This task is a "sibling" of T321955 in so far as T321955 introduces the new Reply button styling on desktop without an arrow being prefixed to the button.
Whereas this ticket includes the work of introducing the new Reply button styling on desktop with an arrow being prefixed to the button.
| T321955 | THIS TICKET | |
|---|---|---|
| Before |  |  |
| After |  |  |
Deployment timing
| Deployment Date | Wikis and Interface Languages | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 14 December 2022 (tomorrow) | Wikis: zh.wiki, zh-yue.wiki, ja.wiki; Interface languages: Chinese zh), Cantonese (yue), Japanese (ja), Northern Thai (nod) | ✅ Deployed |
| 19 December 2022 (Monday) | Wikis: ar.wiki; Interface languages: Arabic (ar) | ✅ Deployed |
Requirements
- People who meet the criteria below will see the new Reply affordance styling when visiting any Article or User talk pages on desktop:
- People who have the Discussion tools beta feature enabled
- People who have the Show discussion activity setting within Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing enabled
- People using the desktop version of the site
- People accessing the desktop version of the site, at any project, with their interface languages set to any one of the following:
- Arabic (ar)
- Chinese (zh)
- Cantonese (yue)
- Japanese (ja)
- Norther Thai (nod)
Minimum test case
- Any any wiki, visit Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures (make sure your interface language is set to one of the languages listed above)
- Ensure the Discussion tools Beta Feature is enabled and the Show metadata about each discussion and enable a new page layout. list item appears within it
- Visit a User or Article talk page
- Verify that all Reply links/buttons appear in the way(s) we defined above
- Visit a talk page that is NOT in the User or Article talk namespace and verify that Reply links appear as they did prior to this deployment and the Add topic button T267444 introduces is not visible. Read: talk page sections should continue being styled as they had before today's deployment.
Done
- Requirements are implemented and verified as having been implemented
