Topic on 2017 wikitext editor/Feedback

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Task T153306

I'm missing the preview option in this editor. I know it is possible to switch-over to the visual mode, but that is not the same.

1. First, the visual editor can only show an entire document, not a single section. It is therefore not possible to edit a section with the new wikitext editor and have a preview thereof. Starting the text editor in a section and then changing to the visual editor is only possible with the loss of all the amendments.
2. The layout in the visual editor is not the layout of the final document, especially when tables and images are involved. Further, links produced with templates cannot be tested. I tried it, for example, in de:Welterbe in Indien where each line is generated by a template. The visual editor therefore is not a suited replacement for the preview.

Hi Bjs,

In the save dialog there is a 'show preview' button, we are considering ways to make it more prominent. The 2017 wikitext editor does support section editing and previewing within that. The visual editor does still not yet support section editing (T50429), so if you switch to VE it will go back to the full document.

Thank you for the hint, that works fine, also with editing only a section. But, it should really be made more prominent. it is not very intuitive that you first have to press publish before you can select a preview. The selections publish/preview/view changes should be on the same level.

(I'm using German as interface language so i don not know whether the expressions are exactly as above in the English interface, but it should be clear what i mean)