---
url: https://docs.comnto.com/customization/editor-tools.md
description: >-
  Dashboard-only settings for which formatting tools, how many images, and how
  many mentions the comment box allows; enforced when a comment is saved, with
  no embed override.
---

# Editor Tools

The comment box comes with a set of formatting tools. You choose which of them your commenters get from the Comnto dashboard: open your site’s settings and pick the **Editor** tab.

> These controls live in the dashboard only. There is no `data-*` attribute and no `window.comnto()` option for them — see [No embed equivalent](#no-embed-equivalent).

## Formatting tools

The **Formatting tools** card lists eight checkboxes:

`Bold`, `Italic`, `Underline`, `Strikethrough`, `Spoiler`, `Inline code`, `Code block`, `Link`

A checked box means commenters have that tool. Everything is checked for a new site, so uncheck only what you want to take away. The tools are available on every plan.

When you uncheck a tool:

* Its button disappears from the comment box.
* Its keyboard shortcut stops working, and so does the markdown-style shortcut that produces it: `**bold**` or `__bold__`, `*italic*` or `_italic_`, `~~strikethrough~~`, `==spoiler==`, `` `inline code` ``, and ` ``` ` or `~~~` at the start of a line for a code block. Underline and Link have no markdown-style shortcut.
* Pasted content loses that kind of formatting. The text survives, the formatting does not.
* **Link** has no keyboard shortcut of its own. Unchecking it also means pasted URLs stay plain text and typed URLs no longer turn into links.

The rule applies when a comment is saved, not only while it is being written: anything posted or edited after you uncheck a tool is stored without that formatting — the text is kept, the formatting is removed. Commenters see no error.

Existing comments keep the formatting they already have, unless someone edits them.

## Images and mentions

The **Images and mentions** card sets how many of each one comment may carry. At `0`, shown as **Off**, the feature is gone:

* **Images per comment** – at `0` the image button leaves the comment box, and neither drag-and-drop nor pasting an image adds one.
* **Mentions per comment** – at `0` typing `@` suggests nobody, and the widget stops requesting your site’s user list.

The available range comes from your plan.

## No embed equivalent

There is no `data-editor-*` attribute and no matching `window.comnto()` option for any of these settings. Unlike theme or locale, they are applied when a comment is saved rather than in the browser, so an embed cannot override them.

Set them once in the dashboard and every page that embeds the site follows.