Topic on Talk:2017 wikitext editor

Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

I sometimes experienced unintended transition from wikitext editor mode to visual editor mode, although I didn't use the visual editor mode before.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

How strange. Thank you for this note. Can you please tell me your web browser and operating system? That information may help us figure out what's going on.

Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

Chrome. MacOS Sierra. :)

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)
Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

It happened when I opened a page first. The editing mode is "마지막으로 사용한 편집기 기억하기(remember the editor you last used)".

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

That's odd. I see no sign of you switching, either, although that's not 100% proof. (If you switch, but then don't save, it still remembers that you switched.)

As a work-around, you might want to change the setting to "Always give me the source editor". That should reduce the unexpected use of VisualEditor's original visual mode.

Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

Yeah, I've already done it.

Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

Where is the editing mode in English Wikipedia. I can't find the mode at the place where it is in Korean Wikipedia.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

You switch from one to the other by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner. It's the same button in all languages.

Look for [[ ]] to go from the visual mode to the wikitext mode. It's next to the Save button.

In the wikitext editors, look for a short pencil icon in the upper right corner of the editing toolbar.

See Help:VisualEditor/User guide#Switching between the visual and wikitext editors for screenshots.

Motoko C. K. (talkcontribs)

Unfortunately, that's what I meant. I talked about my preference.

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

In case anyone needs help finding the preferences:

  1. Go to Special:Preferences. In the Editing tab, look in the biggest section ("Editor").
  2. At the bottom of the list, make sure that "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta" is turned OFF (no check mark). If it's not turned off, then you will not be able see the last thing in the section.
  3. The last item in that section is "Editing mode:". The default is "Remember my last editor". I normally choose "Show me both editor tabs". However, if you never use the visual mode (which is awesome for tables!), then you might think about "Always give me the source editor".

Tip: if you edit this Flow post by clicking the ••• button in the upper right corner and choosing "Edit", then you'll see the codes that I used for this message. These are automatic translation codes. So if you copied them and pasted them into a page on the Korean Wikipedia, it would automatically translate those codes into Korean (or whatever your personal language setting is, on the first page of your preferences there). These codes may be handy for explaining how to do this to other people.

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