Help:Edit toolbar

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 Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, the Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, Konqueror, Safari and Opera.

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.)

You can switch off or switch on personal preferences set at Preferences → Editing → check Enable the editing toolbar.

Source editor[edit]

If your toolbar looks like this:

WikiEditor-toolbar-en.png

Then you are using the source editor.

VisualEditor[edit]

If your toolbar looks like this:

VisualEditor toolbar-en.png

Then you are using the rich-text visual editor.

List of functions[edit]

Source editor
Icon Function What it shows when editing What it shows on the page
WikiEditor toolbar
Bold text
Bold '''Bold text''' Bold text
Italic text
Italic ''Italic text'' Italic text
Your signature with timestamp
Sign talk comments
(with time stamp)
--~~~~ Username (talk) 00:38, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Internal link
Internal link [[BattleTech]] BattleTech
Embedded file
Insert image [[File:Example.jpg|thumbnail]]
Example.jpg
OOjs UI icon puzzle-ltr.svg
Insert template {{Example}}
Heptagon.svgThis is an example of a template. For help with templates, see Help:Template.
OOjs UI icon reference.svg
Insert Reference <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> [1]
OOjs UI icon next-ltr.svg Advanced Open advanced menu See below.
OOjs UI icon next-ltr.svg Special characters Open special characters menu See below.
OOjs UI icon next-ltr.svg Help Open help menu See below.
Advanced selections
Icon Function What it shows when editing What it shows on the page
Advanced toolbar
Enhanced toolbar- Heading toolbar Section heading <poem>== Heading text == === Heading text === ==== Heading text ==== ===== Heading text =====</poem>
Heading text
Heading text
Heading text
Heading text
Bulleted list Bulleted list * Bulleted list item
  • Bulleted list item
Numbered list Numbered list # Numbered list item
  1. Numbered list item
Ignore wiki formatting Nowiki: Ignore wiki formatting <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> Insert non-formatted text here
OOjs UI icon newline-ltr.svg Line break <br /> text before
abc
OOjs UI icon bigger-ltr.svg Big text <big>Big text</big> Big text
OOjs UI icon smaller-ltr.svg Small text <small>Small text</small> Small text
OOjs UI icon superscript-ltr.svg Superscript <sup>Superscript text</sup> Superscript text
OOjs UI icon subscript-ltr.svg Subscript <sub>Subscript text</sub> Subscript text
OOjs UI icon imageGallery-ltr.svg Picture gallery <poem><gallery> Example.jpg|Caption1 Example.jpg|Caption2 </gallery></poem>
OOjs UI icon table.svg Table <poem>{| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! header 1 ! header 2 ! header 3 |- | row 1, cell 1 | row 1, cell 2 | row 1, cell 3 |- | row 2, cell 1 | row 2, cell 2 | row 2, cell 3 |} </poem>
header 1 header 2 header 3
row 1, cell 1 row 1, cell 2 row 1, cell 3
row 2, cell 1 row 2, cell 2 row 2, cell 3
OOjs UI icon articleRedirect-ltr.svg Automatically redirect to another page #REDIRECT [[Target page name]] Preview a redirect page

See also[edit]

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