# Edit dates, polls, tables, and more in the rich text editor

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-dates-polls-tables-and-more-in-the-rich-text-editor/411468
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** [September 10, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-dates-polls-tables-and-more-in-the-rich-text-editor/411468 "2026-09-10T14:33:21Z")
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### Author: ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2026, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-dates-polls-tables-and-more-in-the-rich-text-editor/411468/1 "2026-09-10T14:33:21Z")

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The rich text editor can now display and edit complex content types — dates, polls, tables, graphviz diagrams, and charts — without requiring a switch back to the Markdown editor. Each of these content types now has native controls right in the right text editor.

Let’s explore each change!

## 🗓 Dates

Local dates now have an edit button, which you can click to open the date picker to update the date and/or time.

## 📣 Polls

Poll nodes now show an edit control that reopens the poll builder pre-filled with the existing settings. The builder only edits settings (such as the poll type, results visibility, close date, etc.); the poll title and answer options can be modified directly in the editor. When you save your changes, the settings update without impacting the poll’s existing responses.

## 🏷 Tables

Tables now have structural editing controls: per-row and per-column menus for inserting and removing rows or columns, and drag handles for reordering. Text editing across cells works as expected without interfering with ordinary text selection.

## 🖼 Graphviz diagrams

For communities using the [`discourse-graphviz`](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-graphviz/97554) plugin, Graphviz diagrams now render inline in the rich editor alongside a node toolbar with controls to swap to the source and edit the underlying code.

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### Author: ![robbie.morrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c5a1d2/32.png) [@robbie.morrison](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robbie.morrison)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2026, 9:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edit-dates-polls-tables-and-more-in-the-rich-text-editor/411468/2 "2026-09-16T09:56:56Z")

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Here is the code in the previous example for testing on your own site:

```plaintext
[graphviz]
digraph G {
  apples -> bananas;
  bananas -> cherries;
  apples -> cherries;
}
[/graphviz]

```

You may need to enable this plugin first from the Admin menu.