Discourse (our forum platform) recently rolled out a new rich-text topic editor. When you reply or create a new topic, you may notice that what you’re seeing is different.
Our traditional Markdown editor displays a side-by-side view with a composer panel on the left for your text and any Markdown formatting, and a preview panel on the right, showing you how the post would look with all the formatting in place.
With the latest update, when you first post, you will see just one rich-text editor. This editor brings a more familiar feel to Discourse for people used to tools such as Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
If you prefer the Markdown editor, you can switch back to it with the toggle on the far left side of the topic toolbar.
Toggle when in rich-text mode:
Toggle when in Markdown mode:
The state the toggle is in each time you save a post or post edit becomes your personal default.