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Allow MultiUpload to handle one description for file
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MultiUpload was able to handle one description for each file, but on r76108 travis rewrote it so it uses a unique description field for all files.

This is a problem on our wiki since we usually categorize our images depending on what characters appear on them and it now defeats the purpose of using MultiUpload.

A nice feature would be to return the old way it worked, and also add the option to use a single description field. With a bit of javascript one can show the description fields of each file and hide the "general" description field, and vice-versa.

I'm currently using a hack for this, generating description fields using JavaScript and dumping them to the general description field inside a {{subst:#switch:{{PAGENAME}}| File1 = ... | File2 = ... }} statement, but it's too tricky and probably other people would benefit from this extension.


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Severity: enhancement

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 11:25 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz29075.

If this would be implemented please give an option to provide a single description for the whole bunch of files (or at least allow one to copy description with e.g. JavaScript).

The new MultiUpload that I've checked in today provides separate descriptions per file. I'll leave this bug open because of the request for JavaScript to copy the description downward, which I haven't implemented.

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The new MultiUpload that I've checked in today provides separate descriptions per file. I'll leave this bug open because of the request for JavaScript to copy the description downward, which I haven't implemented.

I'm gonna close it as resolved. Repurposing the bug to do the contrary (or in addition) wouldn't make much sense. Open a new bug for this if someone requests it.