New Editor

  • Resolved doctortr

    (@doctortr)


    5 years, 8 months ago

    Hi!

    I am a newbie using WP 5.1.1 with the Twenty Nineteen theme.

    When adding a simple Post, after I start writing, to start a new paragraph, when I enter a CR in the Block, it creates a NEW Block.

    Is that the way the New Editor works?

    Would the Post look different if I use the Classic Editor?

    Thank you!

    Dr. T

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  • Hello. Yes, that’s the way the new editor works. If you want to continue typing in the same paragraph block, though, you can use SHIFT-ENTER instead of just ENTER.

    The new approach — a block for each paragraph — allows you to apply formatting (font sizes or colors, for example) to the entire block rather than having to select text; and the blocks make it easy to reorder paragraphs by dragging, which I often use when drafting longer posts.

    The classic editor doesn’t create blocks, but I think the published post would look the same.

    Thread Starter doctortr

    (@doctortr)

    Dear daleducatte,

    I tried Shift / CR and it works. Thank you!

    And, I found out that using Shift / CR is not the same as adding a new Block. The spacing between paragraphs is different.

    Dr. T

    Interesting about the spacing variations, I hadn’t noticed it until you pointed it out. With my current theme, using SHIFT-ENTER twice gets it closer to the paragraph block’s spacing; it’s still a little different but not as noticeable as a single SHIFT-ENTER.

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