# iPad: Rich text editor planned?

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [10 March 2025 07:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310 "2025-03-10T07:43:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![againman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/againman/32/25785_2.png) [@againman](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/againman)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 07:43 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/1 "2025-03-10T07:43:55Z")

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Hi guys,

I have a feature request: Would it be possible to implement the rich text editor (wysiwyg) on iPad OS? I use Joplin as a "PowerPoint replacement" to show instructions to my students on an interactive whiteboard (usually just short prompts / QR codes / tasks to be done in their schoolbooks).  
That is very well doable in presentation / view mode.

When I want to change something quickly, I have to switch to edit mode and my whole layout looks rather messy with all the tags, md formatting symbols etc.

Being able to use a wysiwyg editor (hiding all that stuff and showing images at the same time) would be indeed quite nice.

Plus, as I am rather lazy and come from standard text processor and OneNote use, I prefer creating notes in the wysiwyg editor and not in the md editor (though I can completely understand why more keyboard-savvy folks prefer the md).

Cheers  
Martin

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**Author:** ![graphit0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/graphit0/32/3435_2.png) [@graphit0](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/graphit0)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 11:35 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/2 "2025-03-10T11:35:20Z")

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AFAIK the future of wysiwyg is a bit uncertain because of the licensing -- developer changed it for the newer versions. So now, we're probably going to stay on older version which will have no dev support 🤷

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**Author:** ![personalizedrefriger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/personalizedrefriger/32/13210_2.png) [@personalizedrefriger](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/personalizedrefriger)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 13:40 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/3 "2025-03-10T13:40:53Z")

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> [@againman](#):
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> Being able to use a wysiwyg editor (hiding all that stuff and showing images at the same time) would be indeed quite nice.

It's possible to do some of this with the [Extra Markdown Editor Settings plugin](https://joplinapp.org/plugins/plugin/io.github.personalizedrefrigerator.codemirror6-settings/?from-tab=home)'s "hide markdown" setting set to "More (experimental)". When enabled, a subset of Markdown on lines that don't contain the cursor is rendered.

At present:

- It doesn't render HTML tags.
- Math (KaTeX) is rendered as MathML (discarding the HTML output).
- Image rendering doesn't work when running Joplin mobile in a web browser.

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**Author:** ![againman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/againman/32/25785_2.png) [@againman](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/againman)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2025 15:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/4 "2025-03-10T15:45:50Z")

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Neat, that looks already much better!! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![againman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/againman/32/25785_2.png) [@againman](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/againman)\
**Post date:** [21 May 2025 14:50 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/5 "2025-05-21T14:50:54Z")

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Any updated info here?

Especially Notes with pictures embedded in them are hard to edit on an iPad, because the picture is displayed as tens to hundreds of lines of "code" (picture data as text).

So it's really hard to navigate in such notes.

Implementing the WYSIWYG editor on iPad would tremendously improve usability and user-friendliness.

Cheers  
Martin

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [16 May 2026 14:51 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/ipad-rich-text-editor-planned/44310/6 "2026-05-16T14:51:40Z")

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