# Formatting Text in Forms

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 9, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597 "2008-07-09T15:57:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tinney)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597/1 "2008-07-09T15:57:17Z")

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Greetings everyone,

I was just wondering what everyone does to allow members of their app  
the ability to format their text when they post information? I haven’t  
really found the de-facto RoR online editor. What’s the standard  
practice here?

Thanks for your help!

~Dustin T.

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**Author:** ![tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tinney)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597/2 "2008-07-10T01:23:18Z")

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You’re asking a pretty open question.

You can use TinyMCE or FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editors in text boxes.

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**Author:** ![tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tinney)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597/3 "2008-07-10T02:04:18Z")

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You’re asking a pretty open question.

You can use TinyMCE or FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editor

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**Author:** ![tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/a88e4f/32.png) [@tinney](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tinney)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/formatting-text-in-forms/142597/4 "2008-07-10T05:42:58Z")

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Ryan B. wrote:

> You’re asking a pretty open question.
> 
> You can use TinyMCE or FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editor

Thanks Ryan,

I’ve been down every type of editor, whether it’s a textile editor  
(RedCloth, BlueCloth, Markdown, etc.), or WYSIWYG (TinyMCE, FCKEditor,  
WidgEdit, etc.). I think I was just looking for a simple, “this is what  
everyone uses” type editor. Something I could rely on and know nothing  
about. However, after reading some of the Peepcode Plugins PDF, I’ve  
learned that I shouldn’t seek things that I could not originally  
program. So, instead, I bought the new Agile Web D. with Rails  
3rd Edition (beta) and am focused on learning enough to program what I  
need.

When I’m ready, I want to program a textile editor that will be perfect  
for my needs, and my members. Not too heavy, nor complex - easy to  
maintain and build upon. 🙂 Thanks for your reply!

~Dustin T.