<p>I don’t think it’s possible at all and what’s the benefit of using a WYSIWYG field at all when you don’t use any of the features.</p>

<p>I’d rather use a plain text field or even better, a field type which is optimized for code editing like the Simple Text field type.</p>

<p><a href="https://github.com/craftcms/simple-text/tree/v1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/craftcms/simple-text/tree/v1</a></p>

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2017-10-05T14:23:56.993Z
Great plugin recommendation! The reason for not using a plain text field was to make the code more readable. But this plugin does that!
bravokiloecho
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2017-10-05T14:21:36.373Z
2017-10-05T14:21:36.373Z
carlcs
<p>Is there a way to make a Rich Text field using Redactor, to only display and allow input in the HTML view?</p>

<p>The first step I tried was making a redactor config file that looks like this:</p>

<pre><code>{
    "buttons": ["html"],
    "plugins": [],
    "toolbarFixed": false
}
</code></pre>

<p>But the default view is still the WYSIWYG view. I want the HTML button to be toggled by default...</p>

<p>Many thanks for any help!</p>

<redactor><richtext>
Force redactor to only display HTML editor view
# Force redactor to only display HTML editor view

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-05)

Is there a way to make a Rich Text field using Redactor, to only display and allow input in the HTML view?
The first step I tried was making a redactor config file that looks like this:
{
    "buttons": ["html"],
    "plugins": [],
    "toolbarFixed": false
}

But the default view is still the WYSIWYG view. I want the HTML button to be toggled by default...
Many thanks for any help!

**Tags:** redactor, richtext

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2017-10-05. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

I don’t think it’s possible at all and what’s the benefit of using a WYSIWYG field at all when you don’t use any of the features.

I’d rather use a plain text field or even better, a field type which is optimized for code editing like the Simple Text field type.

<https://github.com/craftcms/simple-text/tree/v1>

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Great plugin recommendation! The reason for not using a plain text field was to make the code more readable. But this plugin does that!  

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