FAQ ScubaBoard's Message Editor

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ScubaBoard's Message Editor

Anyone familiar with word processing programs will be pretty comfortable with ScubaBoard's Message Editor. There are quite a few significant enhancements to this thread might be helpful to old salts as well as new members.

:FAQnew: New Features in ScubaBoard 2021
The editor window is very similar but is expanded to support all the new features and more easily adjust to all the different size and resolution devices in use — from small phones to big high-resolution monitors on desktop computers.

Variable Menu Displays​

A vertical ellipsis icon will appear on your toolbar when the the menu must be truncated to fit your display. Example:

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The entire menu can show on one line when the display allows:

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Toolbar Icon Tooltips​

Tooltips will display when you allow your mouse pointer to hover over each icon giving you a hint what it does. Example:

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The Editor's Icons:​

The following is an overview of the toolbar's icons.

Left side Toolbar Group​

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Middle Toolbar Group​


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Right side Toolbar Group​


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BB-Code Toggle Modes​

This is on menu button that may confuse some members. This is the default view:

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Clicking that will switch to this mode, where most menu icons disappear. Just click it again to go back the the WYSIWYG mode.

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A word about Outdent​

This is example of Indented text:

"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.”​
– Charles E. Weller​

The Outdent icon removes intent BB-codes. Highlight a text and click intent one or more times. The Outdent icon will go from grayed-out to normal brightness so you can remove one or more sets of [INDENT] and [/INDENT]

Similar to Word Processing Software​

The ScubaBoard editor has a lot in common with word processing software like Microsoft Word. More than half of the functions requires selecting the text before clicking on a formatting icon.

Experimenting & Learning
You can start a thread in the Testing Forum to experiment with the editor without showing up on New Posts lists or being indexed by Internet Search Engines. It's technically not "private" but nothing will bring your posts to the attention of members, or the entire Internet, so feel free to play with all the options.

You can ask for help in Site Support if you get stuck; that's what it is for.


What is BB-Code?​

BB-codes are the special, usually hidden, tags the controls formatting.



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