Hello, fellow Discourse users, admins and whatnot.
I’m fairly new to Discourse and I was wondering if Discourse supports something like a rich text editor.
If you don’t know what I’m talking about an example can be found here: BB Code Editor
I would love for my forum users to be able to format their text, color it, change the size or even be able to embed videos maybe.
Is there something like a plugin or addon?
Thanks in advance!
AI-generated summary
A user asks about the possibility of a rich text editor in Discourse, similar to tools like BBEdit, for formatting text, colors, sizes, and embedding videos. Another user explains that videos and images can already be embedded via URLs and that Markdown formatting is supported. A third user suggests using the bbcode plugin for text color and background, but the original user expresses a preference for a WYSIWYG editor, like those in word processors, for ease of use. A reply notes that a WYSIWYG editor is not a planned feature, though a proof of concept would be needed. The discussion concludes with a link to a test of a new composer, indicating ongoing efforts to improve the editor experience StealWonders, codinghorror, Mittineague, Falco, fzngagan.
You can already embed videos and images by pasting the URL to the image or video on a line by itself.
For formatting options, use the editor toolbar or see Markdown Reference
What about textcolor?
You could try the bbcode plugin
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-bbcode
It lets you post bbcode tags like
[color=#F00]F00[/color] and
[bgcolor=#99F]99F[/bgcolor]
Thanks, @Mittineague for the plugin suggestion.
Though I really dislike having to use BB Code and all this fancy stuff when there could just be a better editor that allows for all this by clicking buttons. This makes it a lot easier for users to change the formatting and is self-explanatory. Most of my forum users won’t ever know how to properly use BB Code, they do know how to use Word though I suppose and therefore how to click a button to change the font color and size.
@codinghorror do you think something like this could be a future feature-implementation?
Best regards.
There are many topics here in Meta discussing why a WYSIWYG editor isn’t a planned feature.
We have been working to make this possible. For anyone who’s interested, do take a look at: Test our new composer! 