# How change text\_area form helper into rich text entry area/control?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-change-text-area-form-helper-into-rich-text-entry-area-control/130795>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 3, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-change-text-area-form-helper-into-rich-text-entry-area-control/130795 "2008-03-03T13:02:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-change-text-area-form-helper-into-rich-text-entry-area-control/130795/1 "2008-03-03T13:02:46Z")

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Do you know how to render a rich text input area (with HTML formatting  
buttons (bold, italics, etc., available?)

In RoR I’m hoping this is very easy to pull off?!?

\<%= text\_area ‘blogentry’, ‘entry’ %\>

  
TO  
\<%= rich\_text\_area ‘blogentry’, ‘entry’ %\> ???

Haven’t found anything helpful yet with multiple Google searches.

Thanks in advance,  
Pete

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**Author:** ![remoteportal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@remoteportal](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/remoteportal)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-change-text-area-form-helper-into-rich-text-entry-area-control/130795/2 "2008-03-03T13:18:16Z")

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as far as i know, riCh\_text\_area is not html standard  
you must use an external tool like FCKeditor or tinyMCE to do that  
(i’ve used tinyMCE for a few projects and it works fine)

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