I have a list that contains a multiline column with column called description that is using Enhanced Rich Text. I have a Content Search Web part set to search the list and return the Title and the Description. The description is coming back in plain text. I have tried the following code but I think I'm missing something.

var contentBody = $getItemValue(ctx, "Body");

        <div class="burke-contentPageContainer" id="_#= containerId =#_" data-displaytemplate="ItemGenericContent">
            <div class="burke-contentPageDataContainer" id="_#= dataContainerId =#_">
                <h1 id="_#= titleId =#_"> _#= contentTitle =#_</h1>
                <div class="burke-contentHtml" title="" id="_#= bodyId =#_" > _#=STSHtmlDecode(contentBody.value)=#_</div>
                <div id="_#= attachmentsId =#_">_#=linkMarkup=#_</div>
            </div>
        </div>

• Edited by StevenBennett 13 hours 44 minutes ago

Column Settings is set to Enhanced Rich Text

Hi,

Please refer the below text which I have got it from msdn blogs. 

Pictures and Rich Text

Both Picture and Rich Text column types are stored with embedded HTML markup. By default, when you use XSL to render these column values, the HTML is escaped and the viewer sees the actual markup rather than just the formatted content. To render these column values, use the disable-output-escaping attribute:

<div class="image-area-left"> 
    <xsl:value-of select="@Icon" disable-output-escaping="yes"/> 
</div>

Courtesy: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ben_hickman/archive/2009/05/22/content-query-web-part-example.aspx

I'm an idiot. I'm meant to say Content Search Web Part not CQWP.  And I've tried this.

var desc = $getItemValue(ctx, "Description");

_#= STSHtmlDecode(desc.value) =#_

But it doesn't appear to work.

• Edited by StevenBennett 14 hours 52 minutes ago

I found a StockExchange forum article that referenced a problem with Enhanced Rich Text columns.  Apparently the preferred method is to use a Full HTML publishing column.  I created a new Site Column and added to my list from existing site columns.  Here is the Microsoft link I found. https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Add-publishing-columns-to-content-types-lists-or-libraries-4e268d2e-4822-4bc6-a992-88287119a052

Unfortunately, I could not find the original StockExchange forum post.  Thanks for everyones' help.

• Marked as answer by StevenBennett 11 hours 7 minutes ago