# Compose preview box is too distracting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [9 Octubre, 2014 15:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964 "2014-10-09T15:43:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [9 Octubre, 2014 15:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-preview-box-is-too-distracting/20964/1 "2014-10-09T15:43:02Z")

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**As a user, I want to be able to keep my visual focus on the left-side composition text field rather than the preview box, so that I’m not inclined to click in the wrong “pane”.**

Maybe it’s just me, but I regularly find my own eyes watching the more colorful, more decorated, right-side of the composition panel as I type. As a result, I still inadvertently click over there to move a cursor, start typing, and realize that I clicked on the wrong side (once again!). This is especially true when I use bold or other visual elements in a post.

I’m fairly experienced with web apps and even with Discourse, but this keeps happening for me. Anyone else?

Possible solution: Make the right panel very light grey or somehow de-emphasize it in some other visual way?

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