Title: PLEASE HELP! paragraph problem! Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # PLEASE HELP! paragraph problem! * Resolved [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/) * When I’m trying to insert a different paragraph in my < textarea > code. This code: < br /> is always automatically inserted. I was wondering how I can get rid of that. PLEASE HELP! Cause I can’t make the blog work with that feature! * Plus I already tried to unselect the “Formatting: Users should use the visual rich editor by default”, it doesn’t work for textareas. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/page/2/?output_format=md) * [bpartch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bpartch/) * (@bpartch) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429785) * Hello * In the WP admin panel under “Users” there is a seperate checkbox to disable the WYSIWYG editor, that should fix the issue. * Hope it helps! 🙂 * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429788) * um… that still doesn’t work for textarea codes. 🙁 i unselected Use the visual rich editor when writing it didn’t work. those only work for the non-textarea codes… *sigh* * [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/) * (@yosemite) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429789) * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/82034?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/82034?replies=2) * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429790) * yes, but for my graphic codes, my visitors find them easier to use if I leave spacing in them. But this < br / > wrecks up my CSS codings. Unfortunately wysiwig editing doesn’t work for textareas. Is there anywhere I can disable that feature completely? * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429793) * if you want, you can visit my site at graphics.neoronic.com/blog i made some testings there with the visual rich editor turned off, but you will still be able to see the < br /> in the textareas * [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/) * (@yosemite) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429797) * The term textarea is a bit confusing because it is a specific HTML element, used to collect text from a visitor. * To clarify: This isn’t a problem with your posts? Just the text input of visitors( like entering comments, etc.)? * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429800) * 1. I never knew textareas were only used to collect text from visitors. Many graphic websites use textareas to display the coding. * 2. Yes, it is a problem with the posts. I need to have spacings, it keeps the code organized and easy to edit. But with < br /> it affects the coding. * [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/) * (@yosemite) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429806) * Reference: [http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/textarea.html](http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/html40/forms/textarea.html) * I suggest you control line/para/character spacing with css and not by using extra linefeeds in the post itself… It will save you trouble in the long run, present less problems when changing themes/styling, and keep your database cleaner. * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429808) * you mean change the CSS in the layout? i’m kinda new at this, can you show me an example? * [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/) * (@yosemite) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429811) * I’m afraid I might have misunderstood… Can you clarify: Your issue is NOT with how it looks to a visitor, but how it looks to you while creating/editing the post? * For visitors, then we go to css for styling/spacing, e.g.; `p { margin-bottom: 1em; } * If it’s just what you see while editing, then I would recommend adjusting your work habit/need for the double-spacing. * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429812) * ok, my site is for posting graphics and now I’m trying to organize each of my graphic into a post. To make the lives of my visitors easier, I included a textarea for each graphic, so they can pick up the code more conveniently. The problem is, the CSS coding of the graphic has linefeeds that is NEEDED for organization. But wordpress has a problem with adding the < br /> whenever I add an extra linefeed. That is a BIG problem for the CSS for each of my graphic as it wrecks the whole coding. How can I keep the linefeed without the addition of the “br” code? * Thread Starter [jadelinna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadelinna/) * (@jadelinna) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429816) * is that description clearer? * [yosemite](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yosemite/) * (@yosemite) * [19 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-help-paragraph-problem/#post-429818) * Ok… _I included a textarea for each graphic, so they can pick up the code more conveniently._ = Get the url to the image on your site… * _The problem is, the CSS coding of the graphic has linefeeds that is NEEDED for organization._ The `