# Reporting a problem with the editor. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 21, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283 "2014-11-21T19:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/1 "2014-11-21T19:11:56Z")
I’d like to report a small problem with the editor. If you go to the last line and delete the last character of the last line, then attempt to type some new data, it will not appear on that line. Instead, it will appear at the end of the previous line. Unless I am mistaken, that is definitely not WYSIWYG. At least not to the best of my recollection. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/2 "2014-11-21T22:55:58Z")
By “editor” do you mean the Reply to Thread box? Because I can’t reproduce your error. Deleting the last character and then retyping starts exactly where I left off. Same with the Quick Reply box. Neither is WYSIWYG in the first place, so you may be referring to something else. Could you be more specific? ETA: I saved the post and then clicked on the Edit button. Nothing wrong there either. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/3 "2014-11-21T23:23:41Z")
I wasn’t able to reproduce it either. What OS are you using and what browser? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/4 "2014-11-22T15:22:17Z")
You could also check UserCP/Edit Options/Miscellaneous Options and look in the drop-down box to see which Message Editor Interface you’re using. Although I think the full WYSIWYG only kicks in on the Reply and not the “Quick Reply,” so this may or may not apply to your situation. But look at it anyway and see if that makes a difference for you. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/5 "2014-11-22T20:28:19Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > By “editor” do you mean the Reply to Thread box? Because I can’t reproduce your error. Deleting the last character and then retyping starts exactly where I left off. Same with the Quick Reply box. > > Neither is WYSIWYG in the first place, so you may be referring to something else. Could you be more specific? > > ETA: I saved the post and then clicked on the Edit button. Nothing wrong there either. The editor is, sort of, partially, WSIWYG (Quick Reply box too), if you click the little square button with an A and an _ **A** _ in it, to the top right of the message box. However, I still can’t reproduce **Charlie Wayne** ’s error when using it in that mode. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/6 "2014-11-22T21:31:07Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > The editor is, sort of, partially, WSIWYG (Quick Reply box too), if you click the little square button with an A and an _ **A** _ in it, to the top right of the message box. However, I still can’t reproduce **Charlie Wayne** ’s error when using it in that mode. Huh. I thought I’ve clicked on all the buttons to see what they do. Anything you don’t use regularly becomes invisible after a while. It’s the curse of Word. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/7 "2014-11-23T11:51:08Z")
Note that the WYSIWYG editor feature is not available in Chrome. That button doesn’t appear, and my default setting in CP is ignored. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/8 "2014-11-23T15:59:55Z")
I’m looking at this thread using Chrome and the Quick Reply box has quite a few of the editing tools right on top. Looking at the “Advanced Settings” Regular Reply window, I’m seeing a more detailed set of editing tools as well. My UserCP Editor settings are on “Enhanced Interface” and I believe that’s what the system is showing me here. Still can’t reproduce the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/9 "2014-11-23T16:56:21Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’m looking at this thread using Chrome and the Quick Reply box has quite a few of the editing tools right on top. > > Looking at the “Advanced Settings” Regular Reply window, I’m seeing a more detailed set of editing tools as well. > > My UserCP Editor settings are on “Enhanced Interface” and I believe that’s what the system is showing me here. > > Still can’t reproduce the problem. It’s been a long time since I had WYSIWYG, but if I remember correctly (and based on the generally accepted meaning of the term), if you select something and tell it to be in bold, and you see the [NOPARSE] **tags** [/NOPARSE], then you are not in WYSIWYG mode. And I’m pretty sure you aren’t in that mode, since Chrome doesn’t support it. It has lots of editing features enabled, but that one vanishes. Previous [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=713657)about Chrome not having the feature, confirming what **Irishman** says above. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/10 "2014-11-23T21:43:52Z")
Now that I think upon it, I rarely use a lot of extras in my posts anyway, so it’s not a deal to me. Amazing what you don’t think about when you don’t use it overmuch. I tend to be more focused on trying not to make a typo, which usually means of course that’s exactly when you do. 🙂 Yes, Irishman is correct. Sorry about that, didn’t mean to misinform. Upon some research it’s not so much a Chrome problem but an actual bug in vBulletin. And it’s not resolvable in the current version of vBulletin on this board. I do not anticipate an upgrade to a higher version of vB any time soon, if ever, so I’m afraid we’re stuck with this nonfunctionality. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/11 "2014-11-26T06:24:05Z")
Not seeing it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/12 "2014-11-26T13:03:35Z")
I just launched IE and logged in to try this…didn’t see the issue either. I’m wondering if the issue the OP saw had something to do with word wrapping across lines. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reporting-a-problem-with-the-editor/705283/13 "2014-11-26T23:30:39Z")
I don’t know which browser **Charlie Wayne** is using, or if it makes a difference. It could also be accidentally hitting a keystroke like an up arrow when he hits delete.