Visual Editor missing tool bar and only able to type in Full screen text edit

What do you mean by you cannot use it?

Are the buttons there, or are they missing?

Just to test if it’s a javascript issue… go to your widget admin area and see if you can “drag” a widget.

I was able to drag a widget over to place it in the side bar of my site from the admin role.

Try clearing your browser cache and cookies.

The only visual button on the visual editor is “add media” and I have a plug in that allows me to add an MP3 player. I can see that but the normal Font, link, break the link, alignment, block quote icons, and all the other options are not there anymore. I’ve been posting by clicking on text editor and then full screen mode.

Try temporarily deactivating all of your plugins… then manually refresh your browser cache… then try again.

If that doesn’t work… switch to the default TwentyTwelve theme… manually refresh your browser cache.. and try again.

Also, go to your profile – and see if Disable the visual editor when writing is checked.

i cleared the cookies and cache. i also reset Safari. i’ve checked my profile and the visual editor isn’t disabled. I’ll try the deactivation of my plugins and the switch to the default TwentyTwelve theme. we’ll see how it goes

Thanks!!! It worked.. I’m so happy.. YOu all are the beSt!!!

I had this issue on 3.8. I just updated all my plugins and voila it’s back. No caching, no editing files.

One nuisance about wordpress “Distraction-Free Writing mode” is that, sink kitchen buttons will not show up in that mode. To resolve this, we need add the following code to functions.php of your theme:

function my_mce_fullscreen($buttons) {
$buttons[] = ‘fullscreen’;
return $buttons;
}
add_filter(‘mce_buttons’, ‘my_mce_fullscreen’);

More details can be found here: resolved – show kitchen sink buttons when wordpress goes to fullscreen mode

One nuisance about wordpress “Distraction-Free Writing mode” is that, sink kitchen buttons will not show up in that mode. To resolve this, we need add the following code to functions.php of your theme:

function my_mce_fullscreen($buttons) {
$buttons[] = ‘fullscreen’;
return $buttons;
}
add_filter(‘mce_buttons’, ‘my_mce_fullscreen’);

More details can be found here: resolved – show kitchen sink buttons when wordpress goes to fullscreen mode