# Rich Text Editor - Banish the foul Elgi asterisks
**URL:** https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/rich-text-editor-banish-the-foul-elgi-asterisks/27555
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [9 July 2025 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/rich-text-editor-banish-the-foul-elgi-asterisks/27555 "2025-07-09T15:42:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Reaver](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Reaver)
#### Post date: [9 July 2025 15:42 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/rich-text-editor-banish-the-foul-elgi-asterisks/27555/1 "2025-07-09T15:42:15Z")
CDO has now enabled rich text editing. You can toggle back and forth between the existing post writing mode and the new editor using the button at the top left of the post you are composing (leftmost extent of the toolbar).
> **[Introducing our new composer, making writing on Discourse easier than ever](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-our-new-composer-making-writing-on-discourse-easier-than-ever/369779)**
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> One of our major projects this year has been working on developing a new rich text editing mode for the composer, which makes writing on Discourse more familiar and intuitive. The new composer has been available here on Meta and as an experimental...
Anyone who has any tips or issues with this feature can share them here so all can benefit.
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### Author:  [@Nicodemus](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Nicodemus)
#### Post date: [9 July 2025 21:06 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/rich-text-editor-banish-the-foul-elgi-asterisks/27555/2 "2025-07-09T21:06:42Z")
I’m composing my response _emphasised text_with the new capability!! Wow, amazing. It’s nice to have the added flexibility ~~here’s hoping I can keep it all straight~~
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### Author:  [@Reaver](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Reaver)
#### Post date: [9 July 2025 21:35 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/rich-text-editor-banish-the-foul-elgi-asterisks/27555/3 "2025-07-09T21:35:04Z")
Such **Rich,**
Very _Text_