Questions tagged [editing]
For questions about either API methods for editing posts, or for tools/apps/scripts that enhance the editing experience.
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How to update tags without modifying question body?
I made a call to update the question tags using API - https://api.stackexchange.com/docs/edit-question however the body formatting changes when I edit the tags with the same body received (with HTML ...
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How can I write (edit) one of my answers?
I started to love the Python black formatter and I want all my code on Stack Overflow to be formatted like that. So I wanted to go over the answers and apply black / blacken-docs, check if anything ...
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API to submit a Suggested Edit
Is there a way of using the API to submit a suggested edit?
This would allow users without the edit privilege to at least submit their suggestion.
There is no create/add endpoint listed in the docs ...
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Change colour of edit link when a post cannot be edited
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Edit queue is full:
Too many pending edits:
Coloured link without alert box:
About
Numerous times when I click on the edit link on a poorly written question, frustratingly, the ...
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Three Columns - Displays the question page, post textarea, and post preview in side-by-side columns
Three Columns ( install ) (github)
This is a userscript which allows those with reasonably wide monitors to make the most of their screen real-estate when posting, by making the question, ...
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Wrong error message when attempting to edit a locked answer
When attempting to edit a locked answer like this one via the /answers/{id}/edit API method, I get an error message:
Account is not allowed to suggest edits
I have the privilege to edit the post, ...
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Suggested edit not returned by API
This suggested edit: https://dba.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/20375 is not returned by the /suggested-edits/{ids} API call:
https://api.stackexchange.com/2.2/suggested-edits/20375?site=dba ...
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Get Comment markdown, copy comment code to clipboard
About:
This userscript adds flyover buttons to every comment to fetch that comment's code (markdown).
Reference this post, and this post on Meta Stack Overflow.
Features:
The markdown is paste-...
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Stack Snippet Lag Fixer
About
Inspired by this question on SO Meta. Sometimes, when posting or editing posts with one or more Stack Snippets, the editor requires a lot of resources to continuously re-render the post preview. ...
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Script to set the default image description text?
Stack Exchange sets enter image description here as the default description — this is mainly useful for new users who may not know that the title can be modified.
I'm looking for a script to ...
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Can the API Edit a Question, changing only one field?
The documentation for the edit question method (/questions/{id}/edit) is somewhat vague.
Are all of the parameters required?
For example, if the only field I want to change in the question is tags, ...
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Markdown Shortcuts for StackExchange - insert latex commands quickly by keybindings
About
This userscript gives users quick key bindings to speed up the process of editing mathjax/chem/etc. into posts.
Example usage:
Pressing Alt+I would insert \pi directly.
Pressing Alt+R would ...
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Script to dynamically expand the Q/A text field
I'm searching for a script to (vertically) expand the text field in questions and answers as I type.
I personally prefer seeing all content at once (while the area can be extended by manually dragging,...
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Auto Format code snippets
Is it possible to auto format code so you don't have to go to each line and space 4 times?
For example I know about the 'enter code here' but that doesn't always work correctly!
It should be ...
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Mass find and replace in answers, questions and titles of questions
1. Briefly
I don't find, how I can mass replace string in multiple answers, questions and titles of questions of any Stack Exchange site.
2. Example
For example, I want to replace incorrect form of ...
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Math buttons for sites without MathJax support
Download
View source or install (you will need a plugin like GreaseMonkey for this).
What it does
For sites that don't have MathJax support, but occasionally need math, HTML codes like ∩ ...
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Stack Exchange Improvements - Sticky top bar, new text editor, and more
About
This chrome extension replaces the text editor with a much better one that supports markdown, indentation, code formatting, and more! Also provides options for making the top bar sticky, and ...
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When asking/answering a question on SE sites; Is there a way to fix the page in place so that you only see the displayed output as you type?
I am a touch typist and would like to know if there exists a way to type a question\answer with all the necessary formatting without the page automatically scrolling back up to where you input the ...
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Stack Overflow Snippets for Sublime Text
About:
This is a utility for the Sublime Text editor.
Press Shift + Ctrl + H in your Sublime Text, enter a search query, and get code snippets from the matched questions.
Screenshot / Code Snippet:
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Stack Exchange WYSIWYG Editor
Markdown is great! But WYSIWYG editors are really useful - no waste of screen space by having the preview underneath what you're typing, no accidents with markdown: You see what you get! So, I made a ...
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StackOverflow-Steroids - A Chrome extension to introduce (and test) new features on Stack Overflow faster
I've previously complained about the bad usability that Stack Exchange sites can have and created a Chrome extension to help test possible fixes. It did not attract much attention.
Now I've added a ...
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Stack Exchange Editor Extra: a userscript to add extra features to the Markdown Editor
Stack Exchange Editor Extra
A userscript which adds extra features to the default SE Markdown Editor.
Extra features:
Insert code with Ace Editor (alt + a)
Find & Replace (with modifiers) (alt+ ...
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OBSOLETE - See the SOX post — Side By Side Editing [duplicate]
This script no longer works and is no longer supported. See the Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) for this functionality.
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About
This userscript adds a button to the editor toolbar ('Toggle ...
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Why does dropdown comes in “Rev” when we edit published app?
I have published an app and editing it. One new "Rev" tab is created and it is giving me a dropdown as shown here. Why it is being created here? It is not created in any other Stack Exchange websites ...
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Display tag excerpt tooltips when editing a question
There's a 25-score question on MSE with the same title requesting this feature.
The obvious solution: create a userscript to do it. :)
You can install the script by clicking here.
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Inline editor regardless of reputation
The following simple script provides an ability to edit any posts inline regardless of reputation (works if logged out also).
Download / view code
Screenshot from there:
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How can a userscript detect when a post's been edited in place, so that it can do stuff to the newly edited post?
I recently built a userscript for Board Games Stack Exchange. On page load, it scans questions and answers for certain plaintext patterns and replaces them with some HTML, making the posts prettier.
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SE like I like it userscript
About
Here's yet another Greasemonkey / Tampermonkey userscript for Stack Exchange. It adds the following enhancements:
Within preformatted code blocks, double-click to select all.
In the post ...
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Request for script, or fix, to add Edit-Reason checkboxes
I've found a Stack Exchange userscript which looks GREAT - it would make things so much easier for me:
The Edit summary options script
Unfortunately, it doesn't work at all! I'm not sure why.
My ...
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How to get notified when any of the content I have edited or posted is edited, deleted, or closed?
How can I "keep an eye" on all my content on SE? Due to policy, users aren't notified when their questions or answers are deleted, despite numerous feature requests.
I've looked at StackCenter but it ...
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`last_editor` is missing but `last_edit_date` is present?
Some posts (questions or answers) have a last_edit_date but no last_editor. Does this always mean that the post was last edited by the post owner?
Example: stackapps.com/a/3891/
PS: This issue came ...
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Is there any API or documentation that would help my adding functionality to Q&A textareas?
I'm writing an userscript that should add some functionality to the main textarea (WMD) used to post and edit answers and questions. The functionality will usually need to do things like insert text ...
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Stack Exchange Editor Toolkit
This userscript is a revival of sorts for the old SE Editor Toolkit, which was abandoned some time ago.
It only really provides the autocorrect aspect for the foreseeable future, which I find to be ...
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Should HTML or Markdown be passed to /questions/{id}/edit?
I'm making an app that supports editing questions. Should HTML or Markdown source be passed to the body parameter of /questions/{id}/edit?
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Looking for a script to show countdown timer below posts for easier edits
On Stack Exchange sites, edits that are made within 5 minutes of posting a question or answer aren't counted. This is called the grace period.
For example, if you post a new answer, and edit it after ...
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Edit summary options
Description
Gives you little checkboxes above the edit summary with preset options like "formatted code" or "removed signature."
Screenshots
Userscript
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/184914
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Can Stack Exchange include the number of edits a user has made on a site in /users/<id>/edits?
Originally, I wrote:
In the old review queue, users could see their progress towards the Copy Editor and Strunk and White badges, but since the new review queues were implemented, this information ...
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Force Edit suggested reviews
Review edits have the option to force edit, which will edit the original post, as opposed to improve which will edit the suggested edit.
UserScript:
// ==UserScript==
// @name Force edit ...
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How do you list you stack exchange apps
I wanted to know how you're supposed to get a list of apps you've registered on the stack exchange api.
I finally managed to find this url: https://stackapps.com/apps/oauth
My question is this: How ...
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Dude, where's my cursor?
About
This user script makes it easier to edit long questions and answers by doing the following things:
It constrains the height of the Markdown preview to 500 pixels by default, so you can see the ...
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IPA Keyboard for Linguistics.SE
This script adds an IPA keyboard button to the editing toolbar
Installation
Click here to install. Will only work in Chrome or Firefox (the latter requires Greasemonkey). See this page if you have ...
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MathJax Buttons
Adds some math/science buttons to the editor on science SE sites. These buttons are useful for converting selected text to math, formatting SI units, and formatting chemical equations. There are also ...
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<kbd>, Superscript and Subscript, markup shortcuts
About:
This script adds buttons and keyboard shortcuts that make it easy to add/remove:
<kbd> tags
Superscripts and subscripts
<del> tags
<br> tags
 
when editing posts.
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Better handling of indentation and the TAB key when editing posts
About
This user script changes the behavior of a few keys (most notably the Tab key) within the post editor to behave more like it does in IDEs or text editors:
When multiple lines are selected, Tab ...
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Suggested Edits Queue for Mere Mortals
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About
This Java command-line app gives you access to the Suggested
Edits queue using the
Stack Exchange 2.0 API. It is ideally
suited for users in the 2000 <= reputation < 5000 ...
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OBSOLETE - Add Draft Save Links
Obsolete: Install and source links are dead. Script was written for much older version of the sites.
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This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds Save and Clear buttons for ...
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Stack Exchange Side-By-Side Edit and Preview
Note: the new inline editing breaks this user script pretty seriously, so it doesn't work at the moment. I will be working on fixing it to work with the new system when I get a chance, but it may take ...
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Editor buttons for injecting documentation links
I wrote a small user script for adding some buttons to the question editor. The idea came up a few times on Meta Stack Overflow and Stack Overflow, and I just wanted to share a rough version to get ...
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SE Editor Toolkit
Looking for Maintainer
I have not had the capacity to maintain this project in any meaningful way, but the source code is quite clear and reasonably well documented. If you would be interested to ...
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MEHF - tool for quickly testing code snippets, with StackOverflow support
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MEHF is partway between an IDE and a REPL. (The name "MEHF" is partway between "IDE " and "REPL.") It's designed to offer quick testing of code ...
