(2006 discussion moved here from Watercooler.)
I notice that the MediaWiki ToolBar is now missing from the pages I'm editing. Thought at first it was something lost because of a change in my preferences, but I don't see anything immediately that suggests this. While you can always use HTML coding in the editings, the ToolBar was a convenient tool. Is its absence related to the recent update (7 July) and related to the fact that the old version of the toolbar is not supported any more? Can we get the toolbar back. User talk:WMWillis (Aug 2006)
- Still working for me (using Cologne Blue skin as I do everywhere in MediaWiki if possible). Not that I remember to use the toolbar often: still type tildes, dashes, brackets, and apostrophes in gay profusion as one did before the toolbar was invented. Still not working for you? Robin Patterson 06:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
- Still not working. I'll recheck preferences and see if someting has changed. There's a check box for ToolBar, but doesn't seem to have any effect. Maybe it's something at this end. Thnx
- I checked a few things. I get the same problem with other Wikia sites, but not with Wikipedia. The problem is not with turning JavaScript on, or by setting the preferences (ie, I haven't turned off the tool bar in the preferences.) A suggestion on the live chat site was that this might be related to a recent upgrade that wasn't optimized for the browser I'm using (Safari). Suspect that's the problem. I don't really want to try to bring back IE on my system. I may be able to check this with Netscape Navigator. But I suspect this is the problem, and the fix needed is likely to be Wikia wide. User talk:WMWillis 24 August, 1:51 PM, EST.
- I checked this out a month back---this is indeed a browser issue. EditBar doesn't work properly with Safari, but does work with FireFox. I reported that thru "bug central", but got no response, and problem persists. Oh well, I don't really need the EditBar, and I suspect less than 5% of the potential users would be using Safari. Bill 21:45, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
- This has been corrected in the recent upgrade. Bill 13:44, 31 March 2007 (UTC)