Changes: Help:Source edit mode

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Location Source VE — Accessing source editor in Visual Editor

Location Source — How to access source mode in the classic editor

Source edit mode is the editing mode of either the Visual Editor or the classic editor that allows editing of pages via wikitext or some HTML.

In the VisualEditor, it is accessed via the toolbar menu.
In the classic editor, click the Source tab above the edit area.

If you wish to always edit in source mode, you may wish to switch your preferences to the source editor.

Notes

Source mode of the classic editor includes syntax highlighting.
Switching to source mode in an editor may take a few moments, as it requires the contents of the editor to be turned back into wikitext.

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-'''Source edit mode''' is a [[Help:Editing|editing]] mode of either the [[Help:VisualEditor#Accessing_source_mode|Visual Editor]] or the [[Help:Classic_editor#Editor_modes|Classic editor]] that allows editing of wiki pages via [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] or some HTML. It is basically a mode in GUI-based editors equivalent to the dedicated [[Help:Source editor|source editor]].
+[[File:Location_Source VE.png|thumb|250px|Accessing source editor in Visual Editor]][[File:Location_Source.png|thumb|250px|How to access source mode in the classic editor]]
+'''Source edit mode''' is the [[Help:Editing|editing]] mode of either the [[Help:VisualEditor#Accessing_source_mode|Visual Editor]] or the [[Help:Classic_editor#Editor_modes|classic editor]] that allows editing of pages via [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] or some [[Help:HTML|HTML]].
+* In the VisualEditor, it is accessed via the toolbar menu.
+* In the classic editor, click the Source tab above the edit area.
+If you wish to ''always'' edit in source mode, you may wish to switch your preferences to the [[Help:Source editor|source editor]].
 ==Notes==
-*Source mode of the classic editor includes [[Help:Syntax highlighting|Syntax highlighting]].
+* Source mode of the [[Help:Classic editor|classic editor]] includes [[Help:Syntax highlighting|syntax highlighting]].
-*The source edit mode in GUI-based editors make be slow to invoke, since it usually requires Javascript.
+* Switching to source mode in an editor may take a few moments, as it requires the contents of the editor to be turned back into wikitext.
 ==See also==
-*[[Help:Tables#Editing_tables_in_source_mode|Editing tables in source mode]]
+* [[Help:Tables#Editing_tables_in_source_mode|Editing tables in source mode]]
-*Quickly access source edit mode with a [[Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#Editor_shortcuts|key shortcut]] in the Visual Editor.
+* Quickly access source edit mode with a [[Help:Keyboard_shortcuts#Editor_shortcuts|key shortcut]] in the Visual Editor.
-*[[Help:Custom edit buttons|Custom edit buttons]] in the dedicated source editor.
+* [[Help:Custom edit buttons|Custom edit buttons]] in the dedicated source editor.
 ==Further help and feedback==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
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