More about the formal power series; for a given field $F$, what is $F[[x]]$?

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If $F$ is a field, I know $F[x]$ is ED(hence PID and hence UFD). Then what happens to $F[[x]]$?

I Know every ideal of $F[[x]]$ is principal so $F[[x]]$ is at least PID. (I Know $F[[x]]$ is UFD) And $\langle X \rangle \in F[[x]]$ is maximal ideal, i.e., $F[[x]]$ is a local ring. [A commutative ring with a unique maximal ideal is called a local ring]

I want to know minimum constraints like ED, PID, UFD for $F[[x]]$. It seems $F[[x]]$ cannot be field, am I right?