Help:Edit toolbar
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what
editIn compatible browsers, an edit toolbar is automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the preferences. The functions are partly a typing aid, partly a reminder of required formats.
It works best with Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Firefox.
Example of how to use it:
To make a piece of text an internal link, select it and press the third button.
In Mozilla and IE you get a select+click formatting, and if you click without a selection, it inserts sample text at the cursor. In other browsers, clicking on the button presents an explanation for each feature in an infobox.
If you do not want to display the toolbar, you can obtain some of the functionality of them using the Edit toolbar bookmarklets instead.
All of the toolbar options, and further editing options, are available in Bananeweizen's Firefox extension.
List of functions
edit(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 |
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Bold or strong emphasis | '''abc''' | abc | |
Italic or emphasis | ''abc'' | abc | |
Internal link | [[abc]] | abc | |
External link | [abc.com] | ||
Section heading | == abc == |
abcedit | |
Insert image | |||
Insert media | [[Media:abc.ogg]] | Media:abc.ogg | |
Mathematical formula | <math>abc</math> | ||
Ignore wiki formatting | <nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki> | abc '''[[Bold text]]''' | |
Sign talk comments (with time stamp) | --~~~~ | --Gareth Aus 22:49, 11 February 2006 (UTC) | |
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Wikiquote-specific content
editLinks to other help pages
editHelp contents - all pages in the Help namespace: Meta b: c: n: w: q: wikisource wiktionary
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External Links
edit- Special page on the Wikipedia