WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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temexter
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WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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Like said, the WYSIWYG mode button has disappeared in editor:

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Should be like this, buttons in far top right corner, thanks to rPoXo for image:

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It's quite annoying when reformatting a long announcement post, by hand in bbcode, even though i'm familiar with it...

Apparently it's some user level setting as it's no more visible for me ("normal user"), but visible for e.g. rPoXo ("mod/admin").

Regards,

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Re: WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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Bumpity bump.
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Re: WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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Never even saw that option :p . And still don't, that icon doesn't show for me either.

I did set the editor to be WYSIWYG in the UserCP, but that didn't change anything for me: https://www.realitymod.com/forum/usercp.php. Something you could check perhaps, just to be sure?
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Re: WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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'[R-DEV wrote:AfterDune;2173712']Never even saw that option :p . And still don't, that icon doesn't show for me either.

I did set the editor to be WYSIWYG in the UserCP, but that didn't change anything for me: https://www.realitymod.com/forum/usercp.php. Something you could check perhaps, just to be sure?
I have the WYSIWYG editor selected in user options:
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And haven't touched any settings either...

The button to change editor mode just has disappeared about two weeks ago.
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TIL that this forum has a WYSIWYG editor.

and yes I can see that button, maybe is limited to contributors usergroup?
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Dont question the wikipedia! Just because it reports different things on different languages does not make it unreliable source!
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'[R-CON wrote:UTurista;2173770']TIL that this forum has a WYSIWYG editor.

and yes I can see that button, maybe is limited to contributors usergroup?
Well, rPoXo has it as well, hes not in R-CON group i suppose as hes R-DEV. I haven't been in any special group, just "normal user" and like said, i had the option and it just disappeared ~ 2 weeks ago...
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Bump. Any news about this?

Would be nice to have the WYSIWYG mode back for me as well. Would be a tad easier to reformat long event announcements...
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Necro bumpiti bump.

I would really appreciate if someone could fix this issue.

Like said it's tedious to format event announcements in bbcode.
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Bump. I was kindly told that this might be fixed along with the forum update. Would be nice <3
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temexter wrote:Bump. I was kindly told that this might be fixed along with the forum update. Would be nice <3
Bump again. Would really appreciate this fixed :15_cheers
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Bubpiti bump :hissyfit:
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Re: WYSIWYG editor not available on forums

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I'm pretty sure it's not something we did.

Go to your User CP -> Edit Options, then scroll down to Miscellaneous.

There you can select which editor type you prefer. Pick the bottom one for the full WYSIWYG.

However, there's a caveat: It doesn't work on all browsers, most notably it does not seem to work on all Chrome-based browsers.

Also, no guarantees if it still works properly at all, never used it. I tend to hate them for messing up my formatting more than it helps, but to each his own :) .

EDIT: To clarify - the WYSIWYG has not been updated by the vbulletin team in approximately ten years, and there's a bunch of bugs that prevent it from working in Chrome. So this will never get fixed.


Also, sorry for not noticing this sooner. For website/homepage related topics, I recommend contacting me directly using PM, Email, Discord or whathaveyou.
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Thanks for response Senshi!

Now i'm quite late with answer, dunno if i missed alert forum, i get usually get alerts from new posts on forums i have subbed and threads i have subbed, weird :confused:

Okay, to clarify the problem, the point is missing button in editor toolbar, in far right top corner, which switches between BBCODE and WYSIWYG:

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So i'm kinda in WYSIWYG mode all the time and if i paste BBCODE in editor it just shows it as BBCODE instead of WYSIWYG, as i can't paste in BBCODE mode and then switch to WYSIWYG to finish up the post. That's how i did until something happened in September 2017.

I checked the editor mode in user settings already back in the day and it has no effect in this issue.

Sorry for being ambiguous, or erroneous in my OP, and forgot to clarify, the point is not WYSIWYG missing, it's working, but it's the only option, like said...

And all formatting works fine for me (at least) either done with editor tools or by writing BBCODE, which i usually do, i copy the announcement from our XenForo forum in BBCODE and paste it here and in this case only way to see the actual output is using post preview, as only BBCODE is shown (because like said above, the BBCODE mode option is missing).

Also, like said in OP, i reckon it's some kind of user account setting as rPoXo has the button and i don't.

Update: Jeeez, how can i be so stupid, how in the hell haven't i tested with another browser in the 1st place, 2 years wasting time with dozens of long announcements fiddling with BBCODE :d uh: and i just tested in Firefox and the button shows. So it is apparently a problem with Chrome, like you suggested (editor works in WYSIWYG mode per se, but the editor mode can't be changed).

Problem solved, case closed. Thanks for contribution :40_swig:
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