RE: creating a html field

Andre Serrazina — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:18:22 GMT

Hi john Fieldsend ,

I've noticed that I've share the documentation for the previous TinyMCE version.
This is the reference that you should be following:

support.sugarcrm.com/.../

RE: creating a html field

Andre Serrazina — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 17:30:48 GMT

Hi john Fieldsend ,

Do you see any errors in the browser console when opening these record views?
I tested this locally by adding one of these fields using your approach—first creating the field via Studio and then updating the vardefs as follows:

<?php

//path custom/Extension/modules/Accounts/Ext/Vardefs/simona.php

$dictionary['Account']['fields']['simona'] = array(
    'name' => 'simona',
    'vname' => 'LBL_SIMONA',
     'type' => 'htmleditable_tinymce',
    'dbType' => 'longtext',
    'len' => 255,
    'source' => 'db',
    'required' => false,
    'audited' => false,
    'massupdate' => false,
    'reportable' => true,
    'importable' => 'true',
    'duplicate_merge' => 'disabled',
);

This worked correctly on my side, and the editor appears as expected.

Because of that, I’m wondering if there might be an error preventing the editor from loading in your environment.

And regarding the TinyMCE configuration, instead of creating a .js file, I believe you should be looking at creating a PHP file as described in our documentation.

support.sugarcrm.com/.../

Let me know if this points you on the correct direction.

Cheers,

André