https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48256
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Bug ID: 48256
Summary: Use CSS pseudo-elements for brackets in section edit
links
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Created attachment 12275
--> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/attachment.cgi?id=12275&action=edit
Demonstration of CSS pseudo-element generated brackets wrapping an edit link.
At present section edit links are wrapped by brackets in the HTML content, like
so:
<span class="mw-editsection">[<a
href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Example&action=edit&section=1"
title="Edit section: Example">edit</a>]</span>
This makes the links difficult to restyle effectively (for example, I have
several links in the interface appearing as buttons) because the end result
will always be cluttered by the brackets.
I propose replacing the brackets in HTML with brackets generated by CSS
pseudo-elements, as in the attached demonstration. This would allow stylesheet
authors to remove them if desired. It could also allow a new preference setting
for users to hide the brackets if they don't like them.
Considerations:
- Accessibility: screen readers don't, to my knowledge, understand generated
content. As a result, this change would actually improve the accessibility of
MediaWiki to visually-impaired users by eliminating the problem described at
http://blind.wikia.com/wiki/Mediawiki_and_Accessibility#Section_title_and_edit_link
of hearing "left bracket edit right bracket link".
- Browser support: generally very good. http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-gencontent
However, versions of IE prior to 8 do not support generated content. I don't
know what our policy is regarding supporting older versions of Internet
Explorer.
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