Last modified: 2014-09-04 19:31:40 UTC
There are two preferences when WikiEditor is installed: 1. Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript) 2. Enable enhanced editing toolbar The first option is not related to WikiEditor and it is only relevant to the classic toolbar. However, regular editors don't know that the new one is called "WikiEditor" or that it is enhanced. This preference has practically no effect if "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" is checked. A user may want to disable the toolbar, so he will uncheck "Show edit toolbar", but the WikiEditor will stay. That is very confusing. I would envision something different: * A checkbox saying "Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript)". Should be checked by default. ** If WikiEditor is installed, then it will have radio buttons or a dropdown for selecting the kind of toolbar the user wants: classic or modern. There are other possibilities, such as: * showing the classic toolbar with Monobook and the new one with Vector. * retiring the classic toolbar entirely. Implementing this should be fairly easy, but i suppose that a decision from usability people is needed. See also Bug 28555.
See also bug 19786.
I confirm that disabling "Show edit toolbar (requires JavaScript)" on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing doesn't remove the toolbar if "Enable enhanced editing toolbar" is enabled. This also happens after the fix for another bug: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=603293838&oldid=603166167 I like the idea of having something like [x] Show edit toolbar: (x) Classic ( ) Modern ( ) Modern with wizards for inserting links, tables as well as the search and replace function
"Show edit toolbar" indeed only determines if the edit toolbar old style is included in the html. BTW, we should at the very least move that out of the HTML, so we no longer have to complicate the EditPage on the HTML level.
(In reply to Derk-Jan Hartman from comment #3) > BTW, we should at the very least move that out of the > HTML, so we no longer have to complicate the EditPage on the HTML level. Bug 28856?
(In reply to Helder from comment #2) > >>SNIP<< > > I like the idea of having something like > > [x] Show edit toolbar: > (x) Classic > ( ) Modern > ( ) Modern with wizards for inserting links, tables as well as the > search and replace function Agreed. Making the User preferences for editor something like that makes far more sense - not only for improved "overall" clarity's sake - but could go a long way towards nailing down many other specific issues if it was implemented as the 'first step' in a series a steps that follow.