Questions tagged [editing-help]
For questions about the Markdown editing help page, which lists the elements of Markdown syntax which can be used to format posts on Stack Exchange.
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Improve the usability experience of posts that “appear to contain code that is not properly formatted as code”
I recently got this message when trying to post a question:
Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because:
Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code.
Although I ...
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How can I format as keyboard keys? [duplicate]
Some answers contain characters that look like keyboard keys. They look like
Ctrl + E
What markup do I need to add to make Ctrl and E look like actual keys?
That's not mentioned in the formatting ...
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Add a warning about the inaccessibility of spoilers to the editing help
As I pointed out in October 2017, Spoilers are inaccessible to keyboard-only users. That question has two answers suggesting more accessible alternatives, including one that relies on native HTML ...
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Markdown editing help code example doesn't preserve the spaces
The Markdown editing help page currently leads with this code example:
printf("%d\n", 42); /* What was the
question again? */
(This quote excludes the four highlighted spaces at the ...
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On Markdown editing help page, example under Monospace Spans reads: "`https://`If your browser's location bar starts with ,"
I picked this up on Law SE but it seems to be SE-wide:
There seems to be something missing between with and the comma in the address text written under the two entries for Monospace Spans:
If your ...
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Capitalize the word "markdown" in formatting tips and editing help
When editing a post (old or new editor likewise), there is a button to get formatting tips. The page about tables has the word "markdown" written in lower case:
The same issue also appears ...
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Blockquote description in Markdown help
I think the description of "blockquote" https://cs.stackexchange.com/editing-help#simple-blockquotes is confusing. It doesn't explain what blockquote should be used for and instead says
You ...
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Clickable links on the editing help page redirect to the top of the help page
There are two sections, "Alignment" and "Syntax details", under the "Tables" section on the Markdown Editing Help page.
It has the below clickable links:
https://meta....
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How should italics be formatted in Markdown?
When asking a question, the "How to Format" information says:
► _italic_ or **bold**
suggesting using underscores to italicize a word.
Yet if one selects a word and clicks on the "I" in the ...
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Unable to translate "markdown in HTML" part of formatting tips
There's an untranslatable sentence in formatting tips while asking a new question:
Similar block has translation for post edit editor:
Could this sentence please be added for translation DB?
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Quick fix to clarify markdown help for comments
I'm pretty ashamed to admit how often I mix up the hyperlink markdown when writing a comment, but I see this error often enough throughout the network that I wonder if a small fix could help alleviate ...
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How can I make helpful edits? [duplicate]
Question is pretty straight forward-- how do I make an edit that is actually helpful? How do I know when a post should be edited?
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Images section in editing help page contains only "http://" examples
In editing help page, in "Images" section there are few examples with the URL. All the URLs are with the http:// only. When tried those example in the editor we received the "All image ...
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More emphasis on scope for new users
I've noticed that many new users post questions that fall out of the scope of a particular site and get closed. Often these are very common (such as idea generation on Worldbuilding SE or homework ...
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Extra space in formatting tips for HTML + Markdown
There is an extra space in formatting tips for the text editor:
The text inserted as is produces the following:
Markdown works * fine* in here.
But we're expecting italic style for "fine" ...
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Can we add how to disable syntax highlighting to the editing help (FAQ)?
Syntax highlighting for code has a long section about syntax highlighting but it fails to mention how to disable it.
I guess one can use "lang-none" as a language code (it's listed in Interface ...
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Empty line missing in example in Advanced Links section on Markdown help page
The example in Advanced Links looks:
Here's a <span class="bg-black-200">[poorly-named link](http://www.google.com/ "Google")</span>.
Never write "[click here][^2]&...
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Markdown help page is broken (badly presented/formatted) on every site
In the Markdown help I see:
Is that what the help is supposed to say and look like? Because it doesn't make sense to me.
As animuson points out in a comment, all of the highlighted example text is ...
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Markdown editing help page needs an update [duplicate]
The Markdown Editing Help page shows this for the Basic Links:
There are three ways to write links. Each is easier to read than the last:
[Google](http://www.google.com/)Here's an inline link to .
[...
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Edit help overlays on the footer in edit [duplicate]
Not sure if it is reported, but I couldn't find any.
So, in edit page for questions/answers, when we scroll down, the help on the right will overlay on the footer.
I am not sure if it is a bug or ...
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Formatting help needs to show how to do keyboard key markdown
Related to:
How can I format as keyboard keys?
The markdown editing help page, here for example: https://superuser.com/editing-help , does not include this example.
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What are my options if a scraper found and published one of my posts that I have since deleted?
I have deleted an old question that I posted on Stack Overflow quite a time back, but it still shows at below location:
https://coredump.pt/questions/44386120/facing-oom-issue-with-twitter-finagle-...
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foo.com is sketchy; “How to Format” and help should use HTTPS links in examples
In the “How to Format” bar that shows when editing the body of a question or editing an answer, there is this example for how to format:
<http://foo.com>
[foo](http://foo.com)
<a href="http:/...
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Add shorthand links for MathOverflow and all non-English Stack Overflow sites to comment formatting help page
The editing help for comments currently lists a few shorthand links which can be used to link to other sites:
[so], [pt.so], [su], [sf], [metase], [a51], [se] – link to the given site. Link text is ...
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Ctrl+Q shortcut for adding quotes causes Firefox to quit
This is not a duplicate of Keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K in comments conflicts with latest Firefox version because that only mentions comments, not posts.
While editing a long answer with a large block of ...
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How do I make a(n ascii) table to support my Excel question on superuser? [duplicate]
I'd like to ask a question regarding Excel on the Stack Exchange Superuser site, and I have a sample set of data to help illustrate my request for help with a formula. It doesn't seem that HTML tables ...
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Editing comment help page
The editing help gives no mention that commenting when there is one existing commenter will cause them to be notified too.
Is it the site admin's job to edit something like this in, or would it be ...
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Sidebar overlaps footer on markdown help page [duplicate]
After I scroll down to the bottom of the editing-help page I see sidebar overlapping footer. Almost like in this question: Floating sidebar clash with footer in team page
Screenshot:
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Multiple category formatting buttons hopping at the same time as other categories
Should the formatting stop jumping when clicking on another formatting help while jumping is running on another category?
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Dead link in "How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML" page
The page that describes the formatting of the posts: https://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/help/formatting contains the dead link for Google Prettify.
The dead link is: http://google-code-prettify....
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List of languages for syntax highlight [duplicate]
When putting some code sections into SO questions, the system tries to detect the language and automagically colorizes the code but sometimes if the excerpt of code is small enough it cannot get the ...
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How can I ask a question again? [duplicate]
About 2 years ago, I wrote some VERY bad questions which obviously got down voted and one question just got closed off because it was irrelevant or because the question was not clear.
Recently, I ...
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Better MathJax reference on SE sites [duplicate]
When asking questions on Math.SE, the "MathJax help »" link on the sidebar points to MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference, which in my opinion is very friendly to users who have never heard ...
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Should "How to use <kbd> tags" be included in the "How To Format" list?
I have noticed that many edits by members of various SE sites are to change keystrokes like CTRL + A to the proper Ctrl+A format.
Should information on how to properly use key command formatting be ...
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Expander arrow on /editing-help is way too close to the text!
As you can see in this image, the little arrow used to show you can expand the section (on the markdown help page) is too close to the text:
Can it be moved a bit to the right?
It can be done easily ...
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Markdown editing help should mention something about the extra brackets which appears when posting images [closed]
There has been a small change implemented when posting images. There will be some extra brackets.
Currently, the markdown editing page (eg: Stack Overflow) does not mention anything about this ...
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Fix the link to Prettify language tags on the Markdown help page
The Markdown help page says:
You can use either one of the supported prettify language codes ...
But the linked answer doesn't contain language tags - they have been moved here.
Can the Markdown ...
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Add "paragraphs" to Markdown help
Like balpha once explained very nicely, a <br> line break (newline) should be used
in very few cases, and surely is not the same as a new <p> paragraph. Still the Markdown help only ...
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Update markdown help to reflect new uploaded image behavior
I recently got confused by the new extra brackets around uploaded images. The markdown help, where I looked, didn't cover it explicitly. (You can puzzle it out by checking the linking section.)
I ...
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How to include badges in posts? [duplicate]
I remember there was some way to include badges in the post text in a similar way tags can be, but I cannot find it in the help. How can this be done?
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Issue with FAQs Do we need a new sandbox areas for novice use
If for instance you look at the help page
To learn about formatting your post on Stack Exchange:
Read our formatting help
Read How do I format my code blocks?
Experiment for yourself ...
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The examples on all the markdown help pages are broken
I've tried a few SE sites and it seems like all markdown help pages have broken examples. You can see it on the meta se markdown help page or any other SE site. Here is a screenshot from SO:
It ...
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Supported languages on editing help doesn't actually link to supported languages
On editing help page (also seen on StackOverflow's page), the link about supported languages goes to this page. That page is a notification about the existence of syntax highlighting (though a ...
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Newlines are missing in a few editing help sections
Consult our friendly editing help page. The following sections are missing newlines and appearing incorrectly:
Linebreaks
Simple blockquotes
Advanced blockquotes
Spoilers
Here's what advanced ...
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Please list code highlighting before bold and italics in Stack Overflow's editing help
When editing the body of a question, "How to Format" has
► put returns between paragraphs
► for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
► _italic_ or **bold**
► indent code by 4 spaces
► backtick escapes `...
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Tags section of Markdown help shows "siteName"
The tags section of the Markdown help reads in part:
To talk about a tag on siteName, like-this, use
It seems like siteName was intended to be replaced with the name of the site in question, but ...
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Tweak the help text for how to make links on comments [duplicate]
Could we get the help text for comments tweaked a tiny bit? I always find [link](http://www.example.com) confusing, because http://www.example.com is a link.
Just now, I actually went to one of my ...
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Editing help for lists shows $dash$ instead of minus sign
The current editing help page for simple lists shows the following:
$dash$ Use a minus sign for a bullet
$dash$ This list gets wrapped in <p> tags
The same thing also occurs in Advanced ...
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Markdown help is incorrect
With the recent burnination of the FAQ, tell-tale traces of it remain around the network. The markdown help still states:
[faq], [faq#anchor], [meta-faq], [meta-faq#anchor] – link to the FAQ. ...
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Update the Markdown help to reflect the modern realities of Stack Exchange 2.0
On technical sites, the Markdown help page rightly begins with guidance on formatting code. But the page is reused on non-technical sites where code formatting is either completely unnecessary or co-...
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