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Bug 49549 - VisualEditor: Dialogs are quite big, maybe they could be smaller
VisualEditor: Dialogs are quite big, maybe they could be smaller
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: VisualEditor
Classification: Unclassified
Editing Tools (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Trevor Parscal
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Depends on:
Blocks:
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Reported: 2013-06-13 21:25 UTC by Helder
Modified: 2014-05-05 21:19 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Description Helder 2013-06-13 21:25:29 UTC
It should allow the editor to see the page content while specifying a reference.
Comment 1 James Forrester 2013-06-13 21:59:52 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> It should allow the editor to see the page content while specifying a
> reference.

I'm a bit confused by your title - are you saying that you expect modal items to take up less screen estate? All modal items in VE (dialogs) are the same, standard size.
Comment 2 Helder 2013-06-13 23:37:59 UTC
I think the user needs to be able to see the page text, but the current modal window takes too much space in the screen. If it wasn't modal, the user could at least drag it to the side to see the text.
Comment 3 Helder 2013-06-13 23:43:32 UTC
Notice that if I type some text in the window and then close it for a moment, to take a look in the text, it forgets what I typed once I open the window again.

Compare this with WikiEditor's dialog (which can be moved on the screen, and do not forget what the user typed)
Comment 4 Helder 2013-06-13 23:52:56 UTC
(In reply to comment #3)
> Compare this with WikiEditor's dialog (which can be moved on the screen, and
> do not forget what the user typed)

and is smaller...
Comment 5 Helder 2013-06-24 01:25:13 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> I think the user needs to be able to see the page text, but the current modal
> window takes too much space in the screen. If it wasn't modal, the user could
> at least drag it to the side to see the text.

Hmm... It seems a dialog can be modal while still being draggable:
http://jqueryui.com/dialog/#modal-confirmation
Comment 6 James Forrester 2014-05-05 21:18:56 UTC
We changed the sizes of dialogs a few months ago.

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