# Can't figure out how to trigger a rule on update of a Rich Text field **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [March 8, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614 "2022-03-08T18:57:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![masp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@masp](https://community.fibery.io/u/masp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/1 "2022-03-08T18:57:31Z")
Hi: I want to add a new Rule to my Task which would change the [State] (only from “Open”) to “In Progress” whenever the (Rich Text) [Details] is updated. (This would help my workflow quite a bit because currently when I start working on a Task in a side-by-side entity I have to remember to expand the entity in order to see the [State] field and change it manually: with this new Rule the [State] would automatically change from “Open” to “In Progress” at the instant that I add the first text to the [Details] field.) However, when I try to specify the Action as “updated”, I find that none of the Rich Text fields are available in the “which field” drop-down list: am I missing something? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/2 "2022-03-08T20:33:15Z")
It’s not currently possible, sorry. > [@Allow Rules/Formula Involving Rich-Text Fields](https://community.fibery.io/t/allow-rules-formula-involving-rich-text-fields/2108): > > Is this possible? #1 (Rule): If a rich-text field is not empty, then a checkbox’s value becomes ‘True’ #2 (Rule): If a rich-text field is not empty, copy the first few words to a text field Use-case: I just want to know if any of the rich-text fields are populated without having to click on the entity ---
**Author:** ![masp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@masp](https://community.fibery.io/u/masp)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/3 "2022-03-08T20:48:40Z")
Thanks: any idea if that’s in the roadmap? (Including rich text field updates as rule triggers) ---
**Author:** ![Oshyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/oshyan/32/11431_2.png) [@Oshyan](https://community.fibery.io/u/Oshyan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/4 "2022-03-08T21:11:49Z")
If you haven’t already done so, give a Vote to the feature request topic Chris linked to. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/5 "2023-04-13T10:07:30Z")
It is available [since February](https://community.fibery.io/t/february-9-2023-faster-entity-and-list-views/3956). ---
**Author:** ![masp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@masp](https://community.fibery.io/u/masp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/6 "2023-04-13T14:53:43Z")
Fantastic! Thanks for the heads-up! How do I enable it (for a given rule + field)? ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/7 "2023-04-13T15:22:27Z")
Something like this should do it: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/0/098d833728df6bc64f8dd3823a59d37c074d22a3.png) ---
**Author:** ![masp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@masp](https://community.fibery.io/u/masp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/8 "2023-04-13T15:39:27Z")
Can I trigger it only when a particular (rich text) field is updated? (But not when the Task itself is updated, because that could happen for many reasons other than the rich text field having changed.) ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/9 "2023-04-13T16:09:19Z")
You can choose to trigger on as many fields updating as you would like: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/f/ffe20b9ebf0fc0b11cddc9ad874a83f7d11c367a.png) ---
**Author:** ![masp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@masp](https://community.fibery.io/u/masp)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/10 "2023-04-13T16:30:25Z")
Oh yes sorry, forgot about that! ---
**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/cant-figure-out-how-to-trigger-a-rule-on-update-of-a-rich-text-field/2614/11 "2023-04-14T15:43:30Z")
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