Help:TootCat/HTML/enabling

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How to enable HTML and Markdown in your posts

In the web UI, under the edit box between the post-privacy globe icon and the CW icon there should be an icon to let you choose which type of markup to use (if it's not there, see "enable the icon" below). Select "Markdown" or "HTML".

In this screenshot, the markup-type is shown as a down-arrow icon because I've selected "Markdown", which also allows HTML:

2023-05-28 at 10-42-24 Toot.Cat.screen.post editing area.png

Enable the Icon

If the content-markup-choice icon does not appear, you can enable it in the UI settings dialog (click the gears-icon at the top of the left column) -- check the "show content choice" checkbox:

2023-05-28 at 13-17-29.screen.TC settings dialog.show markup type.png

Set a Default

If you expect to want Markdown or HTML a lot, you can change the default in preferences/other:

Screenshot 2023-05-28 at 11-12-57 Preferences - Toot.Cat.screen.markup options.png

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