[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20993: Rename the "HTML" editor tab to "Text"

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#20993: Rename the "HTML" editor tab to "Text"
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 Reporter:  azaozz       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:  3.5
Component:  Editor       |    Version:
 Severity:  normal       |   Keywords:  ux-feedback
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 This would reflect the "HTML" editor's purpose a lot better. Calling it
 "HTML Editor" is wrong as it doesn't really allow editing all of the html
 code. It allows editing the post content in "text" mode where html tags
 can be used.

 Generally the Visual editor can be compared to MS Word or OO Writer, and
 the "HTML" editor to Notepad or TextEdit. In the Visual editor the final
 html code is generated in the background by TinyMCE and the browser. In
 the "HTML" editor the final html code is generated by wpautop().

 The "HTML" editor has the following features:

 - Converts blocks of text separated by two consecutive line breaks to html
 paragraphs. This allows the user to type in exactly the same way as in any
 plain text editor and have their content shown properly after publishing.
 - Trims spacing and line breaks around html tags so the blocks of text
 flow naturally.
 - Has a toolbar with buttons for quick entry of common html tags
 (Quicktags).

 These features make it a nice "Text" editor and a good alternative to the
 Visual editor especially for quick posts that don't need much formatting.
 However calling it "HTML" editor misleads the users that are familiar with
 html coding. These users expect to have access to all of the underlying
 html code which is not the case in the "HTML" editor.

 In short: changing the name to "Text" would reflect how that editor works
 much better and won't mislead users that try to code html by hand.

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