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For questions about either API methods for editing posts, or for tools/apps/scripts that enhance the editing experience.

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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 &emsp; when editing posts. …
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17 votes
0 answers
274 views

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 pas …
Brock Adams's user avatar
6 votes
Accepted

Request for script, or fix, to add Edit-Reason checkboxes

Okay, went ahead and banged out a script for this; Happy Christmas! To install, click here (SE Edit Reasoner install at Github). To preview the source, click here (SE Edit Reasoner preview at Githu …
Brock Adams's user avatar
5 votes
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When asking/answering a question on SE sites; Is there a way to fix the page in place so tha...

This doesn't have anything to do with Stack Exchange pages, it's a browser thing and mostly a very good thing. You can see that the page isn't doing it by: Disable all javascript on your browser. ( …
Brock Adams's user avatar
4 votes
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Script to dynamically expand the Q/A text field

Yeah, that's annoying and a problem with text areas throughout the interwebz. So, I went ahead and banged out a script for this; Merry Christmas! To install, click here (SE WMD scrollbar killer, ins …
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3 votes
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Suggested edit not returned by API

It's probably because the referenced post has been deleted. The API excludes (most) deleted data (usually).
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2 votes
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Is there any API or documentation that would help my adding functionality to Q&A textareas?

The markdown code supposedly lives at the pagedown project on code.google.com. (Reference) You may also find these files to be useful: The commented, human readable version of wmd.js The commented, …
Brock Adams's user avatar
2 votes

How can a userscript detect when a post's been edited in place, so that it can do stuff to t...

There should be a StackExchange method you could hook into, but I don't see it. Also, post text can change for a few reasons. (The user finished an edit, or clicked on a snippet button, or clicked on …
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2 votes
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Why does dropdown comes in "Rev" when we edit published app?

This is either a bug or an incomplete feature. See: What is the 'rev' dropdown supposed to do? Stack Exchange Revisions Dropdown Does Nothing? This extra dropdown seems to require: That the pos …
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2 votes
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`last_editor` is missing but `last_edit_date` is present?

last_editor will be missing (empty) from the results when the last editor is a deleted user. This deleted user does not have to be the owner, or original poster, of a given question or answer. For e …
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1 vote

Can the API Edit a Question, changing only one field?

Yes, you must provide all three of: tags, title, and body -- even if they haven't changed. Otherwise you will get error messages like: "error_id": 400, "error_message": "tags", "error_name": "bad …
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