Module:Edit button

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Module:Edit button is required by Module:Infobox.

This module is a helper module to be used by other modules; it may not designed to be invoked directly. See Tesseract:Lua/Helper modules for a full list and more information. For a full list of modules using this helper click here

Function	Type	Use	Example
( [text|'edit'] )	string	Creates an edit button for the current page that the module is invoked on text defaults to "edit"	Click to view local editBtn = require( 'Module:Edit button' ) mw.log( editBtn( 'Click to edit' ) ) --> [//tesseract.wiki/w/Thanos?action=edit Click to edit] -- If used a lot without any text, it's better to do this local editBtn = require( 'Module:Edit button' )() -- Only store the returned text mw.log( editBtn ) --> [//tesseract.wiki/w/Thanos?action=edit edit]

---

-- Creates a link that opens the editor screen for whatever page this module is invoked on
 
return function(text)
	local page_title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().fullText
	local url = tostring(mw.uri.fullUrl(page_title,'action=edit'))
	return '['..url..' '..(text or 'edit')..']'
end