How to Switch Text Editors

World Anvil has two different article editors you can use depending on your needs:

• Visual Editor: Use the Visual Editor if you don't want to use BBCode and instead want a simplified preview of the article as you type. Learn more.
• Advanced Editor (Euclid): Euclid is optimized for BBCode thanks to its syntax highlighting features, which will help you write and understand BBCode tags faster. Learn more.

Here's how to switch between them!

Change the world editor

Follow these steps to change the editor for all new articles in your world. Articles that are already created will not be affected by this:

1. On the left sidebar, open the Articles & World Manager.
2. Click the world name at the top of the left panel.
3. In the bottom toolbar, click the gear button to access world settings.
4. On the right panel of settings, use the "Editor" drop-down to select the editor you want to switch to.

To learn more about BBCode, read the Guide to BBCode.

Change the article or category editor

Follow these steps to change the editor for a specific article or category page:

1. Edit an article or category.
2. Click on the gear button to access settings.
3. Click on "Text Editor Settings" and choose the text editor you want to switch to.

If you're switching from the Advanced Editor to the Visual Editor, a new modal window will appear to review any unsupported BBCode tags, as not all formatting options are supported by the Visual Editor. If any incompatibilities are detected, you'll see a warning and you'll be able to go back to fix them.

Unsupported BBCode tags on the Visual Editor

The Visual Editor support all basic formatting options, but some advanced BBCode tags are not available. If you have an article with any of the following BBCode tags and switch it to the Visual Editor, you might have formatting issues or even lose some of the article's content.