# Open text file with the text editor

**URL:** <https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729>\
**Category:** Pydio 8\
**Created:** [February 22, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729 "2018-02-22T10:27:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MartinL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@MartinL](https://forum.pydio.com/u/MartinL)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729/1 "2018-02-22T10:27:31Z")

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Hi,

I cannot open text file (with .txt extension) from the web interface.  
The plugin editor.text is enabled and others editor like pdf viewer and opendocument viewer work correctly.  
I run Pydio 8.0.1-3 on Debian Jessie from [https://download.pydio.com/pub/linux/debian/](https://download.pydio.com/pub/linux/debian/).

How can I tell to Pydio to open a file with the text editor?

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**Author:** ![zayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a87d85/32.png) [@zayn](https://forum.pydio.com/u/zayn)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729/2 "2018-02-22T15:31:05Z")

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Hi,  
your issue is weird, could you screenshot me how it looks when you open a file, is it only readable if yes it might be just permissions otherwise could create a .txt file through Pydio and test it you can edit it.

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**Author:** ![MartinL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@MartinL](https://forum.pydio.com/u/MartinL)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729/3 "2018-02-22T16:18:26Z")

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When I open it, a download is launched and the MIME type is “application/force-download”. The “OPEN” button show “no editor available”.  
I have exactly the same behavior with .txt file created trough Pydio.

It’s maybe a configuration issue due to modifications I made but as I’ve no error message and other similar feature work correctly I have no idea where to search.

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**Author:** ![Malcolmp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Malcolmp](https://forum.pydio.com/u/Malcolmp)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.pydio.com/t/open-text-file-with-the-text-editor/729/4 "2018-02-27T13:30:08Z")

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Hi,

Pydio 8 debian 8

Same as MartinL.

The basic editor text is enabled but When I did “Open with”, there is a message “no editor available”