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 …

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It has been discussed over and over (even this last week) to replace the editor with something like TinyMCE or another WYSIWYG. They always close and point to other threads, so I’m guessing it isn’t gonna happen in the core project.

I see, is it not possible for this be toggle-able?

That’s unfortunate, thanks for the info though!

No, there is no WYSIWYG and likely never will be.

Maybe all you want is to turn off the preview? This might help: Auto-Hide Post Editor Preview

[image] lliddell: what I’m hoping for is what we see in the preview window, to be what’s in the editor. Example of this would be when I make something bold, not have the 4 asterisks surrounding the text, and instead simply becoming bold. Doesn’t sound like it.

If turning off the preview also made the normal editor into a WYSIWYG editor then yes, however that’s not the case. I hope at some point this can be a toggle between the two kinds of editors instead of forcing markdown. I know there are more benefits to markdown however we’re seeing a lot of abrasio…

[image] Stephen: No, there is no WYSIWYG and likely never will be. [image] lliddell: I hope at some point this can be a toggle between the two kinds of editors instead of forcing markdown. Oh. Sorry. As Stephen said, that’s almost certainly not going to happen. If you want a WYSIWYG ed…

Understood, thanks for hearing me out!

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) Janvier 22, 2020, 8:26 7

Peut-être que tout ce que vous voulez, c’est désactiver l’aperçu ? Cela pourrait vous aider : Auto-Hide Post Editor Preview - #2 by Johani

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