Hi denelson83! Sorry that nobody has taken a look at this report yet and given feedback.

What would be the usecase for this request?

denelson83: What would be the usecase for this request?

Change 312746 had a related patch set uploaded (by Umherirrender):
Allow <gallery> to use thumb borders

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/312746

Change 312746 abandoned by Umherirrender:
Allow <gallery> to use thumb borders

Reason:
No longer support for this patch set - feel free to upload under own name and work on, if needed

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/312746

Change 312746 restored by Umherirrender:
Allow <gallery> to use thumb borders

Reason:
It is part of the german community whitelist, maybe there are reviewer from WMDE

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/312746

It is part of the german community whitelist, maybe there are reviewer from WMDE

See https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Umfragen/Technische_W%C3%BCnsche_2017/Mediendateien#Rahmen_f.C3.BCr_Bilder_in_Galerien_.28.22Border.22-Option.29

Hey @Umherirrender ,
first off all, thanks for your effort and the patch. Sadly the solution you propose is a bit controversial as you might have noticed through the comments by @thiemowmde on the patch. We also discussed the topic briefly in our team and did not come up with a simple answer. That's why we would like to open the discussion in this ticket to get more feedback on your solution and alternatives.

The original problem described in the wish from the German speaking technical wishlist[1]:

Some images need visible borders to make them better distinguishable from the background. This is a common problem with flags and symbols with many white areas.

On thumbnail images you have the option to add a |border parameter for quite some time now, but this is missing for the gallery.

You can find an example for the problem here https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe_Diskussion:Galerie#Hintergrundfarbe_anpassbar.3F . The flag in the second image in the gallery has a white area at the button that is hard to distinguish from the background of the gallery frame. In the thumbnail view for the same image on the right side of the text the small border helps in that case.

[1] https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Umfragen/Technische_W%C3%BCnsche_2017/Mediendateien#Rahmen_f.C3.BCr_Bilder_in_Galerien_.28.22Border.22-Option.29

Feel free to commit alternatives

@matthiasmullie poking you hoping you are the right one to poke here :-), feel free to poke / add others

Change 312746 abandoned by Umherirrender:
Allow <gallery> to use thumb borders

Reason:
Needs more work on how to do, see task for more comments

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/312746