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December 19, 2023

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* Themes

# Theme editor now supports metaobject references in text settings

The [richtext](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/architecture/settings/input-settings#richtext), [text](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/architecture/settings/input-settings#text), and [inline\_text](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/architecture/settings/input-settings#inline_richtext) settings in the theme editor are now compatible with text fields of metaobject reference lists. For example, merchants can now create a list of product materials on a product detail page via the richtext setting using dynamic sources.

This includes updates to the [metafield\_tag](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/metafield_tag) and [metafield\_text](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/metafield_text) Liquid filters to support metaobject reference metafields. For example: {{ product.metafields.custom.authors | metafield\_text: field: "name" }} will output an author's name. More information on the liquid implementation can be found on the [dynamic sources docs](https://shopify.dev/docs/themes/architecture/settings/dynamic-sources).