# Code editor fails **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** bug\ **Created:** [December 20, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483 "2022-12-20T12:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Josan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Josan](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Josan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/1 "2022-12-20T12:06:39Z")
Hi. My english is very limited, sorry. Why do these spontaneous changes happen in the code editor? Look at attached images. The code gets messed up, suddenly it gets sorted, and it gets messed up again and again. It happens to me with version 7 and it also happened to me with version 6 ![Captura de pantalla 2022-12-20 a las 11.08.41](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/2/2f23f7b84790621ffd9a45e8dd493e9ee0d9280f.png) ![Captura de pantalla 2022-12-20 a las 11.05.02](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/9/9cf62fdc8ed83191a7c32f314464e646462a86cd.png) ---
**Author:** ![Dom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/dom/32/4887_2.png) [@Dom](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Dom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/2 "2022-12-20T12:43:30Z")
Do you by any chance have VSCode open (with format on save enabled) as well and alternate between saving in one or the other? ---
**Author:** ![Josan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Josan](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Josan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/3 "2022-12-20T13:07:57Z")
I have VSCode. I work with Nova (code editor for Mac). Does your answer mean that the Pinegrow editor should be avoided? ---
**Author:** ![Josan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Josan](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Josan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/4 "2022-12-20T13:10:46Z")
If I edit the html in VSCOde or in Nova, Pinegrow messes it up again. ---
**Author:** ![Dom](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/dom/32/4887_2.png) [@Dom](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Dom)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/5 "2022-12-20T13:13:26Z")
Oh no I wouldn’t say that, But I have seen some odd behaviour in the Pinegrow editor and the only thing that I’ve been able to pin it down to is that I’ve had VSCode open at the same time and been doing most of my editing in that. For the simple reason that I cannot pinpoint the exact cause and nor can I provide a reliable series of steps to replicate the issue I have strayed from calling it a bug. ---
**Author:** ![Josan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Josan](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Josan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/6 "2022-12-20T13:16:22Z")
Thanks for your support. Best. ---
**Author:** ![Emmanuel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/emmanuel/32/6294_2.png) [@Emmanuel](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Emmanuel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/7 "2022-12-20T13:37:03Z")
In order to try to find the origin of this malfunction, can you please show us your settings in Pinegrow? ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/d/d71f01ea34ce023c024dd0baee3e019ae8a5e2e7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Josan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Josan](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Josan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/8 "2022-12-20T13:58:41Z")
The “Problem”?: ![Captura de pantalla 2022-12-20 a las 14.50.07](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/8/84cf4ac6066867969e71463a6738651205dd0536.png) ![Captura de pantalla 2022-12-20 a las 14.51.05](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/4/45919106df01f9e2b51acd5bac55ffe94f31c4e4.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Emmanuel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/emmanuel/32/6294_2.png) [@Emmanuel](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Emmanuel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/code-editor-fails/7483/9 "2022-12-20T14:02:21Z")
Well, how about trying to disable this feature just to see?