Advanced Editor Options in WordPress 2.1
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Since upgrading to WordPress 2.1, I’ve finally switched back to using the built-in posts editor. One of the reasons for doing this was that I’ve found the options I so needed - text justification and HTML code cleanup - available through the advanced editor options panel.
Pressing Shift+Alt+V in Firefox or Alt+V in Internet Explorer transforms your Standard Editor panel:
… into something like this:
As you can see, there’s quite a few more options available, namely:
- paragraph formattion options (address, preformatted text, headings)
- underline your text
- full justification
- color selector for your text
- paste options for plain text and MS Word
- messy HTML code cleanup
- custom character button (charmap which allows you to click and insert any special character)
With all these options, there really is no reason to search for a better visual editor anymore. TinyMCE, which is the engine behind it, fits WordPress 2.1 like a glove, and makes editing your posts and pages a real pleasure.
February 16th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Nice. Thanks for the heads up. I’m still waiting a bit on 2.1, testing it with my vast array of plugins in a ‘development’ domain. But I’m certainly going to play with the enhanced editor. Now if someone would write a plugin to let me interact with my styles sheet from a drop down.
February 16th, 2007 at 6:10 pm
Hi Dawud,
It makes sense to wait if you got many dependencies with plugins. I don’t, that’s why I decided to give it a go. Besides, having discovered these nice editor features available on one of my upgraded blogs, I couldn’t wait any longer and upgraded this one as well
What kind of CSS interaction are you talking about? I’m going to attempt writing my first WP plugin soon enough, so maybe I can play with your idea?
February 16th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
Hey Gleb,
That’s cool, I didn’t know you could get the additional options in the editor. I must confess though, I didn’t read all of the documentation either. Naughty me.
Joe
February 16th, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Glad to have something you find useful, Joe!
I never read the documentation either, so it was as much a surprise to me
February 28th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Thanks for this tip! So documentation is there for a reason after all
February 28th, 2007 at 1:41 pm
Hi Anne,
Yes! Sometimes interesting things do really show up
September 26th, 2007 at 2:22 am
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October 29th, 2007 at 3:32 am
I’ve been using WPress for 3 years now. I never knew about this. THANK YOU.
Question though - Is there a way to force Wordpress to remember my preference of the advanced editor?
I like it to default to this editor for myself and my clients…..