Idea! A "Text Block" for text format / "Code Block" for code format
The IDEA proposed:
Create a "text block". The symbol marking does not matter; it could be anything available, Discord users would get acclimated to it.
Features users may find helpful, are Basic text modifications like Font [Color, Bold/Underline/Italic, Size]; WYSIWYG support; and other advanced RTF features such as Text Alignment, Lists, Tables, etc.
Up until today, a lot of users on Discord formatted their special messages and/or channels with code block (see example at the end).
The change to the word wrap setting, although understandable for its intended purpose, now raises a problem after users became accustomed to it. Essentially, it resolves one problem and creates another due to the length of time Discord allowed it to be available in its previous form.
Example of the NEW Discord Code Block Format as of November 9, 2019 (a single line with a scroll bar):
Example of the OLD Code Block Format before November 9, 2019:
Please upvote this if you agree and comment below with your support and more suggestions!
UPDATE (November 18, 2019):
It seems that the word-wrap feature has returned.
<3 <3 <3 THANK YOU DISCORD DEVS!! <3 <3 <3
I hope you're still considering the idea of TWO code blocks for both types of users.
Choices and options are ALWAYS COOL!!
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I completely agree with you, this should 100% be removed. I didn't even know that Discord added this. I'm not sure why Discord keeps adding new features that no one likes.
And if Discord didn't want to fully remove the feature, at least allow us to disable it client-sided.
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The single bar code block is usefull on programming Discord servers, and there are a lot of them. I'm ok with your idea Faeryl, people who used this to enlight text had no choice but using it. I think it's time Discord makes a new text block option dedicated to text and only text.
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I actually strongly disagree that this is useful for all programming use-cases. While I could see it being useful for some people who prefer to see less going on, but in all the programming Discord servers I belong to and the few that I run, it's much preferable to be able to SEE large chunks of code. I can already get a one-liner by using single-backticks. This takes away functionality and doesn't really improve my experience. The fact that it snuck in also is frustrating. I read the release notes. I missed it. It's possible that it was in there, but this new behavior is a massive deviation from the norm across the web and unexpected.
Ok, so, now that I've said the emotional portion of my piece. I like this text suggestion, but I might also move to make the word-wrap setting user-specific. I, for one, will never make use of this. However, I've run enough large communities both on Discord and Slack as well as forums to know that large code blocks trigger some people. It would be great to give them the ability to hide that for themselves, but making it mandatory for everyone when its both normal and provides utility is quite frustrating.
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I made a tweet along the same lines. It also reduces keyboard accessibility because you can't page up/down through a code block.
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In case anyone is following this for updates or replies ...
There was an update to Discord that returned the word-wrap feature in the Code Block.
<3 <3 <3 THANK YOU DISCORD DEVS!! <3 <3 <3
I hope you're still considering the idea of TWO code blocks for both types of users.
Choices and options are ALWAYS COOL!!0 -
Honestly, I prefer no word wrapping in code blocks. I suggest adding an option in the "Text & Images" settings for toggling word wrapping in code blocks. Maybe even options to toggle word wrap for individual programming languages, like if you want everything except CSS to have word wrap or something.
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