| Diskdance | |
| Nov 6 2025, 9:12 AM |
| F70003839: Screenshot From 2025-11-07 22-31-49.png | |
| Nov 7 2025, 3:52 PM |
Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
What happens?:
The link "Editing help" is visible.
What should have happened instead?:
It should not, like what the previous CodeEditor does.
Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
Currently only replicable in Beta Cluster.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| codemirror.wikieditor.less: hide Core's edit help link | mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror | master | +6 -0 |
What is "Editing help"? In addition, I do not think CodeMirror 6 for JavaScript has been deployed for Wikipedia.
It's highlighted in the image. As for CM6 for JavaScript, yes, it's included in the beta feature.
0>>! In T409402#11354205, @Diskdance wrote:
It's highlighted in the image. As for CM6 for JavaScript, yes, it's included in the beta feature.
I don't see this "Editing help" anywhere on zhwiki, when editing a mainspace article or a JavaScript page. Could you provide a link?
Anyway, even with the beta feature enabled, you should not (yet) have CodeMirror available for non-wikitext. I was about to get that going next week, though! T373711 is the task for that, if you'd like to follow along.
Oops, I forgot to mention that I encountered this issue on zhwiki Beta Cluster.
One link could be https://zh.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=edit.
I still don't see the "editing help" like the screenshot :(
Is it still there in safemode? https://zh.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&action=edit&safemode=1
Another thing to try is uselang=qqx so we can see what message is being used, and with that I can figure out where it's coming from. Or heck, if you are able to just copy/paste the text here I may be able to find it; Sorry, I don't understand Chinese enough to be able to type the characters or know if an OCR transcription is accurate.
It's there even in safe mode.
Maybe the cause I provided is a bit scattered: the "Enhanced syntax highlighting" beta feature also need to be enabled in Beta Cluster to trigger this bug.
Relevant messages are (edithelp)(word-separator)(newwindow), FYI. This part is typically hidden either CodeMirror or CodeEditor is enabled.
Change #1215221 had a related patch set uploaded (by MusikAnimal; author: MusikAnimal):
[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] codemirror.wikieditor.less: hide Core's edit help link
Change #1215221 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/CodeMirror@master] codemirror.wikieditor.less: hide Core's edit help link