# Field display formatters / formatting options

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/field-display-formatters-formatting-options/4722>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [July 4, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-display-formatters-formatting-options/4722 "2023-07-04T13:29:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-display-formatters-formatting-options/4722/1 "2023-07-04T13:29:39Z")

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Will be needed at some point to allow information to be presented in a useful way. For example, a lookup field for a rich text field may want to show only the first X characters, not the whole text. Or a field needs to display the link, not the editable version of the field.

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**Author:** ![Yuri\_BC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/yuri_bc/32/8803_2.png) [@Yuri\_BC](https://community.fibery.io/u/Yuri_BC)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-display-formatters-formatting-options/4722/2 "2023-07-04T15:17:27Z")

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Related: [Multivalue field formatter](https://community.fibery.io/t/multivalue-field-formatter/4725/1)