https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70573
James Forrester <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Priority|Unprioritized |Normal Status|NEW |ASSIGNED CC| |[email protected], | |[email protected] Component|General |Editing Tools Summary|VisualEditor: After you |VisualEditor: After you |create or edit a reference |insert a new node, don't |and close the ref dialog, |select it but drop the |please de-select the newly |cursor immediately after it |created citation |instead --- Comment #3 from James Forrester <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Mike Christie from comment #2) > I wouldn't want to make a blanket statement, and I can recall situations > where the fact that an object remains selected was useful -- going straight > back into a cite to fix an error I just realized I made, for example. For > some things, such as links, I think it's definitely better to deselect -- > it's absolutely normal for a user to want to continue typing. For > templates, I can see an argument for keeping the selection. Citations seem > to me more like links than templates in this way. > > I think the design question is: what would a user who is expert in VE want > the system to do to maximize productivity? I think the answer is going to > be to leave it unselected more often than not. That's a reasonable way of looking at it; I think I agree. There are some possible issues with block images (where, especially if you have a long infobox on a short screen, the content may have been inserted off-screen), but maybe we should optimise for the most common case? Will ask others on the team to weigh in, but broadly this seems sensible. Thanks! > One other thought: just as there's a "Save" and also a "Save and new" pair > of buttons in some interfaces, there might be a "Save and add another > citation" button on the interface, or something along those lines. But > perhaps that's a separate enhancement suggestion. (Yes, this should be a new bug, but…) Hmm. I think that "Save and also add a new one" is really rare for inserting content, and really confusing. Wouldn't it be better to have easily-rememberable keyboard shortcuts instead? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
