Tutorial: RPC's Text Editor

[Kylin]

I've been getting quite a number of reports about the text editor lately so I wanted to give a tutorial of sorts on it and show you all the neat tricks to use with it.

 

The RPC is now loaded with essentially THREE different text editors, along with the option to not have a text editor at all. The three are as follows:

 

MyCode Editor--This is the "default" for our forum software (MyBB). Be default, your editor SHOULDN'T be on this since I have it set to another editor by default, but it could be if you unintentionally set it there. It looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

SCEditor--This is what your default should be on. It is a 'what you see is what you get' type of editor. By that, I mean it shows your code changes in live mode. So if you change your text color to red, the editor shows it as red. And so on. It looks like this:

 

 

 

 

 

SCEditor (source mode)--This is the same exact editor as above, with one exception. It doesn't show changes live. Instead, you'll see the actual bbcodes such as

[color=#cc3333]red[/color]

 

 

You can change what your individual default editor is set to via your profile under "Edit Options." In the lower right corner box here, there's a drop-down menu to select which one you want. Please note, it will ALWAYS show "MyCode editor" as the initial choice. This doesn't necessarily mean that's what your editor is set to. The dropdown menu is bugged and simply shows that as the first option. So if you make other changes in your Edit Options, be sure to always reselect your desired editor so it doesn't default back to MyCode editor (unless you want that editor of course).

 

In the SCEditor, you'll also notice a little icon in the second row that looks like a piece of paper (very last icon). Clicking this allows you to temporarily change your editor between source mode and non-source mode on a whim. This can be helpful with complex text formatting. Just keep in mind that there are known bugs related to this. Some coding (like lists) duplicate themselves out of nowhere when you switch modes and can mess up the formatting slightly so be mindful of that.

 

Please note that the MyCode editor has no known bugs. But it is technically still inferior to the SCEditor in what it's capable of doing.

 

If you have any questions about the editor, please feel free to ask!

[Vareal]

I'm having an issue with the editor when I copy and paste text from a word document. Rather than try to explain what happens, not even sure I could, take a gander at this: this is what happens when I copy and past into the editor.

 

I always preview my posts when I write a story or RP before I post it, so I can catch any typos or code errors. Not sure what this is.

 

I've checked, I am using the default text editor.

 

[Kylin]

That's new, although there's a lot of unseen code in Microsoft Word. It's actually why some editors have a "special paste" function for just Word.

 

I'd suggest only pasting Word stuff into the editor when it's in Source mode. You can either change your default to Source mode in your Edit Options, or you can just keep it as is and be sure to click the source icon in the second row of icons BEFORE you paste anything over. That may solve the problem. Don't ever try to copy content from a Word file while the editor is in the 'wysiwyg' (what you see is what you get) mode.

[Vareal]

The “view source” icon fixed the issue. Thanks for the speedy reply. (this was copy and pasted from word to test it)

[Kylin]

I think I may just consider changing the default editor to source mode. Seems to be a lot of issues with the wysiwyg mode. I'm sure people are used to seeing the BBCodes anyway. Ellie actually suggested having default set to source mode before launch and I should have listened :lol:

[Kylin]

Just updated the editor to the latest version to hopefully fix a couple things. You all may need to reselect your desired mode if you changed it to source mode to be default.

 

And apparently, I can't change the default to source mode. That's a user-end thing only at this time :dodgy: