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Description

Based on [[ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:VisualEditor | help ]] I try to use Visual Editor.

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

I am logged in. I can edit any page, random example. But via "Source editing" only, "Visual editing" option is gray. I can manually add <code>?veaction=edit</code> and than visual editing works. But visual editing worked long time ago. The ironic is that I can edit this page via Visual editor. "Enable the visual editor" checkbox is unavailable. How it can be? Is it because I have "Automatically enable most beta features" activated?

"Enable the visual editor" checkbox.png (1,147×255 px, 43 KB)

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What should have happened instead?:
"Visual editing" option should no be gray. "Visual editing" option should be able to use on the wikipedia.

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):

FireFox 151.0.2.

Event Timeline

It looks like you've disabled visual editor in your global preferences (applying to all Wikimedia wikis, not just Wikipedia).

Can you visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-editing, un-check the checkbox in the leftmost column to remove the global override, save the changes, and see if that helps?

My steps. On the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalPreferences#mw-prefsection-editing un-checked the checkbox in the leftmost column, push save button. Then I can use "Enable the visual editor" (it was unavailable) on page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing . By default it is un-checked so I checked and now "Visual editing" works. Thanks.
Perhaps this behavior should be changed to be more user-friendly? My idea. When "Enable the visual editor" checkbox is unavailable the system should add Note "to make available change your global setting with name "Enable the visual editor" on the page <URL>"

The global preferences are a tricky interface… there is an old task about making it more understandable: T188424: Improve the UI of Global Preferences (aka "fix two vertical rows of checkboxes")

Anyway, glad that worked for you. Closing as invalid, since there is no software bug here.