# Where is my WYSIWYG editor? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 20, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325 "2014-01-20T22:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/1 "2014-01-20T22:54:25Z")
When I start a post, I no longer see a WYSIWYG view even though that’s the option I selected in my profile. There used to be a button to switch between a code view and a WYSIWYG view, which I no longer see. I didn’t notice when it disappeared but seems like it was there a few months ago. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/2 "2014-01-20T23:24:22Z")
Have you changed browsers? The WYSIWYG button is one of the things I lost when I switched from Firefox to Chrome. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/3 "2014-01-21T01:04:22Z")
Bingo. I switched to Chrome because Firefox was constantly crashing with Flash issues. When I open Firefox that option is still there. Thanks. I wonder why… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/4 "2014-01-21T01:14:43Z")
Cool; I didn’t even know that a WYSIWYG mode existed. At least in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/5 "2014-01-22T01:59:19Z")
I post frequently in one other forum. My chief complaint about it is that it’s WYSIWYG only - I can’t look at the HTML to tell where, for instance, an _italic_ string or a **bold** string starts/ends. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/6 "2014-01-22T17:15:52Z")
I just made the same observation about Chrome. It sucks. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/7 "2014-01-23T00:26:51Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > I post frequently in one other forum. My chief complaint about it is that it’s WYSIWYG only - I can’t look at the HTML to tell where, for instance, an _italic_ string or a **bold** string starts/ends. So you must be a big fan of WordPerfect. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/8 "2014-01-23T02:24:59Z")
In my case, Wordstar. How I miss having lines on my screen wrap around to accommodate formatting code! No, I guess I don’t, because HTML works the same way. But does Word have soft hyphens? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/9 "2014-01-23T12:37:05Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Cool; I didn’t even know that a WYSIWYG mode existed. At least in Firefox. _Test_ **Test** [Test](http://www.straightdope.com/) Test Hmm, it seems like only partial WYSIWYG. It shows Italic and bold in the editor. It shows the link underlined, but you can’t click on it. And the quote and spoiler boxes don’t resolve at all. I think I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/10 "2014-01-23T17:02:56Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > So you must be a big fan of WordPerfect. I really miss using WordPerfect. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-my-wysiwyg-editor/679325/11 "2014-01-23T17:20:25Z")
There was an addon that apparently used to work to restore this functionality to Chrome, but I can’t get it to work here, at least. This isn’t too surprising, as, if it still worked, I would expect it to be available on the official Chrome store instead of only on the old unofficial one.