Questions tagged [stacks-editor]
For questions about the Stacks Editor, currently used for Teams and the new Ask Question wizard, and proposed to be used for editing posts across Stack Exchange, which has both Markdown and Rich Text capabilities.
54 questions
-12 votes
0 answers
107 views
Code block automatically scrolls up when I try to scroll down [closed]
I was writing an answer to the question which include multiples line of code block, when i tried to scroll down in the code block. it automatically scrolled up each time. https://www.loom.com/share/...
1 vote
0 answers
119 views
The Stacks Editor breaks inline code formatting when typing consecutive backticks
In order to write inline code, I have the habit of typing two backticks (AltGr+µ), pressing the left arrow, typing the name, pressing the right arrow, typing something normal, and doing the same again ...
- 17.6k
-42 votes
3 answers
675 views
Please don't downvote people for having troubles with the new editor
I've just asked a question. When doing that, I was using the Stacks Editor. I'm having some problems with this editor, in the sense that it's not always that straightforward into determining if the ...
- 17.6k
35 votes
1 answer
299 views
If you're going to force the Stacks Editor on your users, can it finally have parity with the old editor?
It seems that on the Beta site, when you are answering a question, you have the choice of the Stacks Editor, sans Markdown with Preview Mode, or... Oh, that's the end of the list. This is a TERRIBLE ...
Thom AMod
- 98k
18 votes
1 answer
275 views
Bug or feature? WARNING! There was an error parsing the document
When I click "Ask Question", then (without typing anything else) click on the "You posed the question, now give it your best answer!" button, the answer box displays: WARNING! ...
17 votes
0 answers
141 views
HTML tags are broken in new editor on SO
HTML tags are broken in the new editor on SO opinion-based posts. This is not broken on MSE in the new editor. Steps to reproduce: use the subscript feature in the new editor in WYSIWYG mode switch ...
- 18.7k
7 votes
0 answers
89 views
Stacks Editor rejects some valid URLs (like long Godbolt URLs)
The Stacks editor (in WYSIWYG mode which we seem to be stuck with on opinion-based questions) rejects some valid URLs for adding links, and seems to slightly mangle them when pasting them bare. For ...
- 380k
8 votes
0 answers
85 views
Opinion-Based questions don't respect "Enable new editor" setting nor remember the preferred editor
It appears that when posting on Opinion-based questions, we are now forced to use the WYSIWY(D)G (don't) editor; the posts don't respect the Enable new editor preference. In addition to this, it ...
Thom AMod
- 98k
16 votes
1 answer
196 views
Escape closes the editor on opinion-based questions, discarding what you were writing with no warning
I'm temporarily stuck using the Stacks Editor in full WYSIWIG mode on opinion-based questions. IDK if markdown+previous mode would be different. I accidentally hit escape while aiming for alt+~ to ...
- 380k
18 votes
1 answer
227 views
Editor ignores changes after switching from WYSIWYG to markdown + preview for responses to opinion-based content
I started to write an answer to an opinion-based question (mostly to tell them to repost as a normal question since it was fully factual), but also with some info about their problem. Part way through ...
- 380k
34 votes
1 answer
259 views
Please restore the Plaintext Editor with live Markdown Preview
I don't know if this is another A/B test or not, but right now I have no way of using the plaintext Markdown editor while being able to see a live preview of the rendered result. I am not going to ...
- 159k
9 votes
0 answers
86 views
How do I preview the appearance of my question before posting?
The interface for Asking a question used to render a live preview below the Body block. Like in this example borrowed from Math meta How do I preview my post before posting? However, my recent ...
- 32.6k
14 votes
2 answers
393 views
Editing an answer freezes the browser
When I try to edit an answer, the site freezes. This post for example: How to get images on HTML site to stay in position relative to background image as it scales across screen sizes? Has anyone ...
- 2,997
4 votes
0 answers
83 views
Answer edit with a snippet is pretty broken right now
Not really a question but what I consider a bug. I nearly just gave up trying to add an answer it was so bad. IDK what has happened to the snippet editor and answers but the usability of creating an ...
- 34.3k
4 votes
0 answers
233 views
What are these zero height characters?
While editing some answers I came across these zero height characters: This character seems to break code blocks. I don't know what causes this. When I try to copy-paste them, it converts into a ...
- 1,061