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Bug 53450 - Show edit summary after clicking save
Show edit summary after clicking save
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Classification: Unclassified
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Blocks: 51239
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Reported: 2013-08-28 03:05 UTC by Molly White
Modified: 2013-10-17 19:56 UTC (History)
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Description Molly White 2013-08-28 03:05:03 UTC
Only show the edit summary input box after the user clicks "save" (sort of like in the VisualEditor).
Comment 1 TMg 2013-10-17 14:40:47 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> Only show the edit summary input box after the user clicks "save"

But clicking "save" leaves the editor and reloads the page. If the edit summary is hidden and only shown after you clicked "save" you will see it only for a fraction of a second and not be able to enter anything.

I guess you are suggesting to block the first click on the "save" button. First click shows the edit summary. Second click saves. I don't think this is useful for two main reasons:

1. I want to be able to type something in the summary field while I'm still editing. Hiding the field removes this feature. I can't use it when I want. It forces me to remember everything I did and recap it in the end. This will lead to more empty and less descriptive summary lines.

2. If I click a button labeled "save" I expect it to save and not to do something completely different. If you want to have this as an opt-in feature you can use the existing "Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary" setting or check my script [[de:User talk:TMg/forceEditSummary.js]]. Both do not hide the edit summary but block the "save" button one time if you forgot to enter a summary. The setting is server-side, my script is client-side and therefor a lot faster.

I suggest to close this as "works as expected".
Comment 2 Molly White 2013-10-17 19:56:26 UTC
See above comment.

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