How can I create a table in a post?
I want to create a table to better illustrate my question, but I cannot find any option to do so.
View ArticlePressing the quote button destroys text in code fences
Let's say I want to quote this shell code in a post:foo=barecho $fooFirst I put it in code fences so it shows up as code:```shfoo=barecho $foo```Then to quote it, I select it and either press the...
View ArticleAdd support for multi-cursor editing
Could we have support for multi-cursor editing (a.k.a "multi-caret") in the post editor? Often I find myself fixing indentations and would love to just have multiple simultaneous cursors e.g to remove...
View ArticlePaste URL with text selected should create a link
When I'm writing an answer, this is what I do when I want to insert a link.Select the text for the linkClick the link icon (or type Ctrl+L)Paste the URLIt would be easier and faster if you could simply...
View ArticleEditor automatically adds backslashes to escape square brackets of text with...
Selecting text containing square brackets and adding a link (Ctrl + L) adds backslashes to escape the brackets in the text automatically. But the text is code and is surrounded by backticks, so it...
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I see two snippet buttons in the editor
I'm using Firefox 104.0.1 (64-bit). I see this in Private tabs, too. I also see it in Chrome.It only shows up on the "Ask Question" page (both in the question editor, and also in the answer editor, if...
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Why am I seeing two snippet buttons? [duplicate]
I just noticed there are two snippet buttons!?Clicking either of them works as expected.Pressing the shortcut Ctrl+M opens both modal dialogs at the same time.
View ArticleStrange behavior in Stack Overflow: unwanted scrolling of the page on Run...
When I edit a new question or answer, if I insert a code snippet and then I click on Run code snippet blue button, to check if it works as expected, I noticed that such an action triggers a wrong...
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Editing answers adding extra unknown characters to answers [closed]
I've recently observed it a couple of times. Whenever I try to edit answers, some extra unknown characters are adding to it, like so.Example in one imageIs this a bug? Or anything to do from my side?
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Disable annoying autofocus when clicking preview
Steps to reproduceStart writing a long answer.Scroll to the end of the preview.Click it.Current behaviorThe textarea is focused magically.This is so annoying:You can't select text in the previewYou...
View ArticleMake the editor hint users to add code fences when a curly brace in paragraph...
For curly-brace languages, it's not too difficult to find posts that are missing code fences with a high true-positive rate: Just find posts where paragraph text ends with an opening curly brace and...
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Can we have the old editor's GUI in the Ask Wizard? [duplicate]
Can we have a button to switch to the old editor (the question, and I guess, answer editor before introducing the Ask Wizard)'s GUI in the 'What are the details of your problem?' and the 'What did you...
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Possible bug in Stack Overflow: editor not showing any functional options to...
Please take a look at the picture below:I've tried clearing my browser's cache and history as well as restarting my browser, but the editor still doesn't show anything. I use Firefox. The editor...
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Why is the inline editor only available to users having full editing privileges?
Until you reach full editing privileges, clicking edit takes you to another page. When you reach these privileges, you can edit inline, which is much more comfortable.Why this ability only given when...
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Syntax highlight apparently broken in edit preview and suggested edits queue
I think currently syntax highlight is broken for edit preview and the suggested edit review queue.This is the case for the majority of posts I've seen, it seems the exception are code fences with a...
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My code is formatted but Stack Overflow complains that it is unformatted
I tried to post a question on SO.The preview of the post is:And my code segments are:I found everything correct, but SO refused to post the question as asked me indent the code by four spaces (even I...
View ArticleDouble revert when pressing Ctrl+Z after pasting in an answer field. Pasting...
230823 Cross-site duplicateThis is a cross-site duplicate of Stack Exchange Meta Ctrl+Z undoes twice in editor.EmbeddingThe other question, Why is the undo operation in text boxes so coarse-grained?,...
View ArticleHow do I see which questions I've edited (by suggesting edits)? [duplicate]
I've edited several questions and had several edits accepted over the past week or so, but I can't seem to find my pending or accepted edits. Where can I see a list of questions I've edited?
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Issues editing posts, unable to type in the editor
The past few days I've been having issues editing posts. I'm able to add text to any line that already has text. If I try to add anything on an existing new line, nothing shows up in the editor, but...
View ArticleRemoving blockquote formatting also removes newlines
I'm not sure what makes the blockquote formatting button so attractive to new users but they sure do love to use it for code.The problem is, an editor trying to fix it by selecting the problem block of...
View ArticleHow can I flag an editor's defaming edit message? [duplicate]
I came across this suggested edit linked below. The edit itself is ok*. However, the edit message itself is defaming.Rejecting an edit could be bad for the post, and furthermore a reject would only be...
View ArticleHighlight problematic line/s when showing the error "your post appears to...
When submitting a question, there is an automated check for code formatting. However, when failing the check the error only indicates that somewhere in the question an issue was detected; it does not...
View ArticleIs the Markdown editor of Discussions worse?
I don't understand why the Discussions editor ("stacks editor") is different from the one we currently use on Stack Overflow [Meta] (where the rich text real-time preview is below but uneditable).It...
View ArticleWho is doing the spellcheck when I write a question or an answer on Stack...
I noticed some problems with spellcheck while editing some posts. Apparently the plural of the word 'octant' isn't supposed to be 'octants'. And although both 'color' and 'colour' are acceptable, only...
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Raw links are hyperlinked differently between the live preview and the...
In the live preview, a raw hyperlink is hyperlinked if it is prefaced with a whitespace or a punctuation character.In the rendered post, a raw hyperlink is hyperlinked only if prefaced with a...
View ArticleBug when trying to post a question with code in it
I'm stuck trying to post a question with this ridiculous error which took me forever to resolve to no avail.Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted ascode. Please indent all...
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