Questions tagged [stacks-editor]
For questions about the new Stacks Editor, to be used for editing posts on Stack Exchange, which has both Markdown and Rich Text capabilities.
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Make images uploaded with the new Ask page clickable
Feature request: make images uploaded with the new Ask page clickable (the new Ask page is used on some Stack Exchange Sites such as Super User and Ask Ubuntu).
Rationale: that is the behavior of the ...
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Place focus on "Add image" after pasting an image in the new Ask page so that pressing enter uploads the image
I think it'd be better to place focus on the "Add image" button after pasting an image in the new Ask page, so that pressing enter uploads the image.
The current behavior (tested on Chrome+...
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The new Ask page is much slower to load than the old Ask page
I've noticed on both my laptop (Chrome/Brave+Windows) and my phone (Chrome/Brave+Android) that the new Ask page is much slower to load than the old Ask page (which loads almost instantenously). ...
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Keep cursor in the tag field after selecting a tag in the new Ask page
Feature request: Keep cursor in the tag field after selecting a tag in the new Ask page.
Current behavior (tested on Chrome+Windows): After selecting a tag in the new Ask page, the cursor is not the ...
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GIF upload size warning not shown in Answer section
When I try to upload a ".gif" file larger than 50 megapixels in the Question section, I see the correct warning message in the UI.
However, when I upload the same ".gif" file in ...
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Clicking next to the post field on the new Ask page makes the cursor jump to the beginning of the text for a few milliseconds
Clicking next to the post field on the new Ask page makes the cursor jump to the beginning of the text for a few milliseconds. Demo. Rather minor but I assume it's unwanted. Tested on Chrome+Windows.
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Don't show the validation messages "Body is missing", "Title is missing." and "Please enter at least one tag" until one tries to submit the question
Feature request: Don't show the validation messages "Body is missing", "Title is missing." and "Please enter at least one tag" until one tries to submit the question in ...
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The new Ask page keeps saying "Body is missing" even though I am typing the body
The new Ask page keeps saying "Body is missing" even though I am typing the body:
Tested on https://superuser.com/questions/ask with Brave+Windows and Chrome+Android.
To repro:
be ...
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One Ask Page to Rule Them All
Update on July 8, 2025:
The list of sites excluded from the initial rollout has been updated below.
The company is working to simplify, improve, and consolidate the question asking experience across ...
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Blockquoting XML removes characters, resulting in invalid markup
On the new Stacks editor, when quoting a code block containing XML comments, the comment opening tag is removed, resulting in invalid XML.
Given a post with content like this:
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<xsl:variable ...
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Election explanation post is not compatible with new editor
When there's an active election, ♦ moderators and staff can edit the explanatory text. That uses the new Stacks Editor, but unfortunately, on some sites, the content is in HTML and that doesn't play ...
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Hypertext link URL editing seems broken or at least difficult to use in Rich Text editor mode
I was trying to correct a broken link in an old answer of mine on Stack Overflow, and really struggled until I realised that it was in Rich Text mode. (When did that happen? Not been very active on SO ...
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Code block usability issues in Stacks Editor
Some issues with the new Stacks Editor's code block usage:
Had to make it a GIF to upload here but the video is supposed to stop when I press the discard button and click the off-screen confirm box.
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Stacks Editor toolbar popup not visible when expending upwards
The Stacks Editor shows some toolbar popups, default expended downwards:
But when there is no space to expend downwards, it'll expand upwards, causing this 'outside the container / z-index' bug
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Tab indices on Q&A pages are messed up when using the Stacks Editor
When using the Stacks Editor, tab navigation on Q&A pages is messed up. Ex. the "post answer" button being the first thing that gets tabbed to on a new page load without clicking ...
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when typing code, backslashes are automatically inserted
Today I noticed the first time, that when I post an answer and enter code (by prefixing the line using 4 spaces), and my code contains a backslash or an asterisk, these characters are then prefixed by ...
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Blockquote button behaves differently in WYSIWYG mode and Markdown mode
If you create a list, put the cursor inside an element of that list and click the "Blockquote" button the results are different in WYSIWYG mode and Markdown mode in the new Stacks Editor.
In ...
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Inserting links is confusing in Stacks Editor WYSIWYG mode
If you click on the "Insert Link" button in the new Stacks Editor when it is in WYSIWYG mode a small dialog opens where you can insert Link text and target. But at the same moment the cursor ...
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Arrow key navigation broken in code blocks in Stacks Editor
Steps to reproduce:
Select the WYSIWYG mode of the new Stacks Editor
create a code block
add some text below the code block
put your cursor into the code block
press the down arrow key
This will ...
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Changing the editing mode causes the editor view to shift to the right
Bug: Changing the editing mode causes the Stacks editor view to shift to the right.
Demo on Chrome with Android on a Galaxy S23 Ultra:
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Quoting a bullet list in the Stacks editor messes up the list
Bug: quoting a bullet list in the Stacks editor messes up the list.
Example:
Steps to reproduce:
Create an answer in the Stacks Editor (e.g. an answer to this question)
Switch to "Rich text ...
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The Stacks Editor should open in Markdown with preview mode by default
I started a new question on Stack Overflow and the wizard form was shown for me, which uses the Stacks Editor.
The Stacks Editor showed edit text boxes, but did not show a view of the actual formatted ...
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The Stacks Editor messes up code formatting
I’ve started a new question on Stack Overflow and the Wizard form was shown to me. This uses the Stacks Editor.
When I use the code icon to format blocks of code, it adds single back-ticks instead of ...
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The Stacks editor still enforces a 2 MiB image size limit, and doesn't support the automatic image resizing that the normal editor does
Stacks-editor has a hard limit of 2 MiB on image upload, unlike the default editor (10 MiB):
Feature request: Add automatic image resizing on image uploads over 2 MiB to the Stacks editor.
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Moving the cursor on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor
Moving the cursor on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor. Example:
Tested with Chrome + Windows 10.
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Whatever happened to the rollout of the 'new' editor?
I honestly got reminded of this by this post and I've been interchangeably using different editors on the network. I'd love to know what the status of the stacks editor is, and what future plans on it ...
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Stacks Editor says plain text, but code formatting isn't plain text
Stacks Editor says plain text, but code formatting isn't plain text:
Screenshot taken on https://meta.stackexchange.com/
Markdown:
> **To create a reviewers' Custom Max Papers after having run ...
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Some JavaScript seems to not work: Can't ask questions and new editor not loading
I'm trying to ask questions (which uses the old editor), but pressing the "review your question" button does nothing. Checking "Answer your own question" does nothing (except make ...
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Markdown inside HTML tags breaks formatting when switching to Rich text mode
This behavior is relevant to the Stacks Editor (used by default in SO Teams, and as an optional mode here on MSE).
How to reproduce:
Enter the following text in Markdown (with preview) mode:
<sub&...
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Unquoting doesn't always work in the new Stacks Editor
Unquoting doesn't always work in the new Stacks Editor. Example:
Markdown:
> I have been detained when trying to walk out of tuas and was given a warning. DO NOT walk on Tuas. [Anish Sheela](https:...
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Word is placed on a new line even if there's enough space on the old line
Is it expected behavior that words automatically moved to the next line even when there's enough space on the old line?
See animation below for clarification (no "return" key pressed during ...
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Popover visibility issue in the stacks editor [duplicate]
In the Stacks editor, the popover on top becomes invisible when hovering over the tools icon, significantly when the editor menu block extends to the end of the page.
Screenshot for reference:
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Impossible to use stacks editor's toolbar on iPadOS
The toolbar on stacks editor on the moderator election nominee page is not responsive to taps.
Tested on:
Chrome browser (111.0.5563.101) for iPadOS 16.4.
Safari iPadOS 16.4.1
Same behavior ...
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Unable to translate stacks-editor
Stacks-editor used in particular on election nominee page is not prepared to translate. All strings from tool buttons etc are not translated and there're no strings in traducir to translate:
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What's the reason to use completely different and new post editor on moderator election page?
Currently the moderator election on RuSO is in progress. The page for nominee introduction uses completely different editor (seems like the same as used for SO for Teams) compared with the regular QA ...
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Clicking on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor
Clicking on a link changes the text layout in the Stacks Editor. Example:
Tested with Chrome + Windows 10.
It doesn't happen in the Markdown-only or Markdown+preview views. It only happens when there ...
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Snippet button missing on Staging Ground question creation
I've been wondering why there is no 'create snippet' button when asking a question on Stack Overflow!
I found this meta post asking where it was 7 months ago and staff mentioned that it was being ...
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Nothing appears to happen when pressing Enter in the middle of a line
When using the beta Stacks Editor1 in this example, pressing ENTER doesn't create a new line right before character W in the rich text editor mode. Nothing appears to happen in the editor.
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Font size in the Stacks Editor when editing Markdown is too small; please increase it to match current editor
I've been using the Stacks Editor's Markdown preview mode, and I've found the font size to be a bit too small, which makes the text harder to read for me.
Here's how it looks like in Microsoft Edge on ...
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Empty editor when editing an answer
When I edit an answer (mine or somebody else's) with the new Stacks Editor, the answer's Markdown does not appear in the editor. It remains blank:
Questions don't have this problem (those use the old ...
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Add Table Generator link as part of the help in SO Editor for generating tables using markdown format or embed it in the SO Editor
This feature request was posted in Meta Stack Overflow, it was pointed out that this feature (adding the Table Generator link or embedding the tool) was not considered in the new version of the SO ...
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Stacks Editor Markdown preview mode is now available
Following the alpha release of the Stacks Editor, we got lots of feedback (including three out of the top four answers on the post, as well as other answers below and many comments) asking for a way ...
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Adding a link to formatted text in Rich Text mode causes the text to lose formatting
In Rich Text mode, type some text and add some formatting to it (bold, italic, inline code, etc.). Then, select the text and add a link to it. The text loses all its formatting.
For example, a**b**c ...
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Making part of a link text bold or italic causes the link to be repeated
The Rich Text mode causes links to be repeated whenever a part of the link text is made bold or italic.
To reproduce:
Type some text.
Add a hyperlink to it.
Select part of the text and make it either ...
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Code block within spoiler gives different result than shown
Background: I'm using the opt-in beta for the new editor.
When using the following markdown in the answer editor:
>! ```python
>! if True:
>! print "Hello World"
>! ```
It ...
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Undo and redo buttons don't work
The undo and redo buttons don't work. See gif recording below:
I recorded this on my phone but the buttons don't work in any device. To see the buttons you need to resize your browser window to a ...
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Undo/Redo buttons are vertically stacked in Markdown mode on narrow screens
When using Markdown mode in the new Stacks editor on narrow screens, the Undo/Redo buttons are vertically stacked:
When in rich text mode, the Undo/Redo buttons appear side-by-side, like in the old ...
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Dragging/dropping or pasting an image in rich text mode results in the image uploader showing the same image twice
Dragging/dropping or pasting an image (into the new Stacks Editor) in rich text mode results in the same image being shown twice (side-by-side) in the image uploader:
Steps to reproduce:
Switch to ...
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In the new editor, always show the undo/redo buttons, not only on smaller screen widths, to accommodate tablet users and avoid breaking workflows
Currently, the buttons to undo and redo are only shown on lower screen widths, to accommodate mobile users, as undoing and redoing is hard/impossible for them to do. They're hidden on higher widths, ...
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To plugin, or not to plugin, that is the question. Or — will there be external plugin support in the new Stacks Editor?
To plugin, or not to plugin, that is the question,
Whether 'tis nobler for the scripts to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of changes,
And by ...
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