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Open search box
Go to Admin Menu > Configuration > Content Authoring > Text Formats and Editors.
You'll be presented with a list of default Text Formats and Editors.
Drupal 8 provides four text formats by default. While this may work for many purposes, our users tend to be confused by an overabundance of them.
So, we're going to delete all but the Plain Text.
Click on the arrow in Basic HTML row to drop down the menu.
Click Disable.
A screen will appear asking you if you're sure. Click the Disable button.
Repeat this process with the remaining Text Formats/Editors, with the exception of the Plain Text one.
Click the Add Text Format button.
Name field = enter a name for your text editor
Roles checkboxes = Authenticated user - this means that anyone who is logged in to the site can use this format
Text Editor select list = select CKEditor
Upon making your selection, the editor's toolbar will appear.
To add or remove buttons, simply drag and drop them.
You can also organize your buttons by adding Button Dividers and/or Button Groups.
Once you've added all of your buttons, hide the group names by clicking the Hide Group Names link.
What you see is an accurate depiction of what you'll get in the actual editor.
Enable Image Uploads checkbox = checked
Upload Directory field = enter the name of a default directory that your images are uploaded into - use all lower case with no spaces
Maximum File Size field = set a maximum upload size - if you don't set one the system will default to your global max upload settings, as shown here
Maximum Dimensions fields = if you would like to regulate the maximum image dimensions, do so here
Please note that this requires the installation of the Linkit module.
Linkit Enabled checkbox = checked
Linkit Profile select box = Default
Limit Allowed HTML Tags and Correct Faulty HTML checkbox = checked
Display any HTML as Plain Text checkbox = unchecked
Track Images Uploaded Via a Text Editor checkbox = checked
Display Embedded Images checkbox = checked
Align Images checkbox = checked
Convert Line Breaks Into HTML checkbox = checked
Caption Images checkbox = checked
Convert URLs Into Links checkbox = checked
Linkit URL Converter checkbox = checked
Restrict Images to this Site checkbox = unchecked
Correct Faulty and Chopped Off HTML checkbox = checked
Please note that this list will morph over time as additional modules are added.
We don't use a true Full HTML text format. We do this to limit the use of H1 and H2 in the body area.
That being said, there are a LOT of tags that we do want.
Click the Convert URLs Into Links vertical tab.
Maximum Link Text Length select field = 72 characters, default.
If a link exceeds this character length, it will be truncated. If you wish to adjust this, do so here.
Click the Linkit URL Converter vertical tab.
Automatically Set the Title Attribute checkbox = checked, by default. Adjust as desired.
Click the Save Configuration button.
You will be redirected to the Text Format and Editors list.