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Description
This task involves the work of introducing additional tools for volunteers editing using the mobile visual editor.
Requirements
The tools we end up introducing within the new
T382454
implements will need to meet the following requirements:
Already available within the desktop visual editor
Function reasonably well on mobile devices (smaller screen, gestural navigation, lower compute power, and potential for network interruption/latency) with minimal additional effort/work
Avoid increasing the burden on moderators
E.g. while adding the ability to upload images would meet requirements "1." and "2.", it's likely to risk increasing the burden on moderators absent additional work
NOTE:
the Editing Team will revisit the tools marked "❗️Exclude for now" (below) after the initial deployment of the
menu. The tools we've prioritized introducing to start are those which meet the three requirements listed above.
Tech/News
"Last week, on all wikis except the largest 20, people using the mobile visual editor will have additional tools in the menu bar, accessed using the new + button. To start, the new menu will include options to add: citations, hieroglyphs, and code blocks. Deployment to remaining wikis is scheduled to happen in June via
T388605
."
Tools
Tool
Menu Location
Position
Notes
Add reference
1st
This is being implemented in
T382454
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
2nd
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
Revisit in TICKET
3rd
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Graphs extension is currently disabled
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET; need to figure out menu placement
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET; need to figure out menu placement
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET
❗️Exclude for now
N/A
Revisit in TICKET; need to figure out menu placement
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Mobile insert menu: Exclude media and signature tools
mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor
master
+1
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Mobile insert menu: Exclude media and signature tools
mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor
wmf/1.44.0-wmf.23
+1
-1
Add insert menu to MobileArticleTarget
mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor
master
+23
-3
Include more tools in '+' menu
mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor
master
+4
-1
[DEMO] Show all remaining tools in mobile menu
mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor
master
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-5
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Esanders
T385851
Introduce additional tools within the mobile visual editor's "+" menu
Resolved
zoe
T382454
Create space for additional editing tools within the mobile visual editor toolbar
Resolved
ppelberg
T376839
Evaluate use of tools available in mobile VE toolbar
Resolved
BUG REPORT
zoe
T385507
Width bug in oojs-ui-toolbars
Mentioned In
T415926: Conduct usability study: Mobile edit toolbar improvements
T400903: Explore improvements for Edit Toolbar
T415589: [EPIC] Suggestion Mode: Introduce way to toggle Suggestion Mode ON/OFF
T395852: No more Adding a Source from VisualEditor toolbar on Android
T388608: Conduct usability testing of "+" menu (and new tools)
T388606: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 3 wikis
T388605: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 2 wikis
T388604: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 1 wikis
T388603: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 0 wikis
T388591: Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to all wikis
T388589: Add instrumentation needed to evaluate use of tools within "+" menu
T384550: Conduct impact analysis of introducing new tools menu (mobile VE)
T382454: Create space for additional editing tools within the mobile visual editor toolbar
Mentioned Here
T414812: Design research support for Article Guidance: Explore how to best provide guidance while editing
T415589: [EPIC] Suggestion Mode: Introduce way to toggle Suggestion Mode ON/OFF
T388605: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 2 wikis
T355555: Cleanup and extend the VE hooks system
T388604: [Config] Deploy "+" menu (and new tools) to Phase 1 wikis
T382454: Create space for additional editing tools within the mobile visual editor toolbar
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Change #1119699
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[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Include more tools in '+' menu
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squashed into I2422c127ec1f52295614e6cdf198eaf9b9064c52
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Change #1114761
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[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Add insert menu to MobileArticleTarget
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Latest patch:
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Change #1133990 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Mobile insert menu: Exclude media and signature tools
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Change #1134053 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@wmf/1.44.0-wmf.23] Mobile insert menu: Exclude media and signature tools
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[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@wmf/1.44.0-wmf.23] Mobile insert menu: Exclude media and signature tools
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations)
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T385851
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T388604
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Re:
User-notice
please could someone provide a draft entry, and comment about the desired-timing, for Tech News? From a skim...
Timing-wise: it looks like this might deserve announcing on this coming Monday, with a "coming later this week" framing. --
Alternatively
, it could be included on the Monday after (14 April) so that editors can immediately see and try out the new tools. --
Please confirm
which you prefer.
Content-wise: I'd guess at something like this.
Please approve
, or overhaul/replace/edit as needed.
Please add any appropriate documentation links
Starting later this week, editors using the mobile visual editor will have additional tools in the menu bar, accessed using the
button's drop-down menu. The new tools include buttons to add: references, templates, tables, reference lists, formulae, comments, hieroglyphs, and maps.
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@Quiddity
The above deployment was actually held up, so it won't be going out next week. Deployment date is still TBD. The announcement looks fine although I would change "The new tools include buttons to add" to "The new menu will include buttons to add" as strictly not all the tools are new (i.e. references).
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@Quiddity
Deployment is also unfortunately going out in phases, so you might need a "on some wikis" disclaimer. First phase is going to be "everything but the top 20 wikis".
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These look good. However, the "insert" menu in the Gallery options tab has hidden text displayed:
I could be wrong but
oo-ui-labelElement-invisible
is missing. Did we mean for this to be an
oo-ui-tool-title
(like with link), not a
oo-ui-labelElement-label
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Will it be possible for volunteer developers to add custom tools/gadgets to this menu?
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@Nemoralis
Sure, in the same way as adding a tool anywhere else in the toolbars in VisualEditor. Basically: if you create a tool and set
autoAddToCatchall
on it, it'll wind up in that menu without you needing to do anything else. If you want more fiddly control over exactly where in the menu it appears you'd need to do something slightly more complicated.
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@Nemoralis
See:
-- which I might want to find time to update for the new hook structure from
T355555
, but looks like it'll work as-is.
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Tech News - Just noting that I will wait for your confirmation about which week to include this. You can either ping me here/elsewhere, or move the task in the
User-notice
workboard, or edit the relevant week's Tech News directly.
And here's an updated final-draft (and question):
Starting later this week, on all wikis except the largest 20, editors using the mobile visual editor will have additional tools in the menu bar, accessed using the
button's drop-down menu. The new menu will include buttons to add: references, templates, tables, reference lists, formulae, comments, hieroglyphs, and maps.
If we have any expected details about when it will be deployed at the remaining 20 wikis, that might be good to add. Thanks.
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Tech News - Hello
@Esanders
, I am following up to know if this is ready for announcement in this week's tech news.
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In
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@Esanders
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@Quiddity
@UOzurumba
still holding unfortunately.
Okay, thanks!
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In
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@Quiddity
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Tech News - Just noting that I will wait for your confirmation about which week to include this.
@Quiddity
: could you please include a mention of the
menu deployment that will go out this week?
Proposed language here:
"Last week, on all wikis except
the largest 20
, people using the mobile visual editor will have additional tools in the menu bar, accessed using the new
button. To start, the new menu will include options to add: hieroglyphs and code blocks. Deployment to remaining wikis is scheduled to happen in June via
T388605
."
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To start, the new menu will include options to add: hieroglyphs and code blocks.
@ppelberg
and citations?
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In
T385851#10845517
@DLynch
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To start, the new menu will include options to add: hieroglyphs and code blocks.
@ppelberg
and citations?
Oh, yes. Good spot. I'm going to move the Tech/News language to the task description so we can iterate upon it (as needed).
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Initial deployment per
T388604
has happened.
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Following alignment in team meeting. Releasing this from QA.
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This needs to be revisited to actually schedule releasing the rest of the tools.
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The Editing Team is scheduled to revisit the decision to deploy this feature as part of the deployment planning meeting scheduled for 28 Jan 2026.
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In case we include a "+" (add) menu, I recommend including both
Cite
and
Link
within the "+" menu since both them are related to "add", leaving space to include the suggestions button there as proposed in
T415589: [EPIC] Suggestion Mode: Introduce way to toggle Suggestion Mode ON/OFF
Regarding the expanded menu, we could group the actions by using dividers to make it easier to find related options.
Another option we could include in this add menu is the
Special characters
currently used in desktop.
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Another option we could include in this add menu is the
Special characters
currently used in desktop.
This tool doesn't currently work very well on mobile.
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i wanted to share some early learnings from the article guidance research project
T414812
! we knew that inserting headings (h2, h3, etc.) isn't currently possible in the mobile VE (without using wikitext syntax, eg.
===
for h3), and we assumed the article guidance features would be enough.
but it's looking like surfacing that kind of text formatting could actually be helpful too. sharing since you're exploring improvements to the mobile VE toolbar too!
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