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description: After you create an Email quick action for cases, you can customize the fields displayed for the action. Drag fields from the Email Message Fields palette to the email layout.
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# Fields Available on the Send Email Quick Action for Cases

After you create an Email quick action for cases, you can customize the fields displayed for the action. Drag fields from the Email Message Fields palette to the email layout.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.service_editions_reference.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">View supported editions</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small " summary="Fields Available on the Send Email Quick Action">
        <caption>Fields Available on the Send Email Quick Action</caption>
        <colgroup>
          <col style="width:33.33333333333333%">
          <col style="width:66.66666666666666%">
        </colgroup>
        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
          <tr class="">
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d135781e63">Field</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d135781e66">Description</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>
        <tbody>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Blank Space</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">Adds empty space to the email layout. This field can be used multiple times within the
              email layout.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">BCC Address</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Email header field where support reps can enter BCC addresses.</p>
              <p>If
                <samp class="parmname">BCC Address</samp> is added to an email layout that includes the
                <samp class="parmname">To Address</samp> field, the <samp class="parmname">BCC Address</samp>
                field is collapsed and appears as a link in the email layout on the case page
                layout. When a support rep clicks the BCC link, the field expands and doesn’t
                collapse again. If the field is required, a red line appears next to it and the
                field is always expanded.
              </p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">You can only predefine this field to an email
                address.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">CC Address</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Email header field where support reps can enter CC addresses.</p>
              <p>If <samp class="parmname">CC
                  Address</samp> is added to an email layout that includes the <samp class="parmname">To
                  Address</samp> field, the <samp class="parmname">CC Address</samp> field is collapsed
                and appears as a link in the email layout on the case page layout. When a support
                rep clicks the CC link, the field expands and doesn’t collapse again. If the field
                is required, a red line appears next to it and the field is always
                expanded.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">You can only predefine this field to an email address.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">From</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Email header field where service reps can enter a From email address from a
                picklist (dropdown list).</p>
              <p>Service reps can select from org-wide email addresses,
                Email-to-Case email addresses, and the agent’s own email address.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">The
                <samp class="parmname">From</samp> picklist is added by default in the Send Email action
                in new orgs created in Winter ’17 or later. If you create a Send Email action
                after Winter ’17, then the <samp class="parmname">From</samp> picklist is added to the
                email layout by default.
              </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">From Address</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">Email header field where support reps can enter a From email address. The
              <samp class="parmname">From Address</samp> field is a text field.
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">HTML Body</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Email body field that supports HTML formatting and images.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">If you set a default
                email template that contains HTML formatting on the Send Email quick action, then add the
                <samp class="parmname">HTML Body</samp> field to the email layout.
              </p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Is Externally Visible</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>If the Experience case feed is enabled, <samp class="parmname">IsExternallyVisible</samp>
                controls the external visibility of emails in sites.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For more information, see
                EmailMessage in the API Guide.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Parent Case</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">Field for the parent case record ID.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Related To</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Field for the record ID of related objects, such as accounts, opportunities,
                campaigns, cases, or custom objects.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">For more information, see EmailMessage in the API
                Guide.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Subject</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">Email header field where support reps can enter a subject.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">Text Body</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">Email body field that supports only plain text.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Field" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e63 ">
              <samp class="parmname">To Address</samp>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d135781e66 ">
              <p>Email header field where support reps can enter To email addresses.</p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;">You can
                only predefine this field to an email address.</p>
            </td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

#### See Also

- [Create a Send Email Quick Action for Cases](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.case_interaction_send_email_quick_action_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Create a Send Email quick action to let support reps send emails from the case feed in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce mobile app.")
- [Apply a Default Email Template Using the Send Email Quick Action](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.case_interaction_send_email_quick_action_default_email_template_lex.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Help support reps incorporate branding and ensure consistency when writing emails to customers in Lightning Experience and the Salesforce mobile app by using default email templates. Email templates help ensure that support reps include common information, such as greetings, announcements, disclaimers, and company contact information, in customer emails.")