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Special:Translate: Make the target language selector a bit more prominent
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Description

Instead of the current link, rendering the language as a button with a language icon can help to increase its visibility.

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abi_ triaged this task as High priority.Dec 3 2021, 10:07 AM
abi_ created this task.
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Change 743397 had a related patch set uploaded (by Abijeet Patro; author: Abijeet Patro):

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] Special:Translate: Make target language selector more prominent

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/743397

abi_ changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Dec 3 2021, 3:04 PM

Change 745459 had a related patch set uploaded (by Abijeet Patro; author: Abijeet Patro):

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] LanguageSelector: Add code and direction based on selected language

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/745459

Change 743397 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] Make target language selector more prominent

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/743397

Primarily two things were done,

  • Changed target language selector to be a button with the language icon
  • Increased contrast for the breadcrumb and language selector

This change is now available on Translatewiki.net:

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A couple of more patches are on the way to improve accessibility. We will try to deploy these tomorrow or early next week.

Change 745459 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Translate@master] LanguageSelector: Add code and direction based on selected language

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/745459

This is done. The latest patch improves accessibility by adding a title, language code, and direction attributes to the selector based on the selected language.