When using the MobileFrontend Extension, and searching for a page that does not yet exist, search does not return a clickable link to take you to create new page editor.
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When using the MobileFrontend Extension, and searching for a page that does not yet exist, search does not return a clickable link to take you to create new page editor.
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This is by design.
You can however override it adding the following css rule:
.mw-search-createlink { display: block; }Comment Actions
Just out of curiosity - what was the reason for this? Do we intend to discourage creating new pages in MobileFrontend?
It seems to be inconsistent with desktop experience and expectation, so I'm just curious what the reason to hide it in mobile?
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Of course this can be re-evaluated and undone if desired by the editing team but the main reasons were:
- The edit link appears at the top of the search results and is more prominent on mobile pushing the search results down. Given most users are likely to be reading this makes the experience not so good. Maybe it should go to the bottom of the list?
- New page creation is not a great experience on mobile
- Vandalism that comes with it - it's a lot easier to vandalise on mobile if you provide an easy path to do so.