Help talk:Edit toolbar

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I'd like to set it up so the Edit toolbar has the extra buttons available on the English version of Wikipedia (for inserting tables, etc.)
Is this possible and, if so, how?
Thanks.
Sam Dutton 14:36, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You are probably more likely to get an answer at m:Help talk:Edit toolbar. Libcub (talk) 04:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extra buttons on English Wikipedia 

message: Someone seems to be screwing with the font sizes for the editing textarea today.  I've had the experimental navigable table of contents, enhanced editing toolbar, and dialogs for inserting links, etc., enabled for a while, but today the font size is blowing up much bigger than I want.  I've had to disable all three of the experimental checkboxes to get back to normal.  I use Firefox on Linux, and my affected machine has a screen DPI of 120. —Mulad (talk) 01:17, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that.  I had to disable the toolbar to restore the correct monospaced font. --armagebedar (talk) 04:59, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Font size in edit textarea 

message: To correspond with new buttons on the current edit toolbar. -- œ™ 10:24, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Have visibly tagged as such. -- Quiddity (talk) 00:49, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

text: There isn't much documentation. What little documentation exists is here, here, and here. I wrote Wikipedia:RefToolbar 2.0 pretty much entirely by reading the source and trial and error. Mr.Z-man 16:04, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Much thanks. I'm going to copy this thread to [Help talk:Edit toolbar] for the benefit of future seekers. -- Quiddity (talk) 18:08, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Page needs updating 

message: Why is this article being considered for deletion? --THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE GOOD WORKS 22:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm pretty sure that was just a test edit from a newbie. In any case, the mfd template was removed with no objection from the original nominator. -- œ™ 05:17, 31 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deletion? 

message: I think I may have screwed up my .js files, because I haven't had a toolbar for a long time. --THE FOUNDERS INTENT PRAISE  12:33, 21 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing toolbar

message: How's about adding the search-and-replace function  to the table? benzband (talk) 09:40, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Search and replace 

message: Is it possible to have a default selection under Preferences,  for American style or European style for the access date inserted with any citation template on the Edit toolbar?  Currently, "Insert Date" brings up only the European style, which is inconsistent if the article text contains American style dates. And if this is the wrong place to put this request, please provide a link to the appropriate place. Thank you. Maile66 (talk) 00:15, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This is just the help page for the Toolbar. To make a suggestion about the way it should work, perhaps go here. Also–and this is no big deal–this page is only semi-protected, so the template is  to make an edit request. Just an fyi for the future. Danger High voltage! 04:50, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Cite templates on edit toolbar

message: I think the buttons on the edit toolbar should be changed. For example, right now if you click the "Bold" button, you get Bold text inserted into the edit window. What I'd like is that if no text is highlighted, a pop-up window opens saying something like "Insert bold text" with a line for adding the text to be bolded (and possibly with a note on when to add bold text in pages). If text is highlighted, then it is made bold. If you don't get what I'm talking about, click on the "Link" button—that's the model I'm looking at. The same design would apply for "Italic text", "Bulleted list", "Big text", etc. I think this would help cut down on test edits and make the toolbar more usable. David1217 What I've done 05:10, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi David, although i agree with you about the test edits i'm not sure this is the best place to ask for such a change in the software… How about trying the Village pump (technical)? benzband (talk) 09:29, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay. Will do so. David1217 What I've done 15:13, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing the toolbar to help prevent test edits 

message: This toolbar is showing up unannounced and unwanted on several users' edit boxes no matter what preference settings we twiddle with. How can we disable it? Timrollpickering (talk) 22:28, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Have you tried deselecting the box under "Editing" in preferences that says, "Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript)"? David1217 What I've done 23:19, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: You can change the settings at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing. benzband (talk) 07:25, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

text: That's good, then. David1217 What I've done 16:27, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Help please! It's not resolved for me. It was working a couple of days ago, but today the v1.0 toolbar appears momentarily but then gets overwritten by the v2.0. Turning Enable enhanced editing toolbar off and on again hasn't helped. The v2 is missing some features for which I don't care to memorize the mark-up. Thanks, --catslash (talk) 13:48, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: This has been happening to a lot of users. Perhaps you should go to WP:VPT. David1217 What I've done 16:35, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disabling this 

message: I would sure love to have  and </code> available as advanced tools and - this is a biggie - to have underscoring and strikeout available on the mail toolbar. Or - if not - instructions on how to add these.RiverStyx23{talkemail} 14:32, 30 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional functionality 

message: As of this morning, the "New line" and "redirect" arrows from the toolbar are poking down into my editing area, and are in the way when I am working on the top line there. Someone please fix this. Cheers! bd2412 T 19:20, 30 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit bar intruding on editing space. 

message: "Search and replace" seems to not work in IE10, everything else does though. Not sure whether this is the same issue, but also see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Toolbars#IE9_and_IE10 
Timmyshin (talk) 04:39, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Search and Replace not working in IE10

message: When I add a file using the "embedded file" button on the toolbar, the default size option added is "thumbnail". An editor has changed that to "thumb" in an article I've edited. Looking at Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images#Image_syntax, "thumb" is used, though I see that Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax, after initially showing "thumb" as the word to use, then refers to ""thumb" (or "thumbnail"...".  It looks as if the RefToolbar is offering the less preferred word here: could it be changed so it adds "thumb", please? PamD 09:04, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Not the RefToolbar; this is part of the the Edit toolbar. I'm not sure we can change this locally. --  Gadget850 talk 10:07, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: And you should really ask this at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), as this talk page does not seem well watched. --  Gadget850 talk 10:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thumb or Thumbnail? 

message: Enhanced editing toolbar's Cite drop menu is obscured suddenly as of today. I had made no changes to browser or preferences; I merely was in the middle of editing a page and when I tried to use the enhanced editing toolbar's cite drop menu ("Templates"), it appears as if the menu does drop but it goes behind the editing section and only Cite web is clickable (and only as a tiny sliver that is unlabeled). I use this cite program quite frequently... Ogress smash! 08:14, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think this is the same as Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#RefTools. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:06, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: My bad; I wasn't really sure where to ask. I think someone's looking into it at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) already, someone else reported the same error starting from the same time as me. Ogress smash! 19:14, 8 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enhanced editing toolbar's Cite drop menu is obscured 

message: I may not be able to use technical jargon but I'll try to expalain. When you press the "Search and replace" button there opens a subordinate window, that allows a user to simply drag the text from the background text editing area into that opened window. But this trick does not work with other windows ("Link", "File", "Cite"). Is it possible to allow these windows to behave like "Search and replace"?--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 14:00, 31 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Toolbar windows 

message: Would you include a link to Manual of Style/Text formatting under "Help", and another to Citing sources under "Cite", for a quicker access?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hexafluoride (talk • contribs) 23:12, 11 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Help" & "Cite" suggestion 

message: The "Line break" button generates .  It should generate .  Strangely, the Help Page for the toolbar shows it correctly. Even though the Wikipedia code parser allows one to "get away" with badly-formatted XHTML, the standard calls for a single space before the slash when closing empty elements such as , , <img />, etc. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 01:37, 3 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello Quicksilver, Wikimedia doesn't want support prefer XHTML anymore in replacement of HTML5, so the real correct tag is .  → User: Perhelion 00:32, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

text: — If Wikipedia is leaning toward HTML5, there's a big problem with the syntax highlighter gadget, which I use constantly.  Unary tags such as   are considered open, and once used, change the highlighting from the point of first use all the way to the bottom of the document.  The only way to turn off the highlighting so one can see normal text unhighlighted is to apply strict XHTML rules.  Who is coordinating these things?  Nobody, obviously.  We have ill-informed groups of three or four individuals declaring a "consensus" and pretending that every one of the 2000+ active editors and coders on the English Wikipedia have heard of their decision and have agreed to it.  There is nothing wrong with XHTML:  It is used internally in Wikipedia and isn't revealed to the average site visitor.  As far as I can see, there is absolutely no compelling reason to prefer HTML5.  Wikipedia could be built and maintained indefinitely into the future using XHTML; there are COBOL and FORTRAN software projects older than most of today's programmers have been alive that still work just fine.  Sorry if I sound argumentative, but that's the way I see it. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum)T @ 15:52, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  I understand your arguments, but there is still a problem, Wiki-syntax is neither XHTML nor HTML but borrowed it elements for some good reasons. But unfortunately this is a from Wikimedia independent standard. But on the other hand you are right, it is a decision of Wikimedia what it will be used, there is indeed something needed like "declaring a consensus". PS: I personally mean HTML3 fits even better to Wiki-syntax (for example center and font tag and some other like big) → User: Perhelion 21:01, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Line break button not XHTML-compliant 

message: I am unable to see the edit tool bar at the top of any page. The problem persists on different computers and browsers. Is there a solution? - MainlyTwelve (talk) 15:33, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Mine disappeared a few days ago too. Help please. - BilCat (talk) 18:56, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text:  Check out this link, support for the old toolbar apparently ended.--MainlyTwelve (talk) 19:57, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

text: Helpful portion is under "Missing edit toolbar"--MainlyTwelve (talk) 19:57, 12 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 04:36, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing toolbar 2

message: :Special characters 	Special characters 	See below.
There is nowhere to "see below".
--Error (talk) 11:21, 5 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  See below 

message: --2600:8801:3501:1600:FC96:5C3F:C1E9:B14C (talk) 22:16, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page :Help:Edit toolbar. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:20, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 23 June 2022