Nikki added a comment.
In T277559#9416797 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277559#9416797>, @Sarai-WMDE wrote: > It would be really helpful, in order to support decision-making, to understand the use case behind cell selection in the results table. I understand the usefulness of hover for readability (distinguishing individual rows). But, given that no actions can be applied to the cells, in which circumstances is it useful to select them? Maybe @Nikki you could help us out sharing your use case(s) here. Thank you! For me, it's a really useful way to keep track of where I am while going through a list of results. I'm the sort of person who often highlights text as they read, because it helps me not lose my place, and selecting a row in a table works the same way. I generally don't rely on hover for readability, because that depends on my mouse cursor being over the right row and I have to keep checking I haven't moved my hand in the wrong way, accidentally knocked the mouse, or whatever, and switched to another row without noticing. Being able to select a row is particularly useful when switching between things, to easily get back to where you just were, e.g. - I often go through the list of results, opening a few items at a time in order to look at or make changes to them, which means switching to other tabs - I often move around on the page to briefly look at something else (e.g. to add something to the query for the next time I run it, to get a short URL to send to someone, to find another result that I saw (e.g. if I come across an item which I think is a duplicate of another item I already saw, I'll want to open both to check)) - I often switch windows on the computer (e.g. write a message to someone, pause something that is playing) I could imagine it being useful for people who are showing query results to other people as well, e.g. selecting a row to make it clear which one you're talking about. It's also not easy to hover on touchscreen devices, so selecting a row is likely to be the only option for someone on a phone or tablet. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T277559 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Nikki Cc: Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE, Lydia_Pintscher, Sarai-WMDE, Arian_Bozorg, Naseweis520, VIGNERON, Nikki, Aklapper, Danny_Benjafield_WMDE, Astuthiodit_1, AWesterinen, karapayneWMDE, bwang, Invadibot, Mooeena, maantietaja, ItamarWMDE, Akuckartz, Dringsim, Nandana, Namenlos314, Lahi, Gq86, GoranSMilovanovic, Mahir256, QZanden, EBjune, Orienteerix, merbst, LawExplorer, Flycatchr, Salgo60, Zppix, _jensen, rosalieper, Scott_WUaS, Jonas, Xmlizer, Volker_E, Izno, freephile, jkroll, Wikidata-bugs, Jdouglas, aude, Tobias1984, Dinoguy1000, Manybubbles, Mbch331, Jay8g
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