'Rich' Editor feedback.

MSE_Stephen

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81856635#Comment_81856635

This post explains how to make lists in various ways.

Highlighting text and clicking the ¶ icon gives you more formatting options - including lists

eskbanker

There are two options that I can see:

1. Click on what I now know to be a 'pilcrow' symbol to the left of the window, which presents options for lists
2. https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81700626#Comment_81700626

And text can be bolded, italicised, etc, via a context-specific popup menu after selecting some text.

Grumpy_chap

Thanks @eskbanker

The "pilcrow" (we all learn a new word every day) allows me to

• make
• a
• bullet list

or

1. a
2. numbered
3. list

or a heading

If I type something and then select that text, then I do get the options for bold, italic, strikethrough etc. Not easy and impossible on a phone.

Here are some more random images. Well, just because we have been given them all to play with

🎿📢🆙

Grumpy_chap

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81856642#Comment_81856642

The fact that the text editor is not intuitive and requires such a long user guide really is not a good sign.

SiliconChip

"During that time continually advocated for a Quotation system more in line with what our members would like - and we will continue to do so. "

You're paying your provider for a solution, if they don't or can't give you what you ask for then go to someone who can. Do you not have anybody working at MSE who understands how to negotiate a contract? Of the many things that have been fouled up in the forum over the years this appears to be the worst.

MSE_Stephen

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81856731#Comment_81856731

Just to address this, and similar points raised, and without going into to much behind-the-scenes detail -

We don't have a custom-built forum tailored to our every need.

Compare our forum (on the Vanilla platform) to other providers like Discourse - if you've ever ventured onto e.g. the Monzo forum, you'll notice that it's almost identical to every single other Discource forum (e.g Mozilla forum, or 100 others that function identically apart from a few tweaks)

Our provider, Vanilla, create a platform used by hundreds of forums. Though we can customise and tailor far more than we could with many other forum providers, changing the editor for us changes it for every customer. Only features that many customers want will usually be considered, but we can, and have, made the case for many improvements and features that have been implemented.

We will continue to advocate for what's important to our members, and make the case for editor improvements!

cathybird

Could Vanilla kindly consider including HTML as one of the codes supported in the coding block. HTML is a vital part of the No Spend Days challenge (one of the debt-free wannabe challenges) and the Cutting Down Alcohol challenge (in debt-free diaries). These are both very long-running challenges. It would be useful if we could continue using the code we have used for a long time.

MollyR

I want to add my vote to the fact that the new quote system should be dragged outdoors at dawn, hanged, drawn and quartered. What is the point of a quoting system which doesn't actually provide the quote that one wants? And then when a post with a new-style quote is quoted, and then another … one should not have to copy and paste into Notepad in order to try and edit it, and many people won't bother. Just think of the space which will be taken up on your servers by all this loathsome bloat!

Bridlington1

Regardless though it'll affect the running of many threads. In the Top Regular Savers discussion thread you often get chains of quotes half a dozen or more quotes deep, especially when a new savings account has been launched. It certainly helps to keep track of discussion if you can see all previous quotes in one place and don't have links appearing everywhere.

As a workaround (I know it's faff but might help in some instances), you could possibly use the table function for quotes. For instance you could create a table of one column and multiple rows to create quote chains. If I use the most recent post from @MSE_Stephen as an example it creates:

SiliconChip3:19 pm "During that time continually advocated for a Quotation system more in line with what our members would like - and we will continue to do so. " You're paying your provider for a solution, if they don't or can't give you what you ask for then go to someone who can. Do you not have anybody working at MSE who understands how to negotiate a contract? Of the many things that have been fouled up in the forum over the years this appears to be the worst.

MSE_Stephen Just to address this, and similar points raised, and without going into to much behind-the-scenes detail - We don't have a custom-built forum tailored to our every need. Compare our forum (on the Vanilla platform) to other providers like Discourse - if you've ever ventured onto e.g. the Monzo forum, you'll notice that it's almost identical to every single other Discource forum (e.g Mozilla forum, or 100 others that function identically apart from a few tweaks) Our provider, Vanilla, create a platform used by hundreds of forums. Though we can customise and tailor far more than we could with many other forum providers, changing the editor for us changes it for every customer. Only features that many customers want will usually be considered, but we can, and have, made the case for many improvements and features that have been implemented. We will continue to advocate for what's important to our members, and make the case for editor improvements!

I'm just playing around with it at this point to be fair.

PowerSavingMode

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6652367/039-rich-039-editor-feedback

I prefer the old version, TBH. If it ain't broke and all that (plus, it just seemed easier and more intuitive the old way).