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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
20485Feature requestsSurvey editingpublic2026-04-13 14:592026-04-14 09:10
Reporterbuhtz Assigned To 
PrioritynoneSeverityfeature 
Status newResolutionreopened 
Summary20485: Force plain text in text fields (questions, answers, description)
Description

Hello,
this is my first issue in this project and also with using Mantis bug tracker. So please let me know if I can optimize it somehow.

When creating a survey several text fields are offered: Question, Answers, Survey description, Survey introduction text, Survey outro (thank you) text, etc

When I copy and paste (e.g. form MS Word) text in to that field, the full formatting is kept and translated into HTML. This is ugly and inconsistent in most cases.
But even if I use "Ctrl+Shift+V" (plain text insert on Windows) or copy and paste from a plain text editor (e.g. Geany, which is like notepad) some HTML (e.g. h2-tags) are created.

I need to edit each of that fields manually, in its source view.

I would like to have a "plain text" button in the text editors widget. Or much better, I survey wide setting to force plain text or make texts plain text by default.

Regards,
Christian

Additional Information

LimeSurvey 6.16.2 running my university servers. I am just a user not an admin.

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mfavetti

mfavetti

2026-04-14 07:59

developer   ~84616

there is a user setting for this

account -> personal settings -> html editor mode -> sourcecode editor

there is also a global setting for this

configuration -> global -> general -> default html editor mode -> html source
mfavetti

mfavetti

2026-04-14 08:36

developer   ~84622

a limesurvey feature already exists that does what the reporter requested
buhtz

buhtz

2026-04-14 09:04

reporter   ~84629

Again, thank you for the feedback.

I confirm that the behavior exists. So I request to add this feature to the editor widget itself.

You know other forums or e.g. reddit, where you can switch from HTML/Richtext/markdown view into source/plain text view via a button in the toolbar? The same toolbar where you do text formatting (bold, italic, etc). Would be nice to have a button there to switch on-demand.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2026-04-13 14:59 buhtz New Issue
2026-04-14 07:59 mfavetti Note Added: 84616
2026-04-14 07:59 mfavetti Bug heat 0 => 2
2026-04-14 08:36 mfavetti Assigned To => mfavetti
2026-04-14 08:36 mfavetti Status new => closed
2026-04-14 08:36 mfavetti Resolution open => no change required
2026-04-14 08:36 mfavetti Note Added: 84622
2026-04-14 09:04 buhtz Status closed => feedback
2026-04-14 09:04 buhtz Resolution no change required => reopened
2026-04-14 09:04 buhtz Note Added: 84629
2026-04-14 09:04 buhtz Bug heat 2 => 4
2026-04-14 09:10 mfavetti Assigned To mfavetti =>
2026-04-14 09:10 mfavetti Status feedback => new