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Answer ID 10205   |   Last Review Date 10/08/2026

What options are available in the answer editor in the .Net Agent Desktop?

Environment:

Answer Editor, Answer Workspace
Oracle B2C Service .Net Agent Desktop
26B and prior releases

Resolution:

The Answer Editor in the .NET Agent Desktop is a legacy component and will be deprecated starting with the August 2026 (26C) release. For more information, see Answer ID 13138: Deprecation of Knowledge Foundation Answer Editor in .NET Agent Console.

All icons have tool tips that explain their use when you hover over them with the mouse.  Here is the editor ribbon followed by brief descriptions of each icon:

Icons allowing editing and formatting options are available from the Question and Answer sub-tabs.

Editing Options


Beginning from left to right, the editing options include cut, copy pasting, add/remove formatting and undo/redo

 Cut Ctrl + X 
 Copy Ctrl + C**
 Paste Ctrl + V**
 Paste as plain text Ctrl + Shift + V**
 Paste from Word **
 Copy Formatting Ctrl + Shift + C **Highlight formatted text > click Copy Formatting button > highlight new text to format
 Remove Formatting ** Highlight formatted text > click Remove Formatting button
 Undo  Ctrl + Z Undo last several edits
 Redo Ctrl + Y Redo last several edits
  NOTE** **Hotkey is now used where using the button is no longer allowed


Next are options to show code blocks, find/replace, highlight text, lists and more

 Show Blocks Shows <div> and <p> blocks
 Find Find string within content
 Replace Find/Replace string within content
 Select All Selects all text within Question or Answer field
 Insert/Remove Numbered List 
 Insert/Remove Bulleted List 
 Decrease Indent Moves text left
 Increase Indent Moves text to the right
 Block Quote Indents sections of content
 Create Div Container 
 Insert HTML Line Break Shift + Enter
 Alignment options (four buttons) Left, Center, Right, Justify
 Source Changes editor to Source Mode to directly edit code


Full Screen

On the top right of the ribbon is the Full Screen button.  This expands/collapses the editor the full size of the monitor to allow for easier editing.

 

Text Options


On the second row of the editor ribbon (from the above screen shot), are text formatting options such as Styles, Font sizing and coloring, Bold, Italics and more

 Formatting Styles Adding styling such as: Marker, Subtitle, Deleted Text, Inline Quotation, etc.
 Paragraph Format Normal, Heading 1, Heading 2... 6, Address, etc.
 Font Name 
 Font Size 
 Text Color 
 Background Color 
 Bold Ctrl + B
 Italic Ctrl + I
 Underline Ctrl + U
 Strikethrough 
 Subscript 
 Superscript 

 

Answers Actions

Hyperlink / Unlink

The chain icon for the Hyperlink is the first icon in the seventh section of the Editor Ribbon. 


Image

The icon for adding a link is the first icon on the eighth section of the Editor Ribbon, 


Table

The icon for adding a table is the second icon on the eighth section of the Editor Ribbon 


Horizontal Rule

The icon for adding a horizontal rule is the third icon on the eighth section of the Editor Ribbon 


Smiley 

The smiley icon allows you to insert an emoji inline.


Insert Special Characters

Symbol Icon is the Omega Symbol in the middle of the bottom section of the Editor Ribbon


Manage Anchors

Anchor icon is the Flag, the third icon in the Ninth Section of the Editor Ribbon


Answer Link

The first feature in the older Answer Editor toolbox is the "Insert Answer Link".   This is now located in the last group of the ribbon.  It has the same icon as before.   


Conditional Section

The next feature is also the last section of the Editor ribbon.  It's the second icon and matches the old versions icon also.  


SmartMerge

 "SmartMerge" icon is the same as pervious versions and is the third icon in the last section of the Editor ribbon.


Search Knowledgebase

Searching the knowledge base can be identified by locating the "Search Glass",   it is located on the right side of the last section of the Editor ribbon


Notes:  There are no "Field Set" or "Button" functions in the new editor at this time.

Source Mode


Answer editor undo button is grayed out in source mode

Using source mode (select the Source button), the options to search text and find/replace text are available.

 Find Find string within content
 Replace Find/Replace string within content
 Select All Selects all content within the text area


For additional information, refer to the Edit an Answer chapter in online documentation for the version your site is currently running. To access Oracle B2C Service manuals and documentation online, refer to the Documentation for Oracle B2C Service Products.