Last modified: 2013-05-22 18:23:56 UTC
I run a small wiki where pages and section tend to be very small, and it would usually be more useful to see a preview of the entire page when editing a section, rather than just a preview of the section. It would be nice if there were a user-level preference for whether to show a preview of the entire page or just the section being edited.
This actually would be a benefit in pages with images and/or divs that affect the entire page but reside in different sections. (See http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Stux&action=edit§ion=4 for a very quick and basic example.) This feature would allow the editor to see how editing the section affects the entire page. I think a simple check box below next to "Watch This page" that would read "Preview Entire Page" (and controlling code) would solve it. Also, a preference to have this box marked by default (like default "watch") would be nice.
The text is submitted and parsed. Since for a section, the user was only given part of the page, the server would have to merge it into the rest and parse that in order to preview it.
(In reply to comment #2) > The text is submitted and parsed. Since for a section, the user was only given > part of the page, the server would have to merge it into the rest and parse that > in order to preview it. ...and? We merge the section back into the page when we save a section edit; what's so difficult about doing it, running a pre-save transform, and showing a preview?
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > The text is submitted and parsed. Since for a section, the user was only given > > part of the page, the server would have to merge it into the rest and parse that > > in order to preview it. > > ...and? We merge the section back into the page when we save a section edit; > what's so difficult about doing it, running a pre-save transform, and showing a > preview? ...nothing is "difficult" about it, I'm not sure who said that?
