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Bug 72399 - VisualEditor: Move the Categories item to the top of the Page options menu because it's used more
VisualEditor: Move the Categories item to the top of the Page options menu be...
Status: ASSIGNED
Product: VisualEditor
Classification: Unclassified
MediaWiki integration (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Editing team bugs – take if you're interested!
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Reported: 2014-10-22 22:23 UTC by WhatamIdoing
Modified: 2014-10-22 22:38 UTC (History)
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Description WhatamIdoing 2014-10-22 22:23:40 UTC
Two suggestions:

(1)  Wikipedia editors use "Categories" more than other items in the Page options menu, so put it first in the menu.

(2)  Categories are displayed at the end of the page, so remove "Categories" from the Page options menu entirely, and integrate the category editor into the footer at the end of the page, right where the categories are (e.g., how HotCat works).
Comment 1 James Forrester 2014-10-22 22:38:02 UTC
(In reply to WhatamIdoing from comment #0)
> Two suggestions:

Please always put each suggestion in its own bug. In this case your second suggestion is a duplicate, so it doesn't really matter; re-purposing to be about the first.

> (1)  Wikipedia editors use "Categories" more than other items in the Page
> options menu, so put it first in the menu.

This feels a bit odd of an idea, but maybe it could work. Categories are another kind of page-level option. Listing them first feels odd. I'd much rather we came up with a better design for the general concept, but we could do this as a stop-gap.


> (2)  Categories are displayed at the end of the page

… in some skins.

> so remove "Categories" from the Page options menu entirely, and integrate
> the category editor into the footer at the end of the page, right where the
> categories are (e.g., how HotCat works).

*Adding* editing where the categories are is bug 50239. I think removing category editing from all the other page-level editing tools is a pretty strong WONTFIX, however.

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