# Summary outcome of the debate on wysiwyg?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-outcome-of-the-debate-on-wysiwyg/41413>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [March 22, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-outcome-of-the-debate-on-wysiwyg/41413 "2016-03-22T10:14:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-outcome-of-the-debate-on-wysiwyg/41413/4 "2016-03-22T10:57:51Z")

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@Rob_Nicholson

How far from WYSIWYG the Discourse actually is today?

You have the UI buttons for basic message formatting, and a real-time updated preview panel. So in practice What You See Is What You Get. Out of the box.

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