Last modified: 2014-01-26 12:36:59 UTC
The edit section buttons are selectable and are annoying when transfer the HTML text with copy and paste to a word processing program. It is possible to disable the selection for specific elements: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/CSS/user-select .editsection { -moz-user-select: none; -webkit-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; } The hide/show buttons should also be not selectable.
Done for 1.20 in r111676: Tested on current Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera: * Firefox excludes from select and copy * Chrome, Safari exclude from select, but they turn up on the copy * Opera doesn't seem to support the setting (event namespaced) * IE not tested but 10 should support it if 9 doesn't
The buttons from https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Collapsible_elements should also be not selectable: CSS class: mw-collapsible-toggle
Maybe create a own class .nouserselect for this like .noprint for non-printable content.
All buttons in the page content should * not printed * not be selectable and copyable * have the user interface language and direction A new class should activate all the requirements at once. Maybe the whole MediaWiki frame which is excluded in print version should also be not selectable. Then the content is transferable to a word processing by selecting everything (Ctrl+A) and copy (Ctrl+C).
Change 105621 had a related patch set uploaded by Gerrit Patch Uploader: Exclude toggle button of collapsible elements from user selection https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/105621
Change 105689 had a related patch set uploaded by Gerrit Patch Uploader: Exclude toggle button of collapsible elements from user selection https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/105689
Change 105621 abandoned by Bartosz Dziewoński: Exclude toggle button of collapsible elements from user selection Reason: Superseded by https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/105689/ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/105621
Change 105689 merged by jenkins-bot: Exclude toggle button of collapsible elements from user selection https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/105689
Some notes on Gerrit change #105689: * This doesn't prevent users from copying the "[edit]" (at least not on Google Chrome) together with the page content. If I go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example?oldid=587367910 and select from "Wilson" to "Exemplar" and copy the selection, this is what is copied in both browsers: ** Google Chrome 32.0.1700.77: --------------------- Wilson See also[edit] Exemplar --------------------- ** Firefox 26.0: --------------------- Wilson See also Exemplar --------------------- * This removed the ability of selecting the text of **custom** toggles (bug 60441) * This removes our ability to detect "cut and paste moves" using abuse filter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/164 https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Abusefilter/95
