I’ve been getting a fair amount of complaints about our instance of Discourse being “too technical”. One case of this is the text editor window and the preview window next to it. Personally I see the utility in having it, however these members are requesting that it be only one editor window, simila…

This is my summary of the issues with selected posts for flavor. It might help others to understand why a WYSIWYG (What you See Is What You Get) editor is not going to be a development in core Discourse: The stated position is that Discourse will not be developing a WYSIWYG editor. This position …

How to use only one editor window

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lliddell (Lara Liddell) January 22, 2020, 10:55pm 15

Ok, good to know. Wasn’t aware of this factor, also thank you for the great write up!

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Convert text to "preview view" as you type?

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How to use only one editor window

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