Questions tagged [code-formatting]
For questions about making code appear correctly in questions, answers and comments.
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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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Use tag formatting on /help/whats-meta
At the bottom of What is "meta"? How does it work? is a section on required tags. It uses code formatting for these tags:
Because meta-discussion sites are different and serve multiple ...
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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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Unable to make syntax highlighting working [duplicate]
Disclaimer: I'm more a reader than a contributor on Stackoverflow, so I may have missed something obvious for you all.
I've posted this question (about some typescript issue), and added the Typescript ...
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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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Can code-blocks get line-numbers? [duplicate]
I was peeking at a question that included two full scripts and an error message that referenced a particular line. I copy-pasted the code into VS Code to see the line numbers, but it would be ...
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When user highlights more than 1 line of code and pressed 'code sample', make it a code block [duplicate]
When I enter multiple lines of code and then press 'code sample' or ctrl+k, the method of formatting is that it all automatically gets indented. However, I propose that any multi-line code should ...
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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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Issues with the “Question Wizard” [closed]
I’ve started a new question on StackOverflow and the wizard form was shown for me.(I never saw it before)
I’ve noticed 3 issues.
When I used code icon to format block on code, it added single back-...
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Extremely long inline code in comments overflows right sidebar [duplicate]
It's egregious e.g. when the viewport exceeds the 1180px's boundary, however it acts erraticly at many viewport sizes.
Ubuntu 24.04.1 / Google Chrome 129.0.6668.58. I can't reproduce it on Firefox 130....
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Workaround for bug causing \ before dollar signs to be rendered as \\\ on MathJax enabled sites?
As the title says, a single \ in a code block is being rendered as \\\ if preceding a $. This seems to be the same bug reported here, but since it hasn't been fixed, I am asking for a workaround. ...
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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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Cannot paste into SE code blocks when Editing, breaks text editor and Markdown preview
There seems to be something wrong with the text editor when editing code inside ``` code blocks. I've noticed this when editing questions.
Copy code from my IDE
Edit a question
Highlight all of the ...
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Sharing code and images efficiently
Let me assume I would like to share a particular image that contains certain simplifications. I don't want to directly paste it to make the question short, simple, and straightforward. So, the best ...
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Post formatting is not accurate for numbered lists of code blocks. Is this a bug?
Compare the way this list looks in the post versus the screenshot of the preview:
text:
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{ label: `Baz ${x ? n1 : n2}`, kind: "B", } satisfies B,
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{ label: `Baz ${x ? n1 : n2}` ...
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