Help:Edit toolbar
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{{#if: Help||}}|{{#if:|Other languages:}} Template:H-langs: {{#if: Help||}}}} In compatible browsers, an edit toolbar can be automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the preferences. It appears automatically for editors who are not logged in. This functions partly as a typing aid and partly as a reminder of the available functions. All the functions are available simply by typing the code directly into the edit box (such as [[link]]) - this may be easier.
The toolbar works with Internet Explorer, the Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, Firefox, Konqueror, Safari and Opera.
For example:
Image:Editing-toolbar-example1.png
To turn a piece of text into an internal link, select it and press the third button.
In Mozilla browsers and IE, you can format existing text by highlighting the text you want to format and clicking the relevant button on the toolbar. If you click a button without selecting any text, sample text will be inserted at the cursor's position (like so: Bold text). In other browsers, clicking on the button presents an explanation for that feature. (Pre-release 9.0 versions of Opera browser also seem to support the advanced functionality.)
All of the toolbar options, and further editing options, are available in Bananeweizen's Firefox extension.
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List of functions
(apart from the last two examples, these pieces of wikitext are created by typing abc, selecting it and clicking the buttons on the toolbar)
| Icon | Function | What it shows when editing | What it shows on the page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Bold icon.png | Bold or strong emphasis | '''abc'''
| abc |
| Image:Italic icon.png | Italic or emphasis | ''abc''
| abc |
| Image:Internal link icon.png | Internal link | [[abc]]
| abc |
| Image:External link icon.png | External link | [abc.com]
| |
| Image:Headline icon.png | Section heading | == abc ==
|
abc |
| Image:Image icon.png | Insert image | [[Image:abc.jpg]]
| Image:Abc.jpg |
| Image:Media icon.png | Insert media | [[Media:abc.ogg]]
| Media:abc.ogg |
| Image:Math icon.png | Mathematical formula | <math>abc</math>
| <math>abc</math> |
| Image:Nowiki icon.png | Ignore wiki formatting | <nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>
| abc '''[[Bold text]]''' |
| Image:Signature icon.png | Sign talk comments (with time stamp) | --~~~~
| |
| Image:H-line icon.png | Horizontal line | ----
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Links to other help pages
- Help contents (all help pages)
- Meta | Wikinews | Wikipedia | Wikiquote | Wiktionary | commons: | mw: | b: | s:
- Versions of this help page (for other languages see below)
- Meta | Wikinews | {{#if:|{{#if:Wikipedia|Wikipedia|w:Help:Edit_toolbar#}}|{{#if:Wikipedia|Wikipedia|w:Help:Edit_toolbar}}}} | Wikiquote | Wiktionary
- Links to this page from Meta (int) Meta (ext) Wikipedia MediaWiki
- Reading
- Go | Search | Stop words | URL | Namespace | Page name | Section
- Backlinks | Link | Piped link | Interwiki link | Redirect | Category | Image page
- Logging in and preferences
- Logging in | Preferences | User style
- Editing
- Advanced editing | Editing FAQ | Editing toolbar | Export | Import
- Editing tips and tricks | Editing shortcuts
- Tracking changes
- Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes | Watching pages | Diff
- Page history | Edit summary | User contributions | Minor edit | Patrolled edit
- Style & formatting
- Wikitext examples | Wikitext reference | Reference card
- HTML in wikitext | HTML elements
- List | Table | Sorting
- Special input and output
- Inputbox | Special characters | Displaying a formula | Images and other uploaded files | EasyTimeline
- Advanced functioning
- Template | Advanced templates | Parser function | ParserFunctions | Parameter default | Variable | Magic word | System message | Substitution
- Array | Calculation
- Page management
- Starting a new page | Renaming (moving) a page | Maintenance | Merging and moving pages | Protecting pages
- Resolving disputes | Deleting a page
- Special pages
- Talk page | Testing | Sandbox
- Lists of resources
- Lists of Categories | Copyrights | Infobox
- Redirect | Reference Desk | Shortcuts | Stub types
Other languages: Template:H-langs:Edit toolbar |{{#if: Help|Template:Ph:Edit toolbar}}
Links to other help pages
- Help contents (all help pages)
- Meta | Wikinews | Wikipedia | Wikiquote | Wiktionary | commons: | mw: | b: | s:
- Versions of this help page (for other languages see below)
- Meta | Wikinews | {{#if:|{{#if:Wikipedia|Wikipedia|w:Help:Edit_toolbar#}}|{{#if:Wikipedia|Wikipedia|w:Help:Edit_toolbar}}}} | Wikiquote | Wiktionary
- Links to this page from Meta (int) Meta (ext) Wikipedia MediaWiki
- Reading
- Go | Search | Stop words | URL | Namespace | Page name | Section
- Backlinks | Link | Piped link | Interwiki link | Redirect | Category | Image page
- Logging in and preferences
- Logging in | Preferences | User style
- Editing
- Advanced editing | Editing FAQ | Editing toolbar | Export | Import
- Editing tips and tricks | Editing shortcuts
- Tracking changes
- Recent changes (enhanced) | Related changes | Watching pages | Diff
- Page history | Edit summary | User contributions | Minor edit | Patrolled edit
- Style & formatting
- Wikitext examples | Wikitext reference | Reference card
- HTML in wikitext | HTML elements
- List | Table | Sorting
- Special input and output
- Inputbox | Special characters | Displaying a formula | Images and other uploaded files | EasyTimeline
- Advanced functioning
- Template | Advanced templates | Parser function | ParserFunctions | Parameter default | Variable | Magic word | System message | Substitution
- Array | Calculation
- Page management
- Starting a new page | Renaming (moving) a page | Maintenance | Merging and moving pages | Protecting pages
- Resolving disputes | Deleting a page
- Special pages
- Talk page | Testing | Sandbox
- Lists of resources
- Lists of Categories | Copyrights | Infobox
- Redirect | Reference Desk | Shortcuts | Stub types
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