When creating a new page allow cursor to be placed in a larger area (Vector 2022)
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	ppelberg
	Jan 26 2023, 5:14 PM

Description

This task involves the work of making it possible to "place" your cursor anywhere within the editing surface rather than needing to "place" it on the first line of the editor.

Behavior

Click a red link to open VE or otherwise cause VE to open on a page that does not yet exist. E.g. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk_pages_project/Usability1&action=edit .

"Place" your cursor anywhere BUT on the "first line" of the editing surface

Actual

❗️Nothing happens

Expected

✅ Cursor appears

Screen Shot 2023-01-26 at 9.09.30 AM.png (1×2 px, 168 KB)

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	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Set a min-height on surface in Vector 2022	mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor	master	+4 -0

Customize query in gerrit

Event Timeline

ppelberg created this task.Jan 26 2023, 5:14 PM

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ppelberg moved this task from To Triage to Triaged on the VisualEditor board.Jan 26 2023, 5:14 PM

ppelberg moved this task from Untriaged to Upcoming on the Editing-team board.

Note this is only a real issue in Vector 2022:

In Vector 2010 and monobook it is clearer where the content area ends:

ppelberg renamed this task from When creating a new page allow cursor to be placed in a larger area to When creating a new page allow cursor to be placed in a larger area (Vector 2022).Jan 27 2023, 7:08 PM

Change 884420 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Set a min-height on surface in Vector 2022

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/884420

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Jan 28 2023, 2:10 PM

Change 884420 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Set a min-height on surface in Vector 2022

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/884420

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Feb 1 2023, 9:30 PM

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.40-notes (1.40.0-wmf.22; 2023-02-06).Feb 1 2023, 10:00 PM

matmarex edited projects, added Editing-team (Kanban Board); removed Editing-team.Feb 1 2023, 11:35 PM

matmarex moved this task from Incoming to QA on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.

matmarex added a project: Editing QA.

Cursor appears when user clicks anywhere in the #bodyContent area. See

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EAkinloose moved this task from QA to Ready for Sign Off on the Editing-team (Kanban Board) board.Feb 15 2023, 8:16 AM

ppelberg closed this task as Resolved.Feb 18 2023, 2:02 AM

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When creating a new page allow cursor to be placed in a larger area (Vector 2022)Closed, ResolvedPublicActions

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When creating a new page allow cursor to be placed in a larger area (Vector 2022)
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