Whizzywig FAQ

Is Whizzywig really free? Why?

Yes. See the licence. It will always be free. You can even use it your commercial projects.
Because open source software is a good thing.
Because it's harder than you think to make a living selling software.
And because one day you might come back here for something that does make a living.

If you'd like to say "Thank you":

Can I put more than one Whizzywig on the same page?

Yes. You can create multiple areas on a page that can then be edited by a popped up whizzywig window. See the Multiple whizzywigs demo. View the source of that page to see how.

Why doesn't Whizzywig work in Browser X?

Because Browser X does not support designmode on iframes. That means whizzywig does not work in a lot of really old stuff and user will see a plain textarea. The vast majority of users can run Whizzywig in their web browser. Recent versions of
  • Internet Explorer on PC
  • Firefox on Mac and PC
  • Safari on Mac and PC
  • Opera on Mac and PC
  • Google Chrome on PC
all support Whizzywig. If there is anybody left trying to use Internet Explorer on the Mac, then they should wake up and join the rest of us in the 21st century.

Why can't I get to the next line by pressing Enter?

Because it's standard word processing behavior for Enter to create a paragraph break.
If you want a new line without a paragraph break hold down the shift key:

Simply pressing Enter...

Gets a new para. But pressing Shift+Enter...
Gets a line break without a new paragraph.

This is the same as Word and other office applications.

Why so few fonts?

On your computer you have many more fonts available that the ones listed in the Whizzywig pull down. Sadly, very few of them are reliably available on everyone else's computer. What's more, not all fonts are 'browser safe'. Symbol fonts like Webdings (Webdings) are not displayed in many browsers.



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