[image] Introducing fast edit announcements As of today it’s now possible to edit a small selection of a post in few clicks. [fast-edit] Can be disabled with the site setting: enable_fast_edit Important: If the code is not able to define with certainty which part of t…

My idea for the coloring would be to use [wrap=highlight] around the stuff you want highlighted and then apply the style to <div class="d-wrap" data-wrap="highlight"> The next step would be to add a composer button to apply the highlight to selected text in the composer, and then you could go about…

I think that <ins> could also do the job

Thank you!!! Studying those now… [image] Jay Pfaffman: GitHub - literatecomputing/discourse-qrcode-wrap-theme-component: Insert QR Code in a [wrap] https://github.com/literatecomputing/discourse-qrcode-theme-component is the correct URL (or.. er… anyway the other is 404)

[image] denvergeeks: GitHub - literatecomputing/discourse-qrcode-theme-component: Add QRcode to composer is the correct URL If you want to have an example that uses code-blocks rather than using [wrap]. I don’t think you want code blocks.

[image] pfaffman: GitHub - literatecomputing/discourse-qrcode-wrap-theme-component: Insert QR Code in a [wrap] That one is 404 - got a working link?

[image] denvergeeks: That one is 404 - got a working link? Sorry. It was private. Fixed now. [image] JammyDodger: I’m unsure how to make this the same as the floating fast edit one? You and me both, brother! I think you’d need to wade into the discourse source.

[image] Jay Pfaffman: The next step would be to add a composer button to apply the highlight to selected text in the composer, and then you could go about doing it without opening the composer. @pfaffman could you please clarify “without opening the composer”?

[image] denvergeeks: could you please clarify “without opening the composer”? I thought what you wanted was to be able to do a “fast edit” so that you could add the highlighting without opening the full composer. Like this: [image] But maybe with a “highlight” button there (which might not…

Yes indeed, that is exactly what I’m seeking.

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JammyDodger September 2, 2023, 5:04pm 15

I think MD Composer extras has one in, though I’m unsure how to make this the same as the floating fast edit one?

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