Last modified: 2014-07-09 22:23:34 UTC
Is it possible to add a "back to top button". The content is generalized in the beginning of every article through points (1,2,3, etc) and subpoints (1.1,1.2,1.3, etc) and it's great. But in very long articles would be nice to have this button after the end of every point or subpoint for better and faster navigation on the page and between seperate points.
For if/when this is implemented, a possible way to aavoid the ugly repeating 'back to top' links all over the place, a solution would be having it 'float' in a fixed position on the bottom left. As part of the sidebar but staying fixed when scrolling down. Avoids having it duplicate and adds that it is always in the same place.
I like Krinkle's floater idea! Giving this to Trevor since it is UI and he doesn't have enough of these yet.
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Change 108306 had a related patch set uploaded by Jforrester: Go to top button for pages. Implements go to top button with smooth scrolling. Hidden when on top of page and appears when scrolled down to some extent. Configurable-Enabled by default. Can be disabled by using "$wgShowTopButton = false;" in LocalSettings https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108306
Hi I submitted this patch through online gerrit uploader. Can someone review the patch? https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108306 Also I am new here so please tell if there is a better way to write the patch or if something else is wrong in the commit.
Created attachment 14339 [details] Back to top button implemented using JQuery My patch had a few errors as indicated by the notification bot. I fixed them but I couldn't make a change as I hadn't submitted the patch through git-review. I am uploading the new patch here. Please someone review it.
(In reply to comment #6) > Created attachment 14339 [details] > Back to top button implemented using JQuery > > My patch had a few errors as indicated by the notification bot. > I fixed them but I couldn't make a change as I hadn't submitted the patch > through git-review. > I am uploading the new patch here. Please someone review it. Can you please submit it as a new patch via the uploader? (We can mark the old one as abandoned)
Added here: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/108323/
Change 108306 abandoned by Jforrester: Go to top button for pages Reason: Newer version in I866cd88201948177da2fec3cc9d4c713bb39bc0f. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108306
Change 108323 had a related patch set uploaded by Jforrester: Go to top button for pages https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108323
This bug should likely be closed WONTFIX, at least in regards to Foundation wikis. I have left comments on the gerrit change to this effect. If this is a feature desired by 3rd Party wikis, it should be bundled into an extension rather than into core.
(In reply to comment #11) > This bug should likely be closed WONTFIX, at least in regards to Foundation > wikis. I have left comments on the gerrit change to this effect. Can you please elaborate on why you think this is a complete non-starter for MediaWiki core? Imagine something like [[mw:Requests for comment/Clickable section anchors#Option 2]] but with an additional up arrow icon to return back to the top of the page. If implemented well, I think this would be a net benefit to readers and users. Since we're discussing a core functionality of any MediaWiki wiki (the ability to create headers), it would make sense to add such capability directly into core. I'm interested to hear what others think.
I don't think there should be a link for every section header as that would look cluttered and unprofessional. I like the idea of back to top / back to TOC links, but I think it should be a single static link somewhere on the page (bottom corner?).
Change 108323 abandoned by Krinkle: Go to top button for pages Reason: Closing change as the implementation has various issues, patch author has not responded in several months, and there is some discussion on the bug report about whether this feature should be in core after all usability/design wise. https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/108323
