Help:Edit help

introduced the display of help messages when editing a pageCiteRef::gh:smw:659 making it easier for those users yet unfamiliar with the usage of Semantic MediaWiki to find entry points to further information. Depending on the type of page, the messages displayed will change.

It is possible to disable the display of these help messages globally on a wiki by changing the setting for. To avoid having to make a general determintation for the wiki and thus providing more flexibility a user preference option was added with allowing user's to set the display of the help messages according to their personal requirement.CiteRef::gh:smw:2543

The respective help texts are shown in the light grey box just above the edit field. The appearance of the box may be adapted to the respective wikis style guideline via CSS by manipulating the  class.