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A `!visual editor`! is `F33f`_`[computer software`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Computer_software]`_`f for editing `F33f`_`[text files`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ASCII]`_`f using a `F33f`_`[textual`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Text_user_interface]`_`f or `F33f`_`[graphical`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graphical_user_interface]`_`f user interface that normally renders the content (text) in accordance with embedded markup code, e.g., `F33f`_`[HTML`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=HTML]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Wikitext`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Wiki]`_`f, rather than displaying the raw text. Edits made to the page appear in real time, correctly formatted, and are often referred to as `F33f`_`[WYSIWYG`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=WYSIWYG]`_`f (What You See Is What You Get). It is common for the software to permit switching to `F33f`_`[source-code editor`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Source-code_editor]`_`f mode so that the original `F33f`_`[source code`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Source_code]`_`f can be viewed or modified.`:cite-ref-1[`F5bf`_`[1`#cite-note-1]`_`f]`:cite-ref-2[`F5bf`_`[2`#cite-note-2]`_`f]`:cite-ref-3[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-3]`_`f]

By definition, all visual editors require a refreshable display device. However, some editors`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[a`#cite-note-4]`_`f] using such devices, e.g., `F33f`_`[BRIEF`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Brief_(text_editor)]`_`f, `F33f`_`[ISPF`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISPF]`_`f, `F33f`_`[gVim`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GVim]`_`f, `F33f`_`[KEDIT`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=KEDIT]`_`f, `F33f`_`[THE`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=XEDIT]`_`f, `F33f`_`[XEDIT`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=XEDIT]`_`f, are not visual editors.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Notes`#notes]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

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>>See also

• `F33f`_`[WYSIWYG`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=WYSIWYG]`_`f

>>Notes

`:cite-note-4`!a.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f even GUI editors

>>References

`:cite-note-1`!1.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-1]`_`f "Definition of visual editor". `*PCMAG`*. Retrieved 2021-12-26.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-2]`_`f `:citerefsilvestrini2007`aSilvestrini, Stefano (2007). `*Xoops - To Create Dynamic Web Sites Simply`*. Stefano Silvestrini. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-0-9762432-3-6.

`:cite-note-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-3]`_`f `:citerefsmith2009`aSmith, Bud E. (2009-03-11). `*Creating Web Pages For Dummies`*. John Wiley & Sons. `F33f`_`[ISBN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=ISBN_(identifier)]`_`f 978-0-470-44002-5.

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