Help:Edit toolbar
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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, Opera and Google Chrome.
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.)
The Edit Toolbar has a different appearance depending on personal preferences set at Preferences → Editing:
Visual editor
If your toolbar looks like this:
Then you are using the rich-text visual editor.
List of functions
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Bold | '''Bold text''' |
Bold text |
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Italic | ''Italic text'' |
Italic text |
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External link | [http://www.example.com link title] |
link title |
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Internal link | [[Link title]] |
Link title |
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Insert image | [[File:Example.jpg|thumbnail]] |
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Insert Footnotes | <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> |
[1] |
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Sign talk comments (with time stamp) |
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Username (talk) 21:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Insert citation | See below. | |
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Advanced | See below. | |
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Special characters | See below. | |
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Help | See below. |
Icon | Function | What it shows when editing | What it shows on the page |
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Bold | '''Bold text''' |
Bold text |
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Italic | ''Italic text'' |
Italic text |
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Sign talk comments (with time stamp) |
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Username (talk) 21:08, 4 April 2017 (UTC) |
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Internal link | [[Link title]] |
Link title |
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Insert image | ||
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Insert Footnotes | ||
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Advanced | See below. | |
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Special characters | See below. | |
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Help | See below. | |
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Cite toolbar | See Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0. |
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Bulleted list | * Bulleted list item |
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Numbered list | # Numbered list item |
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Nowiki: Ignore wiki formatting | <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki> |
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Line break | <br /> |
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Big text | <big>Big text</big> |
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Small text | <small>Small text</small> |
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Superscript | <sup>Superscript text</sup> |
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Subscript | <sub>Subscript text</sub> |
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Picture gallery |
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Table |
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Automatically redirect to another page | #REDIRECT [[Target page name]] |
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See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to MediaWiki edit toolbar. |
- Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0
- Wikipedia:Wikipedia Toolbar (Firefox only)