No text color/background choices?
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Fri, 03/16/2012 - 09:57
No text color/background choices?
Since the text editor changed to get fancier, it seems that there are way more problems. One of them is I can find no way to change the text color or text background at all.
For instance, when copying and pasting from a website, it keeps the formatting but gives you no way to change it. Example pic:
Work around: paste into notepad first, then copy/paste into this site. Notepad will remove all the formatting.
Another work around: after pasting, hit the "Source" button to see the all the hidden code that you pasted with your message, attempt to interpret it and remove/change the colours.
[color=red]Colour still works here[/color], just no buttons for it. Use [c[b][/b]olor=red]test[/c[b][/b]olor] to get it done.
More formatting code can be found by following the More information about formatting options link at the bottom of the page.
Note: here is what the above text looks like when I hit "Source" (more or less):
[code]<p>Work around: paste into notepad first, then copy/paste into this site. Notepad will remove all the formatting.</p><p>Another work around: after pasting, hit the "Source" button to see the all the hidden code that you pasted with your message, attempt to interpret it and remove/change the colours.</p><p> </p><p>[color=red]Colour still works here[/color], just no buttons for it. Use [c[b][/b]olor=red]test[/c[b][/b]olor] to get it done.</p><p> </p><p>More formatting code can be found by following the <a href="http://www.2old2play.com/filter/tips" muse_scanned="true" style="line-height: 15px; [b]background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);[/b] ">More information about formatting options</a> link at the bottom of the page.</p>[/code]
You can see "[code]background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)[/code]" in there, which was "255,255,255" (white), which I changed manually to "255,0,255" (pink?).
Or even easier, you can use words instead of the rgb(#,#,#), so changing "[code]background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)[/code]" to "[code]background-color: pink[/code]" also would work.
thanks Jedi. But I know all that
I'm just trying to point out an issue w/the board as is, without needing the workarounds - and Doodi has made it clear he likes the rich text and won't be changing smilies - :) - to graphics, so I figured everything should work in the Rich Text with dropdowns.
The editor will open up more over time. In fact it does way more then it really needs to so I started with a very stripped down version at launch just to get the basics going. I'll be adding more smilies, sizes, backgrounds, etc over time. I just don't want our forum to look like a clown party.
Seems like a good fit to me.
don't make me change my avatar...
[IMG]http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/uu322/soooweee/BozoSticker.jpg[/IMG]
fair enough.
I hear you. It was more to change what was pasted than to make things rainbow colors
I like that the "Style" dropdown has been replaced with text color and size dropdowns recently. Thanx!
I'd like to request that [s]strikethru[/s]/strikethrough icon be included next to the underline icon please!
I also like the strikethrough option. That way it allows the reader to see what I was originally typing before deciding to change it, but still conveying the intent of the original message. For example:
Wam is [s]a slut[/s] awesome!
man, i really miss that emoticon giving the middle finger.
I've never understood strikethrough. Why not just delete...
I use strikethrough a lot on lists. That way, people can still see what was on the list, and what still needs to be done.