# Inconsistent micro-edit button behavior

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-micro-edit-button-behavior/269382>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [June 23, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-micro-edit-button-behavior/269382 "2023-06-23T13:19:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![supermathie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/supermathie/32/507518_2.png) [@supermathie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/supermathie)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/inconsistent-micro-edit-button-behavior/269382/2 "2023-06-23T13:24:34Z")

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The answer I got when I asked this internally was:

If Discourse can determine from the selected text without ambiguity _exactly_ which text in the post is being edited, it’ll use the mini editor. Else it’ll use the full editor.

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