# Adding colons ( : ) to content in panel fields

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** v2\
**Created:** [January 27, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141 "2016-01-27T11:29:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![paulschwarz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@paulschwarz](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/paulschwarz)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/1 "2016-01-27T11:29:50Z")

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Hi there! I googled and searched about the following question prior to posting it here, but found nothing =)

Is it possible, and if yes how, to add colons to content ie. in a panel field? For example:

Content: And here it comes: some very important text.

Thanks in advance for your answers.  
Paul

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/2 "2016-01-27T11:34:13Z")

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You mean in the blueprints?

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**Author:** ![paulschwarz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@paulschwarz](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/paulschwarz)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/3 "2016-01-27T11:57:58Z")

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No, in the content text files actually.

I have following structure:

## Title: About us

## Text: Pay attention to this: some dummy text.

The thing is that the colon in the Text field after “this” tells kirby, that “this” is another field. Is there a way I can escape the colon so it doesn’t gets interpreted as a field?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![texnixe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/texnixe/32/5754_2.png) [@texnixe](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/texnixe)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/4 "2016-01-27T12:00:38Z")

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I have no problem with adding colons in text fields without escaping. What version of Kirby do you use? Fields are separated by four dashes (----), not by colons.

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**Author:** ![paulschwarz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e480ec/32.png) [@paulschwarz](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/paulschwarz)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/5 "2016-01-27T12:35:12Z")

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I’m using Kirby 2.2.3.

You’re right. The problem is regarding the use of colons in blueprints (yaml).

I found this related question: [Possible problem parsing kirbytext within YAML structured field](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/possible-problem-parsing-kirbytext-within-yaml-structured-field/2949/2)

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![distantnative](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.getkirby.com/distantnative/32/11319_2.png) [@distantnative](https://forum.getkirby.com/u/distantnative)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/adding-colons-to-content-in-panel-fields/3141/6 "2025-02-06T16:58:06Z")

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Archived on February 6, 2025, 4:58pm UTC