Issue: When testing the table of contents there were a handful of observable issues that could easily be tweaked in the design. These issues included:
- The word "beginning" within the table of contents looked like a conversation topic.
- Several testers couldn't tell that the TOC was longer that the truncated display
- Confusion as to which comment the metadata in the TOC referred to
Requirements
Augment the new ToC that appears on desktop when the Vector (2022) skin is enabled such that the following is true:
- The number of comments contained within each of the talk page's H2 sections appears in parenthesis beneath the name of said H2 within the ToC
- The number of comments should be presented on a new line and the number of comments should be presented in gray text without parentheses.
- The number of comments should be presented in the following format:
- If there are multiple comments: # comments
- If there is one comment: # comment
The word Discussions should appear at the top of the table of contents- This requirement is going to get implemented in T318021, per T309463#8243356.
- The number of comments that is presented after each H2 within the ToC should be automatically updated whenever a new comment is published to the page, regardless of the interface used to publish said comment
- When a section link is active/bolded, the metadata that appears after it (e.g. (7 comments)) should NOT get bolded
Proposed design
| Proposed design | Changes |
|---|---|
 | 1) Remove icons within metadata, 2) Only show # of comments, 3) Run # of comments on after topic title (read: not on new line), 4) Present # of comments in gray text, within parentheses |
Open question(s)
- 1. What – if any – concerns does the Web Team have about the talk page-specific version of the ToC the Editing Team is proposing? See: ===Proposed design above.
