Create simple text block in Litium 7.1 however following guide gives null on Text property

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Since Litium is missing a simple text block i nicely found the guide in docs:
https://docs.litium.com/documentation/architecture/blocks

But when I add this block nothing happens.
Debugging this i find that the View gets no reference to Model.Text field.

 [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult Index(BlockModel currentBlockModel)
        {
            var model = _builder.Build(currentBlockModel); // returns null on model.Text
            return PartialView("~/Views/Block/Text.cshtml", model);
        }

Another issue is that i don’t get the multi-line editor as per guide but just a field editor in backoffice.

Litium version: 7.1

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Alright, i think i found the issue.

I also have to go to Blocks => Fields.
add a new field named “Text” with the Type of Editor

Then in view use instead:

@Html.Raw(Model.Text)

This seems to print the contents however the preview shows only the bare html markup. Any ideas how to render the preview correctly too?

Do i need to add an container?

Edit:
Preview suddenly worked…

Edit:
For people reading up on this:
@if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(Model.Text))
{
div class=“row columns small-12”>
@Html.Raw(Model.Text)
div
}

Seems that the view can be called multiple times with empty models(?)