Rich text editing in podio
I know you can add images as files in Podio, and that's great, but it would be so much faster for the person who writes or reads a task, comment or ANY textarea if they could insert/see images without having to download them.
We frequently use screenshots and it would be great to be able to just paste them into the textarea... you could use people's dropbox, google drive or the other cloud storage providers to actually save the file to (in case storage is an issue). You already have a great integration with these services.
I've seen the issue of rich text editing come up before, any updates this topic?
Thanks,
Bogdan
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Official comment
We updated the Text Editor with a few enhancements today, including the option to change text color:
https://help.podio.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/115002191592-23-10-2017-Updates-to-Text-Editor
//Sara - Podio
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Right, Podio said 10 months ago: "We are currently looking into different options and are testing a very promising one right now! :)"
Till now, radio silence. I have the feeling that Podio lost is focus. Not a lot of things happening anymore. Too bad. My company now can't live without it, but it becomes the 'Microsoft feeling': Can't live without, don't want to live with it :-(
Wake up Podio, be the innovator again!
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Rich text editing is the equivalent of sending rich text emails - it's something that every business does every day. We depend on it in our marketing department to share screenshots and visuals of what we're working on what we're trying to say. If Podio is meant to be a replacement for email, then having similar functionality - particularly copy and paste of formatted text and images (or at least image) uploads is a minimum expectation of our staff. I hope that Podio will make commenting as useful and as visual as emailing or any social media activity stream (which is what Podio is seeking to emulate, correct)? Until then, I expect, we will continue to use email to supplement Podio.
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We are currently in need for a wiki to share knowledge. Now, a wiki as such does not exist in Podio, though one can argue that Podio IS one big wiki. And basically, a wiki article is nothing more than a header and bodytext.
However, there's one thing missing and that is indeed pasting pictures in the article itself. Now I can only upload pictures to a post but they do not appear in the bodytext itself. This is a real necessity to create a true wiki.
Hope Podio pays attention. Thx!
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Podio,
Really ? This is real disappointing. We are looking for a cloud based task management system, this is such a basic and fundamental requirement (ps listen to your audience) that I have stopped using you, just as I was starting to get to grips with you as well. I hadn't spotted this before this morning, tried to ad an image to a task and realized for first time, no rich text editor.
Why on earth would you put in such an unnecessary limitation....anyways...my search goes on :(
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Hey, guys, good news!! In fact rich text support is already included in Podio functionality, but is hidden! Look here http://screencast.com/t/omrElAFouL I got this result by copying and pasting an image from Podio comments into a text field. You can see embedded image here http://screencast.com/t/W6MWMUqwUL with a possibility of resizing an making it clickable. But I have no idea how to make it again w/o using comments as a source.
Why not to make a button "insert an image" if there is an image support in a text field?
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I want to echo everyone's request for a better rich text editor. Given all the off-the-shelf solutions in the market today (my favorite being Froala) and how easy they are to implement, I don't understand what's causing the difficulty or the delay.
I find it funny that the editor I used to submit this comment has two features that the Podio rich text field doesn't: adding in-line images and a smoother hyperlinking process that doesn't require a browser popup. Though I'm not sure if that's because of the ZenDesk implementation rather than Podio's own code.
Here's a list of commonly requested rich text editing features from my clients as of September 2017. Podio has the potential to replace many of our Microsoft Word use cases, but it's not even close to meeting that potential which is disappointing and frustrating.
- In-line images
- Change text color
- Change text background color (especially useful for notes where sections need to be highlighted)
- Alignment
- Tables
- Font sizing (though not as necessary with paragraph styles)
- Indenting with the TAB key
- Print (just the field and not the entire item)
- Clear formatting (though selecting the paragraph style is a workaround)
- Inserting horizontal lines
- Subscripts and superscripts
All of the above, btw, are easily doable through Froala. Though I say "easily" without knowing your internal implementation challenges.
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+1 more for Rich text. Even having the limited font editing features in the case notes would be so nice. Similar to the Text section of a given item. Bold, Underline, Italics, Numbers, bullets, etc. The way the comments lump multiple paragraphs together makes it so difficult to distinguish different conversations. More separation and some editing features would be amazing!
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To insert an image trough the comments is a workaround but a total pain in the a** to explain to a standard user.
Podio, please, It can't be that hard to implement this feature. There are so many use cases for it and so many Podio Users asking for it. It just can't be possible, that you guys are replying to this Post 2 years Ago, that you're testing some possibilities and now there is still no working solution. That's just ridiculous. -
Even since Podio has been acquired by Citrix and became part of their corporate culture, real innovation came to a stand still (seriously, 4 years to develop something like Rich Text Editing??). It is not the eager start-up anymore that truly wants to revolutionize the way we collaborate. In all fairness, it is still the best platform out there, but they start loosing their ground fast. It's a pity but inevitable if Big Corp gets involved (I know, I've been working for Pharma for 17 years, witnessing every singly true innovation being killed by Corporate Antibodies...)
A shame.
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We are considering an update to the current text editor, however the improved version will most likely not include things like images or tables as this goes against the structured data approach in Podio.
We believe in structured data where fields help you organise data like images and text. Including images in the text editor will make the item closer to a regular document. That being said, we are considering other improvements related to text formatting, like colors and alignment.
Thanks a lot for the feedback and input!
//Sara - Podio
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Hello Gustav,
I strongly agree with Bogdan regarding the possibility to paste text & Images in Podio.
we are currently working on building references documents on different topics to improve knowledge sharing
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We usually collect information on the web and would appreciate to be able to paste images embedded with text. rather than pasting urls....
Moreover, during our daily work we usually create "follow-up documents" and we find very convenient to mix text and screeshots images.
If we have to create a word document to reference it afterwards, it greatly reduces Podio's competitive advantages in term of collaboration,
--> Direct visualization of mixed content is a real benefit for users.
Thank you
Stephan
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Hi,
I also need this and cannot use Podio without it so have started on my own system but would much rather use Podio. Can you not use Editors by others or give people the option to do so as some editors support this on Chrome and FF as they support it already such as http://ckeditor.com/addon/imagepaste
For me the use is in the bug app as i can post many bugs a day and use PrtSc and Paste and having to save every one to a file and then upload just isnt practical or an efficient workflow.
Also a linked post: https://help.podio.com/entries/23022161-Pasting-images-into-Podio-app-in-addition-to-up-upload-
Thanks
Dan
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I see this topic is getting more and more interest. So I'm not alone in my quest :)
If it helps, the workaround solution I've found is to use Skitch to share screenshots via online links. So if I want to post an image in a task or description I just place the link. It's definitely not the same as tasting an image but at least you don't have to save the image to your local computer you can view it in your browser
Hope this helps and hope Podio will add this functionality soon!
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We have a pro account with about 10 users, and a Wiki is one of our essential apps. Currently, my plan is to write each tutorial article with inline images (screenshots, reference, etc) and save it as a PDF and upload it to a Podio item by the same name. This is a pretty impractical workaround, and we'd love to have inline images in the text field so that we can create proper Wiki articles right inside of Podio.
While I've got the soapbox, why not also merge the Files and Images fields into a single "Attachments" field? Podio should be smart enough to figure out when a filetype is an image and display a larger thumbnail. No need for both in my opinion.
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