User:Pelagic/Mobile keyboard shortcuts for Visual Editor

Block-level formatting

What to type	Result	Example	Comment
two or more equals signs ==	Formats as heading, sub-heading etc.	Head Subhead	More === for lower-level headings. Hint: type your text first, then insert the == in front. That way you can see the format change as you insert more =.
asterisk *	Starts a bullet list	item ** not this * nor this	One * followed by a space for top-level items, don’t use ** for sub-items.
hash #	Starts a numbered list	one two	You can also type "1. "
colon :	Formats as blockquote	quote
? unknown			Insert a table, image, map, etc.

Note that these block-level formatting shortcuts should be typed at the beginning of a line and followed by a space. (Or, as above, at the beginning of a table cell.) Equals signs for headings apply immediately, without the space.

Insert inline

What to type	Result	Example	Comment
square brackets [[	Opens the "Add a link" edit card	Visual editor on mobile
curly braces {{	Opens the "Add a template" edit card (transclusion dialog)	{{Tlx}}
start of pre tag <pre	Opens the "Preformatted text" edit card.	5 PRINT "Hello" 10 GOTO 5
start of ref tag <ref	Opens the "Reference" edit card.		If your wiki has citation templates installed, you may have a Cite button on the toolbar.

Screenshots

Visual Editor mobile toolbar, v1 Toolbar Refresh.  Full-width (1536px, iPad Air in portrait orientation). MediaWiki 1.35.0.

Visual Editor desktop toolbar.  Full-width (1536px, iPad Air in portrait orientation). MediaWiki 1.35.0.

See also

• Help:VisualEditor/User guide. Describes how to use the features of the full desktop toolbar.
• VisualEditor/Portal/Keyboard shortcuts. Shortcuts for physical keyboards that have
• T202575 Epic: Be more consistent about dialog availability in mobile visual editor. Work that was done to improve the VE dialogs on mobile. Mentions : and <ref.