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.

For example:

To turn a piece of text into an internal link, select it and press the third button.

In Mozilla browsers and IE, 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.)

All of the toolbar options, and further editing options, are available in Bananeweizen's Firefox extension.

[edit] List of functions

Icon	Function	What it shows when editing	What it shows on the page
	Bold or strong emphasis	'''abc'''	abc
	Italic or emphasis	''abc''	abc
	Internal link	[[abc]]	abc
	External link	[http://www.example.com]
	Section heading	== abc ==	[edit] abc
	Insert image	[[Image:abc.jpg]]
	Insert media	[[Media:abc.ogg]]	Media:abc.ogg
	Mathematical formula	<math>abc</math>	abc
	Ignore wiki formatting	<nowiki>abc '''[[Bold text]]'''</nowiki>	abc '''[[Bold text]]'''
	Sign talk comments (with time stamp)	--~~~~
	Horizontal line	----

[edit] Wikipedia-specific help

On the English Wikipedia, there are other buttons added to the edit toolbar. They are as follows:

Icon	Function	What it shows when editing	What it shows on the page
	Automatically redirect to another page	#REDIRECT [[abc]]	Preview a redirect page
	Strike-through text	<s>abc</s>	abc
	Standard line break	text before<br />abc	text before abc
	Superscript (math: index notation)	<sup>abc</sup>	other textabc
	Subscript (chemical formulas)	<sub>abc</sub>	other textabc
	Smaller text	<small>abc</small>	other textabc
	Comment (only appears in the code when editing)	<!-- abc -->	Nothing appears on page
	Picture gallery	<gallery> Image:abc.jpg Image:example.jpg </gallery>
	Quoted text (appears indented)	other text<blockquote> abc </blockquote>other text	other text abc other text
	Insert table	{| class="wikitable" ! Name !! Description |- | [[Widget]] || ''Great'' thing |- | [[Gadget]] || Even '''better''' |}	Name Description Widget Great thing Gadget Even better
	Insert a reference (citation footnote)	99% of all widgets are cool.<ref>This is the footnote text.</ref> More text.	99% of all widgets are cool.[1] More text. (At footer of page:) ^ This is the footnote text.