Remove 'wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere' and code forks, always using the off/false path
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	• Mattflaschen-WMF
	Jun 5 2015, 12:52 AM

Description

We decided to use OOUI instead for core, and remove the global $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere, CodeSearch.

Current core code documentation:

/**
 * Temporary variable that applies MediaWiki UI wherever it can be supported.
 * Temporary variable that should be removed when mediawiki ui is more
 * stable and change has been communicated.
 * @since 1.24
 */
$wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere = false;

Status Sept 2020, MW core v1.36:

Repo	Setting
core	`false`
MobileFrontend	`true`
edwardspec / mediawiki-moderation	`false` (to override MF)
extensions / CookieWarning	`true` but just for hooks test
Nikerabbit / mediawiki-extensions-Ainut	`true`
skins / WikimediaApiPortal	`true` but only referred to in docs
skins / BlueSpiceCalumma	`true`

Steps

Deprecate global
- Remove it in used repositories
Remove it

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Update installation documentation.	mediawiki/skins/WikimediaApiPortal	master	+0 -6

Customize query in gerrit

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Status	Assigned	Task
		· · ·
Open	None	T100161 Convert all of MediaWiki core to OOUI PHP (tracking)
Resolved	matmarex	T101480 Remove 'wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere' and code forks, always using the off/false path
Duplicate	None	T101476 [EPIC] Make mobile look and work as desired without wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere
Invalid	None	T101471 Convert core forms that use MW UI with wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere false to OOUI FormSpecialPage or explicit OOUI PHP
		· · ·

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• Mattflaschen-WMF created this task.Jun 5 2015, 12:52 AM

• Mattflaschen-WMF renamed this task from Remove 'wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere', always using the off/false path to Remove 'wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere' and code forks, always using the off/false path.

• Mattflaschen-WMF raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

• Mattflaschen-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a project: UI-Standardization.

• Mattflaschen-WMF set Security to None.

• Mattflaschen-WMF mentioned this in T100161: Convert all of MediaWiki core to OOUI PHP (tracking).

• Mattflaschen-WMF added subscribers: Ricordisamoa, Ltrlg, Jdforrester-WMF and 4 others.

Volker_E moved this task from Unsorted to Conversion to OOUI on the UI-Standardization board.Jan 18 2016, 11:46 PM

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• Mattflaschen-WMF added a subtask: T101476: [EPIC] Make mobile look and work as desired without wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere.Mar 7 2017, 6:59 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added a subtask: T101471: Convert core forms that use MW UI with wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere false to OOUI FormSpecialPage or explicit OOUI PHP.May 3 2018, 3:28 PM

Aklapper mentioned this in T256767: Update docs about $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere.Jul 24 2020, 10:08 AM

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 24 2020, 10:44 AM

Volker_E added projects: MediaWiki-extensions-CookieWarning, WikimediaApiPortal.Sep 24 2020, 11:25 AM

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)

Volker_E merged a task: T256767: Update docs about $wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere.

Volker_E added a subscriber: Reedy.

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 24 2020, 11:28 AM

Change 633557 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cicalese; owner: Cicalese):
[mediawiki/skins/WikimediaApiPortal@master] Remove 'wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere'.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/633557

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 12 2020, 3:20 PM

Change 633557 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/skins/WikimediaApiPortal@master] Update installation documentation.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/633557

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.36-notes (1.36.0-wmf.14; 2020-10-20).Oct 13 2020, 9:00 PM

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 13 2020, 9:10 PM

Removing WikimediaApiPortal following https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/633557

I was expecting to get a styled button using Html::submitButton. Can we at least switch the default value by now?

In T101480#6681778, @Nikerabbit wrote:

I was expecting to get a styled button using Html::submitButton. Can we at least switch the default value by now?

You want to enable a massively-deprecated feature?

Html::submitButton could very well be a wrapper that creates OOUI buttons instead of falling back to regular unstyled button by default. Instead, I created something else that implicitly depends on mediawiki-ui and what has to be fixed again in the future.

Jdlrobson closed subtask T101476: [EPIC] Make mobile look and work as desired without wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere as Declined.Feb 25 2021, 7:24 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T101476: [EPIC] Make mobile look and work as desired without wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere.

Jdforrester-WMF merged a task: T101476: [EPIC] Make mobile look and work as desired without wgUseMediaWikiUIEverywhere.Feb 25 2021, 7:28 PM

Jdforrester-WMF added subscribers: Masumrezarock100, Jdlrobson.

Volker_E removed a project: UI-Standardization.Feb 5 2024, 4:07 PM