# Why is there no UI to create a poll? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-ui-to-create-a-poll/32562 **Category:** UX **Created:** [August 26, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-ui-to-create-a-poll/32562 "2015-08-26T23:09:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 29
### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio) #### Post date: [September 2, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-ui-to-create-a-poll/32562/29 "2015-09-02T11:27:17Z")
> [@pabouk](#): > > > [@Mittineague](#): > > > > … it might be best to have the “advanced” or “help” … > > Certainly the most important thing I am missing in Discourse is a formatting help. It should be easily accessible when the edit box is open. Something like on Stack Exchange: > > ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/0/909eb3ea04d1c25bdb9b2b05ffae87504270f9d8.png) See my prior post > [@Why is there no UI to create a poll?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-ui-to-create-a-poll/32562/11): > > @pakl you should take a look at the composer help plugin if you want a formatting help button. Here is the plugin topic (so you can create the ? help in your instance today) > [@Composer Help Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-help-button/22748): > > I’ve now completed my work on a composer help button. [https://github.com/cpradio/composer-help-button](https://github.com/cpradio/composer-help-button) It adds a button to the composer window [image] and a setting in the Admin area: Clicking on that icon, will open a modal window with the content from the first post at the URL set in the Admin area The only caveat, is that you need to store the Topic in a publicly accessible location so ALL of your members can see it. Otherwise, they’ll get an access denied error. --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-there-no-ui-to-create-a-poll/32562)._