(In reply to comment #0)

Could this be done on the software or would i be able to just do an edit and
enter some code on the page's source?

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk might be a good place for support questions.

Yeah. Its possible to do that in c s s. However if we did by default in software, I'm not sure that would be wanted by everyone. I'd like to see consensus on the change before doing.

Brian,

Since you know that it is possible in CSS, could you save me a google and post a link?

nm, I did the lmgtfy myself: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12129833/gif-starts-playing-on-hover-and-stops-when-mouseout

loz.jones456 wrote:

Would there be a way for this to be added as a field per [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Extended_image_syntax#Multimedia_syntax], so that editors can just do this with Wiki-markup without delving into CSS?

(In reply to comment #5)

Would there be a way for this to be added as a field per
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:
Extended_image_syntax#Multimedia_syntax],
so that editors can just do this with Wiki-markup without delving into CSS?

Yes thats possible. However to avoid feature bloat, i'd like to see that there is a not insignificant portion of users who intend to use the feature. It would also be possible to do this as an extension.

As a note, this needs not just css, but also a method to get a static version of the image, which probably means something serverside too.

loz.jones456 wrote:

I see. I'll try and get a discussion started on it so that consensus can be judged. I'll link you when i get it going.