Questions tagged [editor]
For questions about the standard editor for Stack Exchange posts, which supports a live preview of Markdown syntax.
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GIF upload size warning not shown in Answer section
When I try to upload a ".gif" file larger than 50 megapixels in the Question section, I see the correct warning message in the UI.
However, when I upload the same ".gif" file in ...
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Post preview does not match final result when using certain special characters in bare URLs
https://politics.stackexchange.com/a/92848
The preview when editing looks like this:
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_government,_1830–1834
The final post looks like this:
• https://en....
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Can find-and-replace be added to the the text editor to make a bit more rich? [duplicate]
I think we would benefit from a find-and-replace option in the SE text editor.
For example, in this edit, all I really wanted to do was replace the < with \langle and the > with \rangle.
Right ...
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Why do we get different Q/A editors seemingly at random?
In the past month or so, sometimes when I edit a question or answer I get the same editor I've been seeing for years, other times I see a different one which is, well, uglier and more cumbersome and I'...
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Update the editor icon in the Help Center article about formatting
The Help Center article How do I format my posts using Markdown or HTML? has a section at the very bottom about Images:
However, since the introduction of the new editor, it looks a bit different now:...
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Opening the inline editor on an answer while it's open on the question results in the page unexpectedly scrolling to the top
Clicking on edit on two posts on the same page sometimes results in the second click to edit the first post:
Tested with Chrome Version 133.0.6943.99 (Official Build) (64-bit) + Windows 11 24H2 Pro ...
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Vertical alignment issue with inline [tag] in text
I was editing a tag wiki when I noticed that any tag I added inline in the text was vertically off in the tag excerpt text, as you can see below:
Inspecting the CSS, I noticed the issue could be ...
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"1 new answer has been posted" message, even though no answers had been posted
Bug: I got a "1 new answer has been posted" message, even though no answers had been posted (I've >10k rep there so I can see deleted answers, unless an SE employee purged it right at the ...
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Is it possible to turn off the no-genAI reminder forever?
Some SE sites have this reminder:
Reminder: Answers generated by artificial intelligence tools are not allowed on [site name] Stack Exchange.
I click on the X to hide it, but it keeps coming back ...
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Would it be possible to preview the title like it is the case with the text body?
Would it be possible to preview the title like it is the case with the text body?
Might not it help?
I've been forced many times to edit the title to make it clear, mostly in a typographical way.
I am ...
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Add ARIA role / label to post editor buttons
From a comment on As a blind user accessing the site with a screen reader, how can I upload pictures for identification?:
I am blind, and as far as I know I haven't found anything that my screen ...
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Autofocus body input field when opening inline editor for answer posts
I'd like the body input field of an answer post's inline editor to be automatically focused when the inline editor gets opened.
At least in my personal workflow, when I open an answer post's inline ...
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The keyboard shortcut E sometimes edits a post that isn't the post currently visible to the user
The keyboard shortcut E sometimes edits a post that isn't the post currently visible to the user. Example (I pressed E to edit) with this URL:
Tested with the latest version of Chrome on Windows 10.
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Which sites use citation helper?
On which sites is the citation helper enabled?
As far as I know, it was first introduced on MathOverflow: New feature - citation helper.
And it was later added to Mathematics Stack Exchange, too: Let'...
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Some JavaScript seems to not work: Can't ask questions and new editor not loading
I'm trying to ask questions (which uses the old editor), but pressing the "review your question" button does nothing. Checking "Answer your own question" does nothing (except make ...
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