Read-only VE is now available, but rather sneaky. You can only access it by switching from old wikitext editor:
I think we should consider some more obvious ways to access it. Should we have another tab for it, called "View in editor" or something?
Additionally, if the user has NWE enabled, the old wikitext editor is still used for protected pages (but NWE loads after switching to visual and back).
After we settle on this, we should probably brag about this in Tech News (User-notice). Something like "You can now open the visual editor in read-only mode on protected pages to see how they are made or copy citations to other pages".
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T221129 Make VE "read-only" mode more accessible on desktop | |||
| Resolved | ppelberg | T53547 VisualEditor: Provide a "view VE" mode / disable editing for protected pages | |||
| Resolved | Esanders | T210142 Create a read-only mode for Visual Editor that allows inspection | |||
| Open | None | T311520 Respect isReadOnly in new template dialog sidebar |