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Can we please have a rich editor in private messages.


I have had a few private message correspondences with other members but tha lack of a rich editor on the private messages leaves some messages very hard to read as it appears as one long paragraph.

I have a mild form of Dyslexia and find these bunched up messages kinda hard to read.

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Mar 14, 2011. 2:20 AMcaarntedd says:
Good suggestion.
Mar 3, 2011. 9:30 PMkelseymh says:

If you have a paid account (that little "PRO" icon next to your username), then you can use raw HTML to format messages. Use <P> at the beginning of each paragraph.

Yes, I know it can be hard to remember, but it also works when writing forum comments.

Mar 3, 2011. 2:46 PMRedneckEngineer says:
Good idea! I'm surprised this hasn't been thought up before.
Mar 3, 2011. 9:28 PMkelseymh says:
It has, multiple times. It's much lower on the development list than other issues, despite the fact that Staff suffer through it just as we do.
Mar 2, 2011. 5:38 PMrtty21 says:
I'm with you 100%
Mar 2, 2011. 10:23 AMNachoMahma says:
. You can insert "<br />" (without the quotes) where you want to insert a line break. Not as good as a proper editor would be, but it works.
Mar 2, 2011. 10:37 AMKiteman says:
+1

Long messages are hard to read, even without dyslexia.


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