Visual editor
The Visual editor (VE) can be very handy for new users, and even for experienced users.
It can handle the majority of the editing functions; some fine-tuning with the text editor might be required. You can switch back and forth amongst both editors, before saving your editing.
In the database, still wiki code is saved.
Advantages
[edit]- Add/validate/remove links in an easy way.
- Easy typing.
- Easy adding of headers, images, infoboxes, categories, tables.
- Can automatically generate filled-in reference templates via a popup.
Disadvantages
[edit]- Advanced users might not like it.
- Might even not be straightforward for new users?
- Discussion pages, or project pages might not support it.
How to disable VE from the menu?
[edit]To make the Visual editor invisible, click on global.css, and add:
#ca-ve-edit {
display: none;
}
To hide the text editor instead, use #ca-edit. To make the VE section editor invisible:
.mw-editsection-visualeditor, .mw-editsection-divider {
display: none;
}
Known problems
[edit]Most known problems can be solved by using the text editor.
- Doesn't generate a blank line before a header (makes subsequent text editing more difficult).
- Doesn't generate a blank line after a header (which is required for the Translate extension).
- Editing for the Translate extension can be difficult.
- When adding text, text might be concatenated with previous tags, or templates.
- Can generate hard line brakes when pasting text.
- Hard returns are shown (this is not very practical, nor useful).