We would like to replace the "X" icon in the Save dialog [1] with a "<" icon to more clearly communicate to contributors they are taking a step "back" in the edit flow, not exiting out of it completely.
- Save dialog
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| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| MWSaveDialog: On mobile show a back button rather than an x | mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor | master | +1 -1 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T211255 [EPIC] Mobile VE toolbar improvements | |||
| Resolved | DLynch | T230058 Change back action icon in toolbar to "<" from "x" |
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Additional clarification: this change – switching the icon from "x" to "<" – should be limited to mobile.
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Change 530180 had a related patch set uploaded (by DLynch; owner: DLynch):
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] MWSaveDialog: On mobile show a back button rather than an x
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Change 530180 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] MWSaveDialog: On mobile show a back button rather than an x
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What follows is primarily for documentation purposes...
Treatment of mobile dialogs
This task came up as part of a broader conversation with @Esanders and @iamjessklein on 7 Aug about how actions in dialogs should be treated, across mobile and desktop.
The outcomes of that conversations are as follows:
- Dialogs that appear at the very beginning and very end of the edit flow should be thought of as different from those that appear in the steps in between (e.g. link, image, template dialogs, etc.) except when not full screen (e.g. save dialog on desktop)
- As a result, the save dialog on mobile should have a "back" button, not a "close" button, to indicate it is preceded by other steps in the [publishing] flow it is a part of
- Also, considering the save dialog on mobile will be launched by a "next" (>) button, the logical counterpart to that is "back".