@rgentle you can edit as HTML refer this screenshot
https://ibb.co/vcJp4Xw
Yes Rajan, that is true, but previously, I was able to click on the editor in one go, without having to click on that bar with the 3 dots to open a list. I know that I can also press keys+ctrl+Shift+Alt+M but that is quite clumsy to do. If I could click Ctrl+Alt+M that would be slightly better.
Also, I still miss seeing the cursor in the html code view, in the same place I had it in the normal design view. For the past few years, I have wanted to have this ability, and for the first time in the previous version of WP, that ability was there. Now, sadly, it seems to have gone again.
Joy
(@joyously)
Thanks Joy. I’ve actually been using TintMCE Advanced. In the past it had a little little icon to switch between page and code view. It has a couple of similar icons, but they don’t do the same.
I think WP developers have tried to simplify things for people who just want a template only system and aren’t interested in working in the coding views. A page that took me 3 minutes to edit, now takes 10 minutes. I have to find the place where, for example, I want to embed video, put a line of letters, dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd then change to code view, search for my line of letters and then place my embed code over the top to replace it!
I’m pleased to say, that with WP v5.0.1 much of the lost functionality has now returned, or can be activated.
Joy
(@joyously)
It’s interesting that you say that, because the 5.0.1 update was for security only, not to fix any problems in the editor.
Perhaps a coincidence. I also explored, at about the same time, the settings in TinyMCE that took me to several WP editor options, allowing me to select a classic arrangement and get my previous usability. Anyway, I think everything is okay now. The only thing I would change, is disabling autosave. I know I can do this with code, but I’d rather have an option to switch it on, if I want it, rather than having to add the code to delay or stop it. There are occasions when I want to undo the last operation, before saving. Once it’s autosaved, I can’t undo in the usual way.
