I found the issue. In the rule where I was populating the control from the SPO field, it was automatically putting in the < p > tags. I removed them and it’s good now.

 

I removed the < p > and < /p > from here...

 

 

...leaving this.

 

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SimonMuntz
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  • June 22, 2025

Hi ​@LukeR,

 

Please be advised that Rich Text is a format that allows for more advanced text formatting options than plain text, but is not a coding language itself. The editor accepts bold, italic, hyperlinks, and alignments.

This article describes the differences between HTML, RTF, and plain text: https://blog.gimm.io/html-vs-rich-text-vs-plain-text-email-formats/


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  • June 23, 2025

@SimonMuntz , I found the issue. In the rule where I was populating the control from the SPO field, it was automatically putting in the < p > tags. I removed them and it’s good now.

 

I removed the < p > and < /p > from here...

 

 

...leaving this.