Second Life: New Forum Stuff

Editing Tool Bar Explained

This is the WYSIWYG editing tool bar in the forum version:

Invision Editor Tools
Invision’s Editor Tool Bar
SymDescription
Header-Paragraph toggle
Provides the selections; ordered list, bullet list, code block, box, Spoiler, quote, horizontal rule, and table.
BBold – works as you would think
IItalic
UUnderline
Text Size – Limited
Set Text Color
Hyper Link
Emoji
More; Inline Code, strike through, subscript, superscript, default, text align, highlight color.
And this… it is my custom Windows text cursor. You can make your own using Win11 Accessibility features. Ask Copilot…

What We Know

This is taken from recent posts in the form (2025-2026). Thank you Claude.ai. It is possible to have Claude use your browser while you are in the forum to do summaries and extractions. It takes some setup and you have to trust the AI. There are risks.

Theme & Display

Dark Mode / Light Mode

  • Three theme options are available via three small icons at the bottom of the page: Light Mode, Dark Mode, and System Preference (auto, based on your device settings).
  • The classic “dark blue” theme from the old forum is gone; the new dark mode is a different style. Sidebar
  • A new right-hand sidebar appears in threads showing: Replies/Views/Created/Last Reply stats, Top Posters in the Topic, Popular Days, Most Popular Posts, and Posted Images.
  • The sidebar automatically disappears when you zoom your browser to 125% (Ctrl + in Chrome/Firefox or Ctrl and Mouse Wheel), or narrow your browser window.
  • Users with uBlock Origin can permanently remove it by adding custom filter rules.
  • Users with the Stylebot extension can also hide it with a CSS rule. Thread Preview Text
  • After launch, each thread on the forum index showed a text preview/summary below the title, which users found cluttered. This was removed by LL within a day or two of complaints. Pinned Posts
  • Pinned (sticky) posts are hard to differentiate from regular posts — they don’t stand out well visually.

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