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What HTML Tags are Allowed by Quickbase?

Quickbase allows for customization of the platform with HTML and CSS within certain features. JavaScript is supported within code pages. Content is also constrained by limits such as character count as defined in our limits page. Quickbase may also block identified security vulnerabilities proactively and without notice to protect the security of the platform and our customers.

HTML and CSS is generally accepted within a few areas:

 

Area

Supported

Unsupported

Code pages

  • Browser-supported HTML

  • Browser-supported CSS

  • Browser-supported JavaScript

 

Rich text fields, data entered by users (unsupported content may be accepted at entry but will not render for users)

  • “Display” HTML and CSS (to format and decorate text) as supported by the rendering browser and included in the identified list below

  • HTML or CSS that allows for interactivity such as, but not limited to:

    • Script tags

    • Event handlers

    • iFrames

    • Ajax calls

  • All JavaScript

  • Style tags

Text elements on a form, when HTML is turned on

  • bold

  • italics

  • paragraph

  • span

  • a

  • img

  • table

  • table row

  • table cell

  • table heading cell

 

Formula rich text fields, created by builders (unsupported content may be blocked during creation or runtime)

  • “Display” HTML and CSS (to format and decorate text) as supported by the rendering browser

  • HTML or CSS that allows for interactivity such as, but not limited to:

    • Script tags

    • Event handlers

    • iFrames

    • Ajax calls

  • All JavaScript

  • Style tags

Realm branding

  • Header

  • Footer

  • Sign-in page

  • Basic HTML used for display purposes

  • Script, object, embed, frameset, iframe, applet, html, body tags

  • JavaScript

  • CSS

  • Style tags

Email notifications

  • “Display” HTML and CSS (to format and decorate text) as supported by the rendering browser

  • HTML or CSS that allows for interactivity such as, but not limited to:

    • Script tags

    • Event handlers

    • iFrames

    • Ajax calls

  • All JavaScript

  • Style tags

Old Dashboards

  • “Display” HTML and CSS (to format and decorate text) as supported by the rendering browser and included in the identified list below

  • HTML or CSS that allows for interactivity such as, but not limited to:

    • Script tags

    • Event handlers

    • iFrames

    • Ajax calls

  • All JavaScript

  • Style tags

New Dashboards

  • Limited HTML for text decoration, using our editor

 

 

Tips and Tricks

Inliner

Certain properties are not allowed to exist separately in a tag such as style, for security reasons. These properties may be include inline with HTML tags though. Tools such as the Mailchimp Inliner can help with this process.

Quotes in a formula field

Within a formula field, quote marks " are used to define a text literal. Within a rich text field, the HTML is considered part of the text and must be defined with quotes. This will require quote marks to be escaped, as shown in our help article about color-coding fields.

Sample HTML Tags for use in supported areas

To learn more about these tags and see examples visit the W3C site.

HTML Tags for Text Fields

a

for adding links

abbr

show tool tip for abbreviations

acronym

show tool tip for acronyms

address

show address

area

define area on an image map

article

defines an article with self contained content

aside

defines text to the side of other text

b

bold

bdi

bi-directional text

bdo

bi-directional override

big

bigger text

blockquote

indents a quotation or chunk of text

br

line break

br/

line break

caption

caption text

cite

displays citations and references in italics

code

computer code

col

used to apply styling to an entire column in a table

colgroup

used to apply styling to a group of columns in a table

data

displays text associating it with a value key

dd

term description in definition list

del

indicates deleted text with a strikethrough

details

allows for a collapsible heading and details section

dfn

shows a definition term in italics

div

a section of a page

dl

definition list

dt

term in definition list

em

emphasized text (italics)

fieldset

outlines a group of fields, set of tags

figcaption

defines a caption for a photo

figure

used with figcaption

font

text format

footer

places a footer at the bottom of the page

h1 - h6

headings of different sizes

header

used for headers

hr

horizontal rule

i

italics

img

image

ins

indicates inserted text with an underline

kbd

keyboard text

legend

caption for a fieldset

li

list item

map

image map

mark

used to highlight text

meter

defines a visual meter

nav

creates a list of navigation links

ol

ordered (numbered) list

p

paragraph

picture

more advanced ways to render images than img

pre

preformatted text

progress

generates a progress bar

q

quotation

s

creates strikethrough text

samp

sample computer code

section

creates sections in a page

small

smaller size text

source

an audio player

span

text span

strong

strong (bold) text

sub

subscript

summary

used with the details tag

sup

superscript

table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr

creates a table with different properties

time

adds time keys to text

tt

teletype or mono spaced text

u

underline

ul

unordered (bulleted) list

var

variable

wbr

tells a browser where a word break is acceptable

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