More options to the editor
Posted by Leonid Mamchenkov on June 16, 2007
Have you ever wanted to have more options in the WordPress editor? WordPress.com hosted blogs already have an extra button, which opens more options, but standalone blogs – not yet. Not to worry! Press Alt+Shift+V while looking at the editor, and you’ll see more buttons unfold.
All sorts of goodies are hidden there – underlines text, more formatting options for headings, paragraphs, and preformatte text, text color, justified alignment, etc. For me personally, the most important button which I have hard times living without is “Paste as Plain Text”. It comes handy when using WordPress’ rich text editor and pasting content from ugly formatted web sites.
Enjoy!
Update: If you want to have even more options and buttons, check this Advanced TinyMCE Editor plugin. Its author warns of compatibility problems with other plugins though.
Anthony said
That was a very useful tip! I never even knew that existed. It will sure come in handy.
Joerg Weisner said
I am working on a macbook.
It seems, that Alt-Shift-V does not work here,
do You know any solution?
Leonid Mamchenkov said
Joerg,
I have no idea. The only time I saw a Mac in my life, was on TV commercial. :) Try searching for Mac shortcuts for TinyMCE editor. Maybe it will show up something… Or maybe other Mac users reading this blog will help you out.
Jeff said
Hi all ~
This tip is awesome! Didn’t know that advanced toolbar was available. For those asking about the editor and using Macs – the WordPress Admin page and post editor defaults to the plaintext version because the WordPress interface does not play well with Safari. If you’re using a Mac, try using WordPress using Firefox while and it should work as described here.
- Jeff
Leonid Mamchenkov said
Jeff,
thanks for clearing that out.
Igor said
Joerg,
The problem is that ALT tab in Mac does what Ctrl tab in PC. Maybe try Ctrl instead of Alt.
Leo,
It doesnt work in O! :-(