Help:WikiText editor - Edit toolbar: Difference between revisions

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 using wikitext conventions and typing the code directly into the edit box (such as <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki>). If you do much editing you may find that you get comfortable with wikitext for many things, but still rely on the toolbar when you can't recall the syntax, need special characters, or to insert a figure.

The toolbar works with Internet Explorer, the Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, Firefox, Konqueror, Safari, Opera and Google Chrome.

[[File:Advanced toolbar of vector skin.png]]

In Mozilla browsers, IE, and Chrome 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.)

! Icon !! Function !! What it shows when editing !! What it shows on the page

|[[File:Vector_toolbar_bold_B_button.png]]

|Bold or strong emphasis

|<code><nowiki>' ' 'abc' ' '</nowiki></code>

|'''abc'''

|[[File:Vector toolbar italic I button.png]]

|Italic or emphasis

|<code><nowiki>' 'abc' '</nowiki></code>

|''abc''

|[[File:Vector toolbar insert internal link button.png|Internal link|link=]]

|Internal link

|<code><nowiki>[[abc]]</nowiki></code>

|[[abc]]

|[[File:Vector toolbar insert external link button.png|External link|link=]]

|External link

|<code><nowiki>[http://www.example.com]</nowiki></code>

| [http://www.example.com]

|[[File:Vector toolbar insert image button.png|Embedded file|link=]]

|Insert image

|<code><nowiki>[[File:Example.jpg]]</nowiki></code>

| [[File:Example.jpg]]

|[[File:Vector toolbar no wiki formatting button.png|Ignore wiki formatting|link=]]

|Ignore wiki formatting

|<code><nowiki><nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki></nowiki></code>

|<nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>

|[[File:Vector toolbar signature button.png]]

|Sign talk comments (with time stamp)

|Not used in PetroWiki

|Not used in PetroWiki

| [[File:Vector toolbar redirect button.png|link=]]

| Automatically [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] to another page

| [[File:Vector toolbar insert new line button.png|link=]]

| text before<br />abc

| [[File:Vector toolbar superscript button.png|link=]]

| Superscript (math: [[index notation]])

| [[File:Vector toolbar subscript button.png|link=]]

| [[File:Vector toolbar small text button.png|link=]]

| [[File:Vector toolbar picture gallery button.png|link=]]

| [[File:Vector toolbar insert table button.png|link=]]

| [[Gadget]] || Even&nbsp;'''better'''

| [[File:Vector toolbar insert reference button.png|link=]]

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