# How to keep Pinegrow from reformatting my code?

**URL:** <https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/how-to-keep-pinegrow-from-reformatting-my-code/379>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/how-to-keep-pinegrow-from-reformatting-my-code/379 "2016-11-18T03:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marf](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.pinegrow.com/marf/32/1799_2.png) [@Marf](https://forum.pinegrow.com/u/Marf)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.pinegrow.com/t/how-to-keep-pinegrow-from-reformatting-my-code/379/9 "2018-10-30T15:34:09Z")

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**Since Pinegrow 4.8 (31 may 2018) you can control HTML formatting!**

> **Preserving the HTML formatting**
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> By default, Pinegrow auto-formats the HTML code using common-sense formatting options. That is an issue for users that prefer to keep their own HTML formatting when editing documents in Pinegrow.
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> Now, the auto-formatting can be disabled in Settings.
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> ![](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/pinegrow/original/2X/8/83dde4d37f66ead6882b022687115097c9badb81.jpeg)
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> With this setting, Pinegrow only auto-formats the elements that are added to the page visually, for example dragged from the Library panel. Of course this also means that you’ll have to take responsibility for formatting the HTML code after manipulating the layout in Pinegrow.

**See full release notes v4.8:**

> **[Release 4.8 - 31 May, 2018 | Pinegrow Web Editor](https://pinegrow.com/release_notes/release-4-8-31-may-2018/)**
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> Light UI Theme, keep custom HTML formatting, Font Awesome 5, better support for Google Fonts and WordPress improvements.

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