Title: Cannot edit description
Last modified: August 14, 2017

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# Cannot edit description

 *  Resolved [niallpod](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niallpod/)
 * (@niallpod)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/)
 * When I click “edit” on an Event, the page loads with the “Text” editor enabled
   by default and I can edit the description. If I try to switch to the “Visual”
   editor it goes blank and I cannot edit it – even if I try to switch back to the“
   Text” editor.
 * For other user, when they click “Edit,” the Event is loading with the visual 
   editor enabled by default thus they get a white space and are unable to edit 
   the description.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-edit-description%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [maynardsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maynardsmith/)
 * (@maynardsmith)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9445145)
 * I also have this problem. Am running WP 4.8.1 and Event List 0.7.9. Also occurs
   in 0.7.8.
 * Immediate cause is the CSS on the textarea having ‘visibility:hidden;’ or ‘color:#
   fff;’ or ‘display:none;’ or some combination set. But even if you override these
   the basic functionality of the editor does not operate correctly.
 * Wordpress edits normal Pages OK. Nevertheless is this in fact a WordPress bug,
   since it is the WordPress editor malfunctioning?
 * Tony
 *  [rkyburz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkyburz/)
 * (@rkyburz)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9445506)
 * I have the same problem (Event List 0.7.9 and WP 4.8.1, GeneratePress 1.4 / Exhibit
   1.04 theme, GP Premium plugin 1.4.3). I know I haven’t provided further debugging
   information (can’t add to the input above), I only stated that I need a fix pretty
   badly. Still — I find it rather insulting if you delete my input without contacting
   me / telling me why — do you prefer me to give the plugin a bad rating???
 * Rolf
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [rkyburz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkyburz/).
 *  [maynardsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maynardsmith/)
 * (@maynardsmith)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9453310)
 * I have noticed the following comment on the WordPress support forum for 4.8.1.
   I don’t know if it is relevant.
 * “Editor tools are not showing as expected in WordPress 4.8.1 – Our editor, TinyMCE,
   was updated in this release, so your plugin or theme may need to be updated to
   reflect this change”
 * The link is at [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-wordpress-4-8-master-list/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/read-this-first-wordpress-4-8-master-list/)
 * Tony
 *  [rkyburz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkyburz/)
 * (@rkyburz)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9455171)
 * Hi Tony,
 * yes, that makes sense — it was around the upgrade to WP 4.8.1 when the Events
   List editor fell apart. Initially I wasn’t quite sure about the association, 
   as at the same time, the GP Premium plugin was updated at my site.
 * Rolf
 *  [rkyburz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rkyburz/)
 * (@rkyburz)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9476474)
 * Turns out, the latest Jetpack update (v.5.3) fixed the issue—all is fine again,
   as far as I can tell, i.e., the editor works again as it did before (looks like
   Jetpack 5.2.x had an incompatibility with WP 4.8.1, which caused plugins using
   TinyMCE for editing to fail).
 *  [maynardsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maynardsmith/)
 * (@maynardsmith)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9476728)
 * Well well well – who’d ‘a thought it?
 * Just to say it is now working for me too.

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 * [visual editor](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/visual-editor/)

 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [maynardsmith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maynardsmith/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-description/#post-9476728)
 * Status: resolved