Description

Proposal

In order to improve the reading experience in Vector we update the primary link color to Accent50 #36c. See explanation in parent task.
In order to improve the reading experience in Vector we update the visited link color to #6b4ba1. See explanation in parent task.

Developer notes

The link colors are actually defined in core (resources/src/mediawiki.skinning/elements.css)
Given we don't want to change this in places like Monobook we will need to override this with a new rule in Vector inside.

Details

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	[modern][styles] Use default Design Style Guide link color choice	mediawiki/skins/Vector	master	+52 -4

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Status	Assigned	Task
Resolved	Volker_E	T148708 Replace abandoned colors in current WMF/Wikimedia products with WikimediaUI palette colors (tracking)
Resolved	CCiufo-WMF	T153043 Align Vector skin with WikimediaUI color palette
Resolved	Jdlrobson	T309972 [Goal] prepare desktop improvements project for further deployment
Resolved	ovasileva	T301780 [Epic] Visual design & layout refinements
Resolved	ovasileva	T213778 Update link colors in Vector 2022 for improved UX (and consistency)
Duplicate	None	T213845 Change default link colors in Vector

Event Timeline

• alexhollender_WMF created this task.Jan 15 2019, 5:55 PM

• alexhollender_WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 17 2019, 12:16 AM

Jdlrobson renamed this task from Update primary link color in Vector to Change link colors in Vector.Mar 28 2019, 8:32 PM

Jdlrobson merged a task: T213844: Update visited link color in Vector .

Jdlrobson updated the task description. (Show Details)

Jdlrobson added a subscriber: CKoerner_WMF.

Why not change it in monobook? If it's an accessibility problem, that seems relevant to both.

One at a time! This is something that takes a lot of political will to happen for each skin.

But... why? If they're both currently the same, wouldn't people expect them to both change?

Volker_E triaged this task as Lowest priority.May 14 2019, 5:16 PM

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 9 2019, 11:38 AM

• Cntlsn mentioned this in T223227: Homepage: add user email and email preferences link to "unconfirmed email state" of start module.Aug 9 2019, 12:46 PM

CKoerner_WMF unsubscribed.Dec 12 2019, 4:30 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Needs triage to Design on the Vector (legacy skin) board.Jan 15 2020, 6:11 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022).Jan 15 2020, 8:47 PM

@Isarra I don't think anybody would expect these two skins to look and behave the same.

Change 622763 had a related patch set uploaded (by VolkerE; owner: VolkerE):
[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] [modern][styles] Use default Design Style Guide link color choice

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/622763

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 27 2020, 10:27 AM

Volker_E moved this task from Unsorted to Color consistency on the UI-Standardization board.Mar 22 2021, 10:41 AM

ovasileva moved this task from Incoming to Visual Enhancements / Layout on the Desktop Improvements (Vector 2022) board.Aug 31 2021, 8:46 PM

Volker_E updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 22 2022, 12:07 PM

Volker_E renamed this task from Change link colors in Vector to Change default link colors in Vector.Feb 22 2022, 12:13 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.May 27 2022, 4:28 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T213778: Update link colors in Vector 2022 for improved UX (and consistency).May 27 2022, 7:07 PM

• alexhollender_WMF closed this task as a duplicate of T213778: Update link colors in Vector 2022 for improved UX (and consistency).Jun 6 2022, 6:00 PM

Change 622763 abandoned by VolkerE:

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] [modern][styles] Use default Design Style Guide link color choice

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