https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27039
Summary: #ask and #show parser functions have leading and
trailing white space
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: Normal
Component: Semantic MediaWiki
AssignedTo: mar...@semantic-mediawiki.org
ReportedBy: j...@angrymonkey.net.nz
CC: jeroen_ded...@yahoo.com
Background: I'm using a global setting page for a news package, and one of the
setting set on that page is the namespace for new news entries.
The news entry form is set up thus:
{{#forminput:form=CFFC News Entry|query string=namespace={{#show: CFFC News
Global Settings | ?CFFC News Namespace# -}}}}
The problem is, the output form looks like this:
<p><input type="text" name="page_name" size="25" value="" class="formInput" />
<input type="hidden" name="form" value="CFFC News Entry">
<input type="hidden" name="namespace"
value="				 					News" />
<input type="submit" value="Create or edit" /></p>
<p> </form>
All that leading noise in the namespace value results in a page name that can't
be created.
The ideal solution would be to have #show, at least, strip leading and trailing
white space, however that may have formatting consequences for people who've
written, “some text{{#show: ...}}some other text”, and had white space
inserted.
For the time being, a work around I'm using is to pack the #show inside
padleft, with the padding set to zero:
{{#forminput:form=CFFC News Entry|query string=namespace={{padleft:{{#show:
CFFC News Global Settings | ?CFFC News Namespace# -}}|0}}}}
--
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Wikibugs-l mailing list
Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
