The new edit box (new since a month or so ago, August 2025) doesn’t have any way that I can find to turn it off or modify its behavior, either in the user interface or in the admin settings. I liked the old one better, because my group is a writing group and sometimes we write poetry such as haiku,…

Thank you so much! I did look for something in the admin settings, but “composition mode” is a new one on me, I was looking for settings about edit boxes.

Hi there, does this help? [image] Video display If it’s on your own forum, you can change the [site] setting default_composition_mode. You can also switch the mode by clicking on the switch at the top of the composer: [Screenshot_20250820_081051_Chrome]

[image] Judy_Hawkins: Having the edit box assume that when I hit return, I want a blank line – that’s annoying In addition to being able to freely toggle it back and forth or with the global site setting like Nate showed to use the original and unchanged Markdown mode, you can also add a hard…

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NateDhaliwal (Nate Dhaliwal) August 21, 2025, 2:29pm 2

Hi there, does this help?

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