Questions tagged [editor]
The standard editor for Stack Exchange posts, which supports a live preview of Markdown syntax.
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Editor preview shows links clickable, final rendered post doesn't, when surrounded by [] [duplicate]
[https://example.com/] appears as a clickable link in the preview, but not in the final render when saved.
This applies to at least the inline editor (tested on Stack Overflow) and question-ask page ...
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Should Ctrl+K in the editor use the code fences instead of indentation?
Now that the Stack Exchange network has switched to CommonMark, some features appear to be deprecated. In particular, comment-style language hints may eventually stop working. So instead of using 4-...
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Ctrl + shift + Z undoes when it should redo [closed]
I switched to a Windows computer recently.
On Mac, typically apps and websites have the shortcut to redo as cmd + shift + Z. On Windows the shortcut is typically ctrl + Y.
On Stack Exchange on Mac, in ...
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Does <Shift> + <Enter> create lists automatically if the line starts with a dash or a bullet?
I just noticed that if you have some text and you add a dash in front of the first character, then when you hit Shift + Enter before any character in the text, then it gets rendered as a list.
This ...
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Extra line breaks appear in editor when editing a post in Microsoft Edge
When editing any post in Microsoft Edge (Legacy)*, a whole bunch of extra line breaks appear in the post editor.
Example:
The same screenshot in Chrome:
These extra line breaks reduce the amount of ...
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Do not capture Ctrl + F/B/K keyboard events when editing in Stack Overflow Editor on Mac OS X [duplicate]
On Mac OS X, these shortcuts Ctrl + B, Ctrl + K belong to Mac's readline shortcut: https://jblevins.org/log/kbd
Since Stack Overflow's editor has used Cmd + B/K as a shortcut for editing, there isn't ...
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On the <2k edit page, can we please see the comments on our post?
I receive suggestions (in comments) to improve my own question. I start editing. I forgot some of the suggestions, what should I do? I normally go back and forth until I finish editing. I can use two ...
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Problem with editor formatting when using Edge Broswer [duplicate]
I have recently noticed a couple of problems when using the editor to re-edit an answer when using the Edge browser on Windows 10:
the editor is scrolled to the bottom of the text (as oppose to ...
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Extra “lines” are being added when creating/editing questions/answers in Edge
Lately, I've noticed that extra lines are being added when I create questions/answers. For example, if I write:
Your problem is X, Y, Z. Fix it by doing:
Code
Then maybe also do some other ...
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Text Highlighting is broken on chrome (can't reproduce anymore) [closed]
I just tried editing a comment/answer/question on Chrome and while it correctly copies everything, it doesn't highlight the entire copied text.
The first three lines don't get highlighted!. Similar ...
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Add string “Advanced help” into transifex
In the editor there is a string Advanced help:
But there is no such string in the transifex. Previously used string was advanced help (key 7a3845cdfc05fdb11c21d4d2250fcad3).
Could you add new ...
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Still trying to learn some basic formatting — can I say “click here to skip this section”?
I post mainly to Aviation Stack Exchange. Please let me know if the "chat" feature of ASE, or any other place, would be a better place to ask this question.
I am still in the process of learning ...
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Allow edit to be continued during imgur's image load
Can we have a functionality that will insert corresponding line immediately:
[![enter image description here][1]][1]
and allow us to continue editing of a question or an answer while actual image ...
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Improved support for React in the code snippet editor?
Overview of Feedback
Supported React Versions
Development vs. Production
Auto-enable Use BabelJS / ES2015
Insert React boilerplate
React Version
Currently, the newest version of React available in ...
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Inline Code Editor Unusable in Chrome
From what I've read, this is the proper place for this thing. I first thought tweeting you would get an answer, but I guess not.
On Stack Overflow, when you answer/ask a question, you have the option ...
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Inconsistency in image posting between mobile & desktop, mobile is better
When adding an image to a post from the mobile site, the "inline" markdown form:
[]
is used. This is clean, self-contained, and easy to edit. The desktop site, however, adds the image in ...
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Pasting hyperlink as text with leading space leads needlessly to broken links [duplicate]
When inserting a link via the SE editor it happens a lot that a broken link is generated.
This seems to happen because a link is selected as text and pasted into the box.
The result is a generated ...
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Code block with more than 81 characters adds a newline if preceded with spaces
The standard editor for posts seems to have problem with non-word-breakable code blocks above a certain length.
If such a 'word' is present in the editor, inserting spaces before it to create a code ...
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Clicking “cancel” on link insertion dialog submits the post
In an unfinished and not-ready-for-publication post, I tried to insert a link from the toolbar of the SE-internal editor. Unsatisfied with the result, I wanted to just cancel the dialog. That was "...
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No options while editing a post body
I was browsing the review queues and tried editing a question. There were no options under the body. I was pretty confused so I skipped the question only to see it was happening on other questions too....
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Add an option to skip the “add picture” step when inserting an image into a post
Since a few months ago, one can paste or drag and drop the images directly into the editor:
However, for each inserted image, one still has to click on "Add picture". It would be nice to add an ...
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Formatting of link works in post editor, but not in post itself
I recently answered a question on Stack Overflow where I included a link to a Wolfram Alpha computation. In the editor, I write the link as:
[wolfram alpha](https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sum+...
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Error message for HTTP image sometimes flows over into preview
When editing a post with an embedded HTTP image (example), you'll see an error message asking you to upload it to imgur or specify an HTTPS URL:
However, the lack of a line break after the image in ...
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Paste without formatting in editor
If I copy some rich text onto my clipboard and paste it into a question (or answer), this happens:
This is pretty annoying if you ever want to copy some text into a question. A workaround I’ve been ...
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Body content formatting on mobile [duplicate]
I recently joined SO and related sites, and whilst raising a question I noticed that there was no obvious way for me to apply Markdown styling to body content via mobile.
For instance, if I were to ...
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Toolbar options are not displaying in Edit Profile - About me section
Toolbar options are not displaying in Edit Profile page About me section.
Issue can be reproduced in all the Stack Exchange sites.
Seeing the following error in Google Chrome console:
...
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Edit toolbar and preview aren't loading correctly for tag wikis [duplicate]
When I try to create or edit a tag wiki, I don't see the edit toolbar, neither do I see the preview below the post:
When I attempt to load an editing form for a post, it briefly shows like this, but ...
asked Jan 25 '19 at 10:42
Sonic the Masked Werehog
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Float preview to the right
I know this has been posted years before, but screens have become wider...
Preview on the right please, optionally?
Float the editing window
It would be nice if it was possible to have the editing ...
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Make the question box with resizable/draggable (example: textarea)
I cannot see the whole question of mine in the question box, but the preview shows me...
All I want it to work on the question box. Can that be resizable/draggable to some more lines?
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Auto focus question title input while opening a new question
After pressing the button "new question" the page is redirected and there are two input fields:
Title
Body
The question opener is probably willing to write a title first.
I think that the title ...
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Auto-expand the editor size up to the screen/view size while the text grows
For
example,
if
I
am
typing
and
I
hit
the
editor
current
box
size,
instead
of
adding
the
scroll
bar,
expand
the
editor
box
size
up
to
the
screen
view
size.
Only
then,
add
the
scroll
bar.
This is ...
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Are there any plans to improve the Answer editor?
The rumors say that you've made a lot of changes to the backend so that you can now easier implement features that has been requested for a long time...
I don't know whether this feature is one of ...
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Pasting code and undoing undo much more than expected
Like this:
Once, I read somewhere (hence, this is may be a duplicate post, but I cannot find no one else reporting it right now) this problem is because when you paste something on StackExchange ...
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How to explain abbreviations without the disallowed <abbr> HTML tag?
How can tooltips be currently added to abbreviations as long as the <abbr> HTML tag is unsupported?
Is there a Markdown equivalent or other workaround?
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Why is the “submit” button invisible on the edit form in politics.stack?
I have tried to edit a question with additional information this morning and this evening, but the edit page doesn't have a submit button.
In the security.stack forum homepage, one of my questions ...
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Cannot edit leftmost tags on a mobile device in the new responsive design
When I'm on a mobile device with a narrow viewport, I am unable to edit or remove tags that are on the left hand side of the tag edit bar. I am only able to reach the rightmost tag or, if it's short, ...
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Editor improvements for images and links
We are launching some editor improvements today. These improvements are required as a part of our responsive design efforts, but we think they are generally useful in any case. So we are making them ...
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Show changes you have made to a post even if you can't save them
If you're editing a question, and someone else saves an edit before you do you can only save your edit if it is "more thorough" than the previous one. This is the message you get:
Now imagine that ...
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Tags are not centered in new post form [duplicate]
Saw this just now at Meta.SO and here when writing a new post:
This bug doesn't show when editing an existing post instead.
Firefox 62 win64.
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Vertical alignment of tags differs between Ask page and inline tag editor
If you are trying to edit tags, spans with tags are on the middle of block:
If you are trying to create new questions, top padding of this block is greater than bottom:
Alternately see them ...
asked Sep 12 '18 at 20:26
Suvitruf - Andrei Apanasik
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First word won't save in post or edit [duplicate]
I recently wrote this answer on Stack Overflow. In order to be nice and in the spirit of our push toward welcoming new users, I began my answer with
Hi, and welcome to Stack Overflow!
When I hit ...
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How to set a no break in keyboard shortcuts?
I'm wondering if it's possible to set a keyboard shortcut reference to be no breakable
Example:
As is:
Keyboard shortcuts are shown in menus, contextual menus and by (on Windows) pressing Ctrl+/
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Comment editor appears multiple times [duplicate]
when I click various times on "edit" next to my comment, the editor appears multiple times (the second time there are two editors in the first box and another one at the bottom and the third time ...
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Code block inside blockquote produces unnecessary error about code not being formatted
I just tried to edit a question on SO, and had the following Markdown:
> [a bunch of text] ...service of remote systems.
> The following XML document shows an example of an XXE attack.
> ...
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Problems pasting into answer and comment fields
Has something recently changed with Answer and Comment fields? Pasting text into them has suddenly become very unreliable. Sometimes, after selecting text, I need to mouse-2 several times before the ...
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Bug: Add code in an ordered list [duplicate]
Prologue
It seems this is a duplicate of an almost 6 year request. Fair enough, though I think this question adds new value (e.g. the <pre><code></code></pre>+< comparison ...
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Expand editor control does not work on iPad
The expand editor control does not work on iPad.
Can it be made to work on iPad?
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Ctrl+G (image shortcut) does not work in the Opera browser
I understand Opera is a less popular browser than Chrome and Firefox, but I noticed that using Ctrl+G" to insert an image in posts does not work. Instead of the JavaScript trigger, the modal is ...
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Add a dismissable spell check warning before posting a question
There already is a suggestion to Please add a spell checker to the Markdown editor, but since that is solved better by the browser itself, I suggest this:
There is a lot of work involved for ...
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How do I post code on Stack Overflow fast? [closed]
I tried a lot of different ways, but the only way is manual.
I tried with Ctrl + K and inserted the code, but it's badly rendered, and a lot of text is not inserted into the code.
Is there some ...
