It's been a somewhat frequent issue to see people who make posts that end up looking like a jumbled bunch of broken BB Code tags something like this:
[size=78%]example example example[/color]
[/size][size=78%]example example[/size][size=78%]example example example[/size][size=78%][/font][/size]
This happens because of the WYSIWYG ("What You See Is What You Get") text editor we have in place. For some people (possibly only in certain browsers), copying & pasting text from somewhere else into the post reply text box will result in a jumbled mess because the WYSIWYG editor tries to copy over the text formatting instead of just the text itself.
If you have this issue, there are two things you can do to fix it:1. Click this little button before copying & pasting anything:
It switches the text box view from WYSIWYG to a standard text editor. Only plain text will be pasted into the box. You can also click it again to switch back after pasting if you want.
2. In the forum menu, go to Profile > Look and Layout. There is an option that says "Show WYSIWYG editor on post page by default." If you UNCHECK that option, you will always be directed to the standard text editor when posting a reply, so you never have to worry about copying & pasting. Even if you have it disabled, you can still click on the
button to switch to it if you have a need for it.
Fixing this issue is outside of our control, so I hope this helps. If it's a big enough problem, we can disable the WYSIWYG editor for everyone, but we'd prefer not to have to do that.
