Thanks to Martin's link, I noticed the "show preview" button I don't know how the preview ever got into a hidden state, but now it works fine after re-enabling it. Unhiding it on one machine also unhid it on other machines (at the same IP). So it is somewhat puzzling what the scope is for this us...
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@MartinSleziak Thanks much, your link helped me determine that the preview somehow got disabled, and I missed the "show preview" button that toggles it back on, sigh. — Bill Dubuque Feb 25 at 7:48
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I no longer see the previews when I compose or edit questions and answers; I only see the markdown input widget. When I edit I see a hide preview link at the bottom of the markdown input, but clicking on it doesn't do anything. This seems to coincide with another UI change: Copy code button at t...
@Martin The UI has changed since, now there is a eye icon to switch between editor and preview (all the better IMHO). — xenoid Feb 25 at 9:19
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@MarkBennet: there is a check box to hide or show preview in current editor. I sometimes turn the preview off for long posts because too much of mathjax rendering makes my mobile browser really slow. Another option which I use for long posts is to type the post in some other app and then copy paste it back. — Paramanand Singh Feb 4 at 1:01
@ParamanandSingh: where is that checkbox, exactly? I have typed thousands of answers and I have never seen it. — Martin Argerami Feb 5 at 4:23
@MartinArgerami: sorry, that's not in the form of a checkbox. It is just a link below the edit window (on the left side). Below the edit on right side there is a checkbox for community wiki. — Paramanand Singh Feb 5 at 6:04
@MartinArgerami: also this is shown when you edit an existing post and not when creating a new answer. — Paramanand Singh Feb 5 at 6:06
@MartinArgerami: I checked further (at least on mathoverflow and this meta.se). The show / hide preview toggle link is not available in general (on MO and meta.se), but somehow available on math.se. I mostly use only math.se site and hence my experience is limited. — Paramanand Singh Feb 7 at 7:28
Probably the distinction is that it is not displayed when somebody suggests an edit - but it is displayed when a users with full edit privileges edits a post.
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I notice that when reviewing posts, when the "Edit" link is clicked, the editing interface that comes up has a "Hide Preview" link. The ordinary editing interface doesn't have it. Why is this, and would it be possible to add a link like this to the ordinary interface? EDIT: By "ordinary editin...
@ParamanandSingh Actually, I do see hide preview on MathOverflow. I guess that the difference is that it is not shown if a user suggests an edit, it is only available to users with full edit privilege. Something like that is mentioned here: Hide preview for editing. I have posted some related comments (including a screenshot from MO) in the Math Meta Chat. — Martin 9 secs ago
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@Martin: thanks for letting me know. Anyway the only site where my rep exceeds 2k is mathse. — Paramanand Singh 33 mins ago
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