Forum:Editing categories in visual and source editors

Thanks to SpikeToronto for this info (in a blog comment). I can now go back to source mode alone to edit, add, and remove categories from pages. The key is checking "Disable Category module" in preferences (editing tab). Previously, I was unable to remove categories when editing in wide-screen mode. Now I can.

Categories (adapted from SpikeToronto info):

In Source Mode, categories are now working like they should if I one does the following:


 * Go to Preferences.
 * Go to the Edit tab.
 * untick: Enable visual editor (where available).
 * tick: Widen the Source mode edit box to fill the entire screen.
 * untick: Do not show link suggest in Source mode.
 * tick: Disable Category module (only applies if editing in visual mode has been disabled).

Then, all the categories that have been manually entered into a page (i.e., not by a template) will appear in the edit window. And, new categories can be added in the usual manner by typing two opening square brackets, the word category plus a colon, and the starting letters. Then, LinkSuggest … er … CategorySuggest … kicks in. Some people do not like LinkSuggest or CategorySuggest. That can be turned off in preferences (see above list).

This also works in wikis with RTE disabled.

Can someone sticky this to the FAQ list (Forum:FAQs - Please read). --Timeshifter 21:54, September 8, 2011 (UTC)