Help:Edit toolbar
In compatible browsers, an edit toolbar can be automatically displayed with the edit box, provided that this has been set in the preferences. It appears automatically for editors who are not logged in. This functions partly as a typing aid and partly as a reminder of the available functions. All the functions are available simply by typing the code directly into the edit box (such as [[link]]) – this may be easier.
The toolbar works with Google Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, the Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, Konqueror, Safari and Opera.
In Mozilla browsers, IE, and Chrome, you can format existing text by highlighting the text you want to format and clicking the relevant button on the toolbar. If you click a button without selecting any text, sample text will be inserted at the cursor's position (like so: Bold text). In other browsers, clicking on the button presents an explanation for that feature. (Pre-release 9.0 versions of Opera browser also seem to support the advanced functionality.)
You can switch off or switch on personal preferences set at Preferences → Editing → Tick Enable the editing toolbar.
Source editor
If your toolbar looks like this:
Then you are using the source editor.
VisualEditor
If your toolbar looks like this:
Then you are using the rich-text visual editor.
List of functions
| Icon | Function | What it shows when editing | What it shows on the page |
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| WikiEditor toolbar | |||
| Bold | '''Bold text'''
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Bold text | |
| Italic | ''Italic text''
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Italic text | |
| Signature and timestamp | --~~~~
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Username (talk) 19:42, 28 July 2026 (UTC) | |
| Link | [[Link title]]
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Link title | |
| Images and media | [[File:Example.jpg|thumbnail]]
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| Insert a template | {{Example}}
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This is an example of a template. For help with templates, see Help:Template. | |
| Reference | <ref>Insert footnote text here</ref>
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[1] | |
| Syntax highlighting | active | Meta has related information at: Wikitext editor syntax highlighting MediaWiki has documentation related to: Extension:CodeMirror | |
| Advanced | Open advanced menu | See #Advanced | |
| Special characters | Open special characters menu | ||
| Help | Open help menu | ||
| Cite | Open cite toolbar menu | See Wikipedia:RefToolbar/2.0. | |
| Change "Source editing" to "Visual editing" |
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Advanced
| Icon | Function | What it shows when editing | What it shows on the page | |||||||||
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| [画像:Advanced toolbar] | ||||||||||||
| [画像:Enhanced toolbar- Heading toolbar] | Section heading | |
Heading text
Heading text
Heading text
Heading text
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| Bulleted list | Bulleted list | * Bulleted list item
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| Numbered list | Numbered list | # Numbered list item
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| Ignore wiki formatting | Nowiki: Ignore wiki formatting | <nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>
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Insert non-formatted text here | |||||||||
| Line break | <br />
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text before abc | ||||||||||
| Big text | <big>Big text</big>
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Big text | ||||||||||
| Small text | <small>Small text</small>
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Small text | ||||||||||
| Superscript | <sup>Superscript text</sup>
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Superscript text | ||||||||||
| Subscript | <sub>Subscript text</sub>
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Subscript text | ||||||||||
| Picture gallery | |
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| Table | |
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| Automatically redirect to another page | #REDIRECT [[Target page name]]
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Preview a redirect page | ||||||||||
- Search for strings of text and optionally replace them, progressing one at a time or replacing all occurrences at once.
- If the regular expressions check box is selected, then the targeted search term is interpreted as a symbolic "expression", called a "regular expression", which will act as a pattern to select targets for replacement. Any amount of text can be matched by a regular expression. Languages that use this type of regular expression include Perl, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, .NET, and XML.
- A list of the regular expressions accepted by this search and replace box has been compiled for reference by the Mozilla Contributors.
See also
- ^ Insert footnote text here