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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Enable Ctrl+Z to undo tag removal in the new Stacks Editor
Feature Request: In the new Stacks Editor, please enable the standard Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z on macOS) keyboard shortcut to undo the removal of a tag.
Currently, if one accidentally clicks the "x" ...
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“Ask a question” page does not respect the preference to disable the new editor
The ProseMirror-based new Markdown editor performs poorly on my device and interferes with my user scripts that only work with plain <textarea> and <input type="text"> inputs. ...
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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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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:
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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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