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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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 ...