why i am unable to add a Rich Text field inside a document library

Question

I have the following Rich Text field inside my site columns inside an online site collection:-

now when i add the above site column inside a document library >> the Rich Text facility will not be provided, and i will get a plain text field as follow:-

any advice on how i can add a Rich Text field inside a document library?
Thanks

Answer 1

Hi, @john john ,

This is a known behavior in SharePoint Online. I can reproduce in my tenant. All the libraries now do not support multi-line text column to store rich text.

Rich text or Enhanced rich text option is disabled in document libraries by default, as well as the Edit Multi-Text option in Edit Form. You can vote in UserVoice post.

For now, as a workaround we can only use the FORMAT TEXT panel using classic experience.

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