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Edit content using the enhanced editor

The ARM Community uses a customised version of TinyMCE WYSIWIG editor.

Content editing is used throughout the community. You can choose which kind of editor you want - Plain text or Enhanced - in your Settings > Options tab.

The information below applies to the enhanced editor (TinyMCE). This editor includes a toolbar of options and a content area.

  • Pressing Tab while in a table cell will take you to the next horizontal column cell or row.
  • Pressing Shift/Tab will create an outdent in numbered or bulleted lists.
  • When you create a link in the editor, it is automatically converted to a hyperlink. For example, if you enter "Google", it becomes a live link. The rich text editor utilises Undo and Redo buttons in the GUI. (But the Ctrl+Z or Ctrl+Y keyboard shortcuts still work.)

Enhanced editor toolbar

Editor option Description
"Edit" menu item Contains Paste as text, find and replace, and select all.
     Paste as text Pastes in plaintext mode. Content is pasted as plaintext until the option is toggled off.
     Find and replace Opens a dialog where you can specify the term to find and the term to replace the find term with. Includes options to match case or whole words only. You can find the term, replace it once, or replace all instances.
     Select all Selects the entire block of text.
"Insert" menu item Contains options to Insert link, insert image/video/file, embed poll, anchor, horizontal line, or special character.
     Insert link Creates or modifies a link on the selected text.
     Insert image/video/file Inserts an image, video, or file.
     Insert poll Inserts an embeddable poll. 
     Insert code Inserts code, currently supported: XML, HTML, Text, Javascript, CSS, Less, Velocity, C#, C, CoffeeScript, D, Dart, Go, PERL, Ruby, Python, Java, JSON, JSP, PHP, SASS, TypeScript, Diff, BAT, Batch file, Markdown, Powershell, SQL.
     Anchor Inserts an anchor.
     Horizontal line Inserts a horizontal rule line.
     Special character Insert a special character.
"View" menu item Includes fullscreen, show blocks, show invisible characters, and visual aids.
     Fullscreen Toggles the editor between a full-screen view and normal view.
     Show blocks Separates text into blocks by returns.
     Show invisible characters When clicked, briefly shows where characters that are hidden are located within a block of selected text, for example a non-breaking space.
     Visual aids Turns on or off the visual lines delineating cell borders in borderless tables.
"Format" menu item Contains options for bold, italic, underline, other formats, and clear formatting.
     Bold Makes selected text bold.
     Italic Makes selected text italic.
     Underline Underlines the selected text.
     Formats drop-down list Contains options for headings, inline, blocks, and alignment.
     Headings Selects heading options for sizes 1 through 6.
     Inline  Contains options for bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and code.
     Blocks Contains options for paragraph, blockquote, div, and pre.
     Alignment Contains options for left, center, right, and justify.
"Table" menu item Contains options for Insert table, table properties, delete table, cell, row, and column.
     Insert table Contains a selector graph to choose the number of rows and columns.
     Table properties Contains a general tab with width, height, cell spacing, cell padding, border, caption, and alignment properties; and an advanced tab with style, border color, and background color properties.
     Delete table Deletes the selected table.
     Cell Contains options for cell properties, merge cells, and split cell.
     Row Contains options to insert row before, insert row after, delete row, row properties, cut row, copy row, paste row before, and paste row after.
     Column Contains options to insert column before, insert column after, and delete column.
"Tools" menu item Contains options to restore lost content, preview, and view source code.
     Restore lost content Saves unsaved content in the browser every 30 seconds. If you navigate away from the page or lose your Internet connection, you can click this option to restore the content last entered into the editor (within the last 20 minutes).
     Preview Displays the current content as formatted.
     Source code Edit the contents via HTML.
     Font family Includes options for Arial, Comic Sans, Courier New, Default font, Georgia, Helvetica, Impact, Tahoma, Times New Roman, and Verdana.
     Font sizes Includes options for 75%, Inherit, 150%, and 200%.
Applies background highlighting to the selected text in the color you choose.
Selects a text color.
Applies bullets or numbered list formatting to the text.
Indents or outdents the current line of text.