Questions tagged [diff]
Refers to the views that show revision differences and suggested edit changes in various ways by breaking them down into additions and deletions.
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Please show changed titles separately in edit diffs
In an edit diff (view "Inline"), when the revision changes the title, removed words are shown struck out in red and added words are shown with a green background. This is fine when there are ...
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Let me preview an edit so that it appears with the same style as revisions
I am editing a question and would like to preview my changes prior to saving. I can see how the page will look and can optionally hide this preview.
However, I would like to see the actual changes ...
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Add an option for side-by-side diff before posting an edit
Now we have a nice side-by-side diff in the 'suggested edits' review pages, and as an option in edit history, could something similar be made available as an option when editing a post?
It wouldn't ...
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Allow linking to specific revision of revision history showing diff
Currently, the only way to link to a revision (clicking "link"), you just get a page which shows what the post looked like at that revision:
Personally, I rarely use this and haven't ever found ...
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View history of changes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does Editing work in Stack Overflow?
How do I view the changes made to a question, in the SO-style visual diff?
I'm sure I've seen this before, but the "history" button ...
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MathJax rendering for suggested edit queue [duplicate]
I would like to suggest a new feature that when reviewing suggested edits on sites that support MathJax that the suggested edit queue renders the MathJax in the rendered output view. The following ...
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Revision histories of posts show headings being removed and re-added every single revision, even if they aren't changed
If a post has heading markup and has been edited, the revision histories' inline and side-by-side views seem to show them all changing on each and every edit, even though they aren't edited at all. (...
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Please keep title edits display consistent with content edits
Currently if the user edits the title of an answer as well as the content, the title changes are viewed in place (on the left) and the content changes are separate, on the right.
As a result you have ...
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Remember my revision history diff preference, please
Could we implement something like this?
(Note: That "big" orange box does not need to be there, it's just an example of how it could look like.)
I prefer the side-by-side diffs, and I'd like it ...
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Code marked as deleted does not look good in side by side markdown view in dark mode
Can't see deleted code
I have come across a situation in dark mode. This is a serious contrast problem according to the following preview:
It is too expensive to distinguish the text from the ...
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Suggested edit diff shows different results depending upon mode
The suggested edit view just showed me two drastically different views of content based on whether I was looking at the rendered mode or the markdown mode:
First, the rendered diff view, showing a ...
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Indentation changes in markdown diff should be less noisy
When a suggested edit changes the indentation of some code (for example indenting four spaces to get proper formatting), the markdown diff often shows the changed spaces highlighted differently in ...
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Remove the strikethrough on deleted text in suggested edits
I initially posted this on MathematicsMeta where it was relatively well received (+20/-0), then I thought to post it here since it relates to multiple sites - possibly all sites, at least all sites ...
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Can I get a diff of my changes before submitting an edit?
When editing a post I usually want to write a concise summary (especially when suggesting an edit).
This would be much easier if I was able to get a diff for my changes. Sometimes editing a post ...
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Make suggested edit title changes easier to read [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Please keep title edits display consistent with content edits
Please show changed titles separately in edit diffs
While the red/green highlighting works great side-by-side, ...
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