# Post New Thread question **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 21, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-new-thread-question/99273 "2002-03-21T02:19:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-new-thread-question/99273/1 "2002-03-21T02:19:11Z")
Under “vB Code” heading on the “Post New Thread” panel there’s a box for Normal Mode and a box for Enhanced Mode. What’s the diff? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-new-thread-question/99273/2 "2002-03-21T03:19:05Z")
When using normal mode, pressing a button will pop-up a dialog for you to fill with text. It will then enter the text with the appropriate vB Code tags at the end of your message. When using enhanced mode, pressing a button will insert the appropriate STARTING tag for the code, leaving you to enter text into the message area. When you have finished the text and want to close the tag, simply press the Close Current Tag button (alt+c). You may also nest tags in enhanced mode, and then use the Close All Tags button (alt+x) to close all open markup. Please note that the ‘close tag’ buttons only close tags that have been entered using the code buttons. ---
**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2002, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-new-thread-question/99273/3 "2002-03-21T15:31:11Z")
Thanks Arnold, you’ve made it clear.