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{{for|the toolbar that shows under the edit window and allows the insertion of various characters and symbols|Help:CharInsert}}

{{Wikipedia how-to|H:ETOOL}}

[[File:Wikipedia development environment screenshot.webp|thumb|Wikipedia development environment]]

In compatible browsers, an '''edit toolbar''' can be automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the [[Help:Preferences|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 <nowiki>[[link]]</nowiki>) – this may be easier.

The toolbar works with [[Google Chrome]], [[Firefox]], [[Internet Explorer]], [[Microsoft Edge (series of web browsers)|Microsoft Edge]], [[w:Mozilla Application Suite|the Mozilla Suite]]/[[W:SeaMonkey|SeaMonkey]], [[Konqueror]], [[Safari (browser)|Safari]] and [[Opera (browser)|Opera]].

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.)

You can switch off or switch on personal preferences set at {{myprefs|Editing|check={{MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-preference}}:}}.

===Source editor===

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== List of functions ==

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Source editor

|+ WikiEditor

! Icon !! Function !! What it shows when editing !! What it shows on the page

|-

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| [[File:OOjs UI icon signature-ltr.svg|Your signature with timestamp|center|link=]]

!Sign talk comments<br />(with time stamp)

|<code><nowiki>--*GO*~~~~</nowiki></code>

|[[Special:Mypage|Username]] ([[Special:Mytalk|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)

|-

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|-

| [[File:OOjs UI icon highlight.svg|center|link=]]

! Activate highlighting in Wikitextwikitext

| [[File:OOjs UI icon highlight-progressive.svg|link=]] active

|{{Meta|Community Tech/Wikitext editor syntax highlighting|Wikitext editor syntax highlighting}}

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|-

|style="white-space: nowrap;"| [[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg|link=]] [[File:OOjs UI icon expand.svg|12px|link=]]

! Change WikiEditor"Source editing" <br>to VisualEditor"Visual editing"

|

|

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{{fake heading|sub=5|Heading text}}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon listBullet-ltr.svg|Bulleted list|link=]]

| [[Help:List|Bulleted list]]

| <code><nowiki>* Bulleted list item</nowiki></code>

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* Bulleted list item

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon listNumbered-ltr.svg|Numbered list|link=]]

| [[Help:List|Numbered list]]

| <code><nowiki># Numbered list item</nowiki></code>

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# Numbered list item

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon noWikiText-ltr.svg|Ignore wiki formatting|link=]]

| [[Help:Nowiki|Nowiki]]: Ignore wiki formatting

| <code><nowiki><nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki></nowiki></code>

| <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon newline-ltr.svg|link=]]

| [[Wikipedia:Line-break handling|Line break]]

| <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code>

| text before<br />abc

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon bigger-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Big text

| <code><nowiki><big>Big text</big></nowiki></code>

| <big>Big text</big>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon smaller-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Small text

| <code><nowiki><small>Small text</small></nowiki></code>

| <small>Small text</small>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon superscript-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Superscript

| <code><nowiki>^{Superscript text}</nowiki></code>

| ^{Superscript text}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon subscript-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Subscript

| <code><nowiki>_{Subscript text}</nowiki></code>

| _{Subscript text}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon imageGallery-ltr.svg|link=]]

| [[Help:Gallery tag|Picture gallery]]

| style="text-align: left;" | <code><poem><nowiki><gallery>

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</gallery>

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon table.svg|link=]]

| [[Help:Table|Table]]

| <code><poem><nowiki>{| class="wikitable" border="1"

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|}

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon articleRedirect-ltr.svg|link=]]

| Automatically [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]] to another page

| <code><nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Target page name]]</nowiki></code>

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{|class="wikitable" style="margin-top:0"

|-

|style="background-image: linear-gradient(#fdfefe 0,#e8f2f8 32px);"| [[File:OOjs UI icon articleSearch-ltr.svg]]

|Search and Replace

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{{Commons|MediaWiki edit toolbar}}

* [[Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0]]

* [[Wikipediawikipedia:Sandbox|Wikipedia ToolbarSandbox]] (Firefox only)

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