Last modified: 2014-01-03 18:24:55 UTC
Hello, I have noticed on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbrus] that the .Gif [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Elbrus_3D_version_1.gif] is in a constant state of Animation. This is highly distracting when trying to read the article and it seems inefficient and unnecessary. I was wondering if there was a way to implement an active state only when the .Gif is hovered over with someone's pointer. I seem to recall that there is a way to do this in CSS but i'm unsure. Could this be done on the software or would i be able to just do an edit and enter some code on the page's source? Thanks, Cesdeva
(In reply to comment #0) > Could this be done on the software or would i be able to just do an edit and > enter some code on the page's source? https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk might be a good place for support questions.
Yeah. Its possible to do that in c s s. However if we did by default in software, I'm not sure that would be wanted by everyone. I'd like to see consensus on the change before doing.
Brian, Since you know that it is possible in CSS, could you save me a google and post a link?
nm, I did the lmgtfy myself: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12129833/gif-starts-playing-on-hover-and-stops-when-mouseout
Would there be a way for this to be added as a field per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax#Multimedia_syntax], so that editors can just do this with Wiki-markup without delving into CSS?
(In reply to comment #5) > Would there be a way for this to be added as a field per > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia: > Extended_image_syntax#Multimedia_syntax], > so that editors can just do this with Wiki-markup without delving into CSS? Yes thats possible. However to avoid feature bloat, i'd like to see that there is a not insignificant portion of users who intend to use the feature. It would also be possible to do this as an extension. As a note, this needs not just css, but also a method to get a static version of the image, which probably means something serverside too.
I see. I'll try and get a discussion started on it so that consensus can be judged. I'll link you when i get it going.
