All about Blogger's post editor

Blogger's post editor has three modes:

• Compose: a wysiwyg mode where you manipulate text with formatting buttons
• Edit HTML: a raw mode where you edit the html manually
• Preview: renders a full-body preview of the post, including its Title, links and images

To switch between these modes, simply click the appropriate link:

If you'd rather not use the wysiwyg editor, you can disable it in the Settings | Basic tab in Blogger. The formatting buttons are only available in certain browsers, as explained in this Help article. Keyboard shortcuts are also available; they can greatly speed up the posting process and we encourage you to use them.

Features, from left-to-right:

• Font
• Font size
• Bold
• Italic
• Font color
• Link
• Left-justify
• Center
• Right-justify
• Full-justify
• Ordered (numbered) list
• Unordered (bullet) list
• Blockquote
• Spell check
• Upload image
• Remove formatting from selection

Developing an advanced, standards-compliant web-based rich text editor presented a significant engineering challenge. If you'd like to know more about its development, one of our engineers posted a nice writeup about it on his blog.

Related Articles:

• Supported browsers
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Why don't I see all the post formatting buttons?