Questions tagged [mathjax]
For questions about MathJax, which is used to write mathematics on Stack Exchange sites.
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An attempt to add real-time previewing for comments
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When writing a comment with a lot of formatting, especially one containing formulas, I often found myself pasting it into the "new answer" editor at the bottom of the page to see if ...
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Concerns about MathJax in proposed new SE editor
Over on Physics.SE, Emilio Pisanty has pointed out that the proposed new StackExchange editor (currently in alpha testing) would present major difficulties for MathJax-heavy Stacks such as this one. ...
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A super easy way to speedup MathJax loading with LocalCDN add-on
I found a very neat way to speed up MathJax execution times. Typically whenever I start my browser I have to load up all of these MathJax resources from the Cloudflare CDN when I first visit math....
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Switch to MathJax version 3?
It seems it has been a long time since the MathJax has been updated on this site (probably MathJax 2.7 beta by @m0sa). So I was wondering if there is a plan to switch to newer version 3? (http://docs....
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Latex preview on question title?
Almost every single time I type a question I end up having to go back and edit the title due to no latex preview. Obviously you can write the title in the body first to check it but it's very easy to ...
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Bookmarklet plugin to speed up LaTeX macro typing
I've developed a little tool that assists in writing LaTeX macros. It works the same as the OSX press and hold accent picker. You press a key, and then there will appear a pop menu, with symbols ...
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MathJax v2.7.2 beta
Update: v2.7.2 has been released, so we're switching over to the non-beta version today.
MathJax v2.7.2 has entered the public beta phase. We're setting it up here to kick the tires and help out with ...
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MathJax editing preview improvements userscript
There have been a number of issues recently with how MathJax interacts with the editing preview code:
MathJax preview bug
MathJax not rendering in previews
Problems with losing MathJax formatting ...
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MathJax not rendering in previews
As of today, when I type an answer, things in MathJax don't get rendered in the preview. What's going on?
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Search queries involving symbols and/or $\TeX{}$
Currently some (most?) fairly crucial symbols such as = and ^ are truncated in search queries, making it pretty tough to find ...
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Adding MathJax for new user versus adding a comment
Forgive me if this is a dupe.
It happens frequently that new users post questions without using MathJax (either using Unicode, ASCII, an image, etc.).
Sometimes, I see experienced users comment ...
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Links in comments do not work if they contain space before dollar and also square brackets inside MathJax
The format [text](url) is the standard format for using links in the comments. And it works just fine even if the text contains MathJax.
Normally, adding spaces ...
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MathJax preview broken when equations contain `\label`s
One can use \tag, \label, \ref and \eqref the usual way ...
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Strange MathJax quirk, and why it happened
I just encountered the following when editing a question:
This is how I ended up with what I had:
Start with $sin(t), 0<=t<=pi$ (without the quotes that I ...
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How do I not embrace the root of my mathjax problem?
When one has a
$$problem$$
in order to get to the
$$\sqrt{problem}$$
it's sometimes a good idea to get some confidence by embracing those parts of it one already knows
$$probl\underset{\overbrace{...
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Blockquote button interaction with MathJax
Here is a bug which has bitten me a few times now. Suppose I type something like
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MathJax not rendering correctly on full site on mobile.
When I use mse on my phone I always use the full site because personally I hate the mobile one. This has been a good experience before and I had no problem with mathjax rendering latex incorrectly. ...
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MathJax and Android's Chrome bug
This is what I see on Chrome 35.0.1916.122, Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), Nexus 5:
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MathJax formulas hidden behind text
I have noticed that MathJax formulas are sometimes hidden behind other text and not properly displayed. I observed this only when using HTML-CSS as MathJax Renderer. (For other options the same ...
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MathJax "jumbled up" in the activity tab of a user
I have noticed questions with long MathJax expression in the title get "jumbled up" when I look at the activity tab of some user - in the part listing the most recent questions and answers. (Maybe ...
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Provide \degree symbol in MathJax
A while ago I posted an answer to the MathJax tutorial meta question about the right way to write a degree symbol. The latest edit (with which I'm not really happy) discusses, among other things, the ...
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"Math Processing Errors" in the Close as Duplicate Preview
I see plenty of "Math Processing Errors" in the close as duplicate preview:
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Writing answers - slow rendering + CPU load
This is the same issue like the one presented here, only now with a more powerfull machine. The fact that preview is generated instantaneously makes it hard to write longer answers. Sometimes, even my ...
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LaTeX not rendering with exact duplicate in review
I have come across the following. When reviewing an "Exact duplicate" under the "close votes" the LaTeX doesn't seem to render at all when clicking the supposed duplicate. Is this a bug or is it just ...
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When will Math.SE support the `\begin{xymatrix}` environment?
I have seen the following two questions on meta:
http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/3360/xymatrix-commutative-diagrams
http://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/2324/how-to-draw-a-...
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Can no longer quickly preview LaTeX on MSE
It used to be that every time I wrote a question, the LaTeX in the preview would almost instantly compile. As of this week, I have to wait several seconds before seeing it appear. Nothing on my end (...
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Mobile “Chrome isn't responding” for heavy MathJax use
I've observed formula-heavy pages such as this to cause Chrome on Android to stop responding. A dialog pops up stating that “Chrome isn't responding”. If I choose to “Wait”, it will pop up again a ...
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Display of MathJax in titles of questions and answers on user profile lists is broken
Starting from a user's profile page, if you list all of their questions or all of their answers, posts whose titles contain complex MathJax formulae are not displayed properly.
There are some extreme ...
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Some titles containing MathJax are shown incorrectly in review queues
I have noticed, several times already, that some titles containing MathJax are rendered incorrectly in review queues, i.e. across multiple rows. I can't remember for sure, but I expect this to also ...
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Saving Mathjax generated SVG
This concerns rendering SVG in Mathjax via the context menu "Math Settings" -> "Math Renderer" -> "SVG". This works fine in the browser but I'd like to save a .svg ...
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Organizing The MathJax Tutorial
There is a wonderful post dedicated to MathJax code found here: MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
The only problem I see with this post is that the additional contents below the original ...
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Extreme slowness when posting an answer
Edit 3: it happened again this morning (Jul 7, 2013): slow TeX rendering in short answers. But everything is fine again now...
Edit 2: I have just tried to edit the same answer again on the same ...
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Some $\LaTeX$ is going out of date?
Some days ago I edited an answer by David Mitra because the command \cases{ } seemed to be outdated, and changed it with the command ...
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context menu should allow easy copying of $\TeX$ commands
In more than $99\%$ of all cases in which I use the context menu option "Show Math As", I select "TeX Commands" and then press the keyboard shortcuts for "Select All", "Copy" and "Close". This takes ...
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MathJax overlaps the text
Here's what my All actions | Comments page looks like on Windows 10 with Firefox (default 100% magnification in Firefox and a custom scale factor in Windows settings):
$\sum_{k \geq 0}$ in the first ...
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Broken MathJax formatting on activity page
Here is a screenshot from my activity page:
running Google Chrome Version 99.0.4844.51 (Official Build) (64-bit)
However the browser or the version doesn't seem to matter, tested same thing on ...
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Some mathjax in an old post is broken due to curly brackets expressions
I found that in this old post Colimit of topological groups (again) some mathjax is broken due to wierd brackets notation. $\left\\{...\right\\}$\left\\{...\right\\}...
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Not having pure Latex as titles
A few times I have been told to not to turn the titles to Latex only as that stops them from being indexed by search engines.
I see two problems with that :
1.What seems natural humans behaviour ...
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Why does not $a < b$ render here?
On the MathJax demo page, entering a < b results in $a<b$. This is consistent with MathJax documentation.
On Mathematics.SE the behavior is different: $a ...
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How can the effect of a proposed edit be viewed?
I was sent a proposed edit of a question to check. The editor had done much work writing up several lines of LaTeX code, and it looked good. But I couldn't approve it without checking it carefully; ...
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Enable safe `\href` in MathJax
As a follow-up to this discussion, I would like to request the activation of MathJax-safe \href to allow similar URLs to those allowed in ...
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Turn off MathJax noErrors extension during preview
The MathJax noErrors extension causes $\rm\LaTeX$ expressions that contain errors to show the original $\rm\LaTeX$ code rather than an error message. That is certainly appropriate for viewing ...
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A step-by-step unhiding "tutorial mode" for equations
One very nice MathJax example shows means to only show parts of a formula (e.g. as hints) and unveil them one by one (see $\ref{screenshot}$ below). I think a similar feature (not restricted to ...
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Using the Begingroup Extension of MathJax?
I noticed that the site does not seem to use the begingroup extension for MathJax, which could possibly lead to bugs: For example, a macro defined in a comment to a question could have an unexpected ...
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How do I view latex source code in answers or questions as rendered form or images?
Is it normal to see only the latex source code in questions and answers where they are typed?
My perspective:
Is there any way to render this into images or some form of intelligible format that I ...
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Why is MathJax parsing incorrectly for this linked question?
In the linked questions to Sum of the series $\sum_{k=0}^{r}(-1)^k.(k+1).(k+2).\binom{n}{r-k} $, I get:
but the correct parsing of the title is Find the remainder when $\sum_{r=0}^{2014} \sum_{k=0}^r ...
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LaTex underbrace not displaying correctly
For some reason, this is what I'm seeing whenever an underbrace is supposed to be displayed on a post on this website:
It looks like some sort of cropped out icon. It's weird because it doesn't ...
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Faster copying of math formulas
I frequently copy math formulas in posts using Show Math as ▶ TeX commands. This requires control-click plus mouse movement plus command-A and command-C, a lot of ...
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Plenty of [Math Processing Error]s before and after selecting duplicate in review queues
Since this is already more than six months this has been reported inside the Mathematics new site theme is live topic, and yet still not fixed, I've decided to put this one separately.
This happens ...
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Tableau as an answer
I was not sure whether to ask this question here or the main Math SE. Regardless, please do move it as you see fit. I wanted to answer a question; however, I could not because I don't know how to ...
