Manual:VisualEditor/Version comparison

In BlueSpice 3, the editor was replaced with the MediaWiki exension VisualEditor. Below is a visual comparison of the menus and a short explanation of their functionality.

Go to the main page for VisualEditor to learn how to use the individual menu items in BlueSpice 3.

Comparison of menu items

If you have worked with BlueSpice 2, you are familiar with the following editor:

Editor in BlueSpice 2.27

The following image shows where the menu functions shifted in VisualEditor in BlueSpice 3:

VisualEditor in BlueSpice 3

Comparison of editor functionality

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ID	Funktion
1	Switch between visual editing mode and source editing mode (wikitext)
2	Save the page. Staying in edit mode after saving is not possible in BlueSpice 3. The page automatically switches to read mode.
	Full-screen mode - this is set in the main toolbar in version 3
3	Revert changes
4	Find and replace
-	Copying to the clipboard is no longer a menu item. This can be achieved using the shortcust ctrg+c (copy) and ctrl+v (paste)
5	Character formatting - paragraphs can only be formatted left-aligned
6	Create page sections using headings
7	Add signature to page - in BlueSpice 3, this only works for discussion pages
8	insert link
-	remove link - in version 3, this is done with the context menu when clicking on a link
+	new in version 3 (blue circle):Cite (= insert footnote)
9	insert code block
10	Insert magic word / tag
11	Insert image
12	Insert file
13	Add category to page
14	Insert checklist
15	Character formatting
16	Insert list
-	Indent. In version 3, this only works for lists and is located under the menu item for lists (16).
17	Insert special character
-	Force line break (<br />-tag is added to the source code)
18	Apply text color
19	Remove formatting
20	Insert table
+	Only in version 3 (lightblue circles): "Question mark": Link to the BlueSpice helpdesk and link to the list of shortcuts. "Warning sign with exclamation point": This menu items appears context-dependent if there are any status messages regarding the page editing process. "x"-button: Closes the edit mode. A warning dialog appears if there are unsaved changes on the page. This warning can be deactivated in the user preferences.