Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/10/28 09:53

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Eleni Cojocariu 4.1 1 The version summary is the short note an author leaves when saving a Page, described for authors under [[Common Edit Actions>>doc:documentation.xs.user.base.page.edit.common-edit-actions.WebHome]], and the wiki administration decides whether they are offered it and whether they may skip it.
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Eleni Cojocariu 9.1 3 1. [[Administer the wiki>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.base.administer-wiki.WebHome]] and open "Editing" > "Edit Mode".
4 1. Under "Versioning", set "Enable version summaries" to "Yes" or "No", and "Make version summaries mandatory" to "Yes" if a Page must not be saved without one:(((
Eleni Cojocariu 4.1 5 {{image reference="version-summary-editing.png" size="large" alt="The Versioning fieldset of the Edit Mode administration section"/}}
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Eleni Cojocariu 9.1 7 1. Click "Save".
Eleni Cojocariu 4.1 8 1. Edit any Page: the field sits beside the save buttons, labelled ##Add summary...##, and the editor refuses to save without it when you made it mandatory.(((
9 {{image reference="version-summary-field.png" size="extra" alt="The summary field in the editor button bar, next to the Save buttons"/}}
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Eleni Cojocariu 10.4 12 Two further behaviours have no field in the administration and can only be set in ##xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg##: ##xwiki.editcomment.suggested## and ##xwiki.editcomment.hidden##. [[Version Summary Parameters>>doc:documentation.xs.admin.base.page.configure-version-summary.parameters.WebHome]] gives all four properties, what each one does, their values and which setting wins.

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