Title: Help-stuck in HTML view
Last modified: August 20, 2016
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# Help-stuck in HTML view
* [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/)
* Hi. I know very little about html, and on accident I hit the HTML view tab that’s
next to the Visual view tab when trying to edit one of my pages. Now, I can’t
get it to go back to the Visual view. Hitting the tab does nothing. I’ve logged
in with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari and nothing fixes the problem.
I saw this problem asked and fixed in a forum that was closed 3 years ago, but
I don’t understand any of it. For example, what’s tinymce? Can anyone please
help me?
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* [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
* (@anevins)
* WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
* [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978397)
* Which version of WordPress have you?
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978399)
* 3.4.1-i was using a lower version when the problem started, so I immediately
upgraded thinking that would fix the problem, but that did nothing.
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978402)
* I use the Livepuse theme-if that makes a difference.
* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978573)
* There are literally thousands of WordPress themes – which means that many people
won’t be familiar with your particular theme. So a link to your site where people
can see the theme might result in more responses.
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978576)
* carlababb.com
* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978577)
* First, check that you haven’t disabled the rich-text editor in your Profile.
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978578)
* 🙂 that was one of the first things i checked!
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978579)
* but that wasn’t it…
* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978580)
* Have you tried:
* – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
* – switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
* – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
problems.
* – re-uploading all files & folders – **except** the wp-content folder – from
a **fresh** download of your current version of WordPress.
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978581)
* yes-i’ve tried deactivating all plugins and that didn’t work
* I’m going to try switching themes now-if I switch to the wordpress theme-will
that delete my old one?
* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978582)
* No. You can re-activate your old theme at any time.
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978583)
* OK-trying now. please stand by
* Thread Starter [cnbabb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cnbabb/)
* (@cnbabb)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978584)
* OMG thank you! That worked! You are amazing! So then, I went BACK to the Livepuse
theme that I have and now the Visual tab works just fine with that theme again!
Weird, huh? I wonder what the problem could have been between the theme and wordpress
to be able to fix itself?
* [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
* (@esmi)
* [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-stuck-in-html-view/#post-2978585)
* It could have been a minor database issue or it may be a problem with the theme.
If so, it may re-occur at some point in the future. Glad to hear that you have
your Visual tab back for now, though. 🙂
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* [html view](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/html-view/)
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* [visual view](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visual-view/)
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