#2528: Clarify the FCKeditor configuration settings in MediaWiki
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Reporter: ParanoidMike | Owner:
Type: New Feature | Status: new
Priority: Normal | Milestone:
Component: Project : MediaWiki+FCKeditor | Version:
Keywords: Misc configuration settings |
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The current configuration settings for the "rich editor" (in the Misc tab
of a MediaWiki install) are named in a way that creates significant
confusion:
- does "Disable rich editor" override any and all of the "Disable rich
editor within the xxx namespace" settings?
- Does "Start with rich editor disabled" mean "Start editing each page
with the native Mediawiki editor", or "start each logged-in session with
the rich editor disabled"?
- Does "Remember last toggle state" have any effect except as a modifier
to "Use toggle to switch between..."?
- Do "Use toggle to switch between..." and/or "Remember last toggle state"
settings get persisted for all pages, or does each page start with a
default setting that gets changed independently of any other page's
changes?
Recommendations:
1. Rename "Disable rich editor" to "Disable rich editor (site-wide
setting, overrides all other rich editor settings)".
2. Group & format all the "Disable rich editor within the ... namespace"
settings in such a way that it's apparent they're just subordinate to the
"Disable rich editor" setting.
e.g. you could place all these subordinate checkboxes directly after
the "Disable rich editor" checkbox, and indent the text for each of the
checkbox labels a few spaces each.
e.g. you could wrap all the "Disable rich editor..." checkboxes inside
a Groupbox-like control (such as you see on the Search tab of the user's
MediaWiki preferences)
3. Add an extra CR (<br>) spacer or two between the rest of the Misc
configuration items and the "rich editor" configuration items (such as is
used on the Watchlist tab of the user's MediaWiki settings, between the
second and third configuration items).
4. Rename "Start with rich editor disabled" to "Start editing each page
with the rich editor disabled" - assuming that's what this actually means.
5. For the two "toggle" settings, indent the second setting (to indicate
it's a modifier of the first) and/or surround them with a Groupbox. This
should increase the association between the two settings, and make it
clear that one modifies the other.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.fckeditor.net/ticket/2528>
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