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Mobile source-code editor: "edit this page" link missing ("edit lead section" duplicated)
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open https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia in a desktop computer.
notice the second "edit source" link (to the left of "View History") has a tooltip that says "edit this page".
clicking on that link shows the entire page's source code, down to categories at the bottom.

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now open https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia (mobile version).
notice the second "edit source" link (to the right of "History") has a tooltip that says ""Edit the lead section of this page".
clicking on that link shows only the page lead's source code.

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so it's not possible to edit the full source code in the mobile version.
this prevents, for example, moving content across sections or changing the order of sections.

this problem occurs with both the web version and the android app.

a workaround in the web version in mobile devices is to ask for the desktop version.

user preferences:

  • Appearance: Skin: Vector 2022
  • Editing: "Use the wikitext mode inside the visual editor, instead of a different wikitext editor." enabled.

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Fgnievinski created this task.Jul 16 2023, 3:01 AM
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Fgnievinski updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 16 2023, 3:04 AM
Aklapper added projects: Advanced Mobile Contributions, Section Editing (Mobile).Jul 19 2023, 4:46 PM
Jdrewniak subscribed.EditedJul 20 2023, 11:41 AM

@Fgnievinski I looked at the code responsible for this: includes/Menu/PageActions/ToolbarBuilder.php#209 and this behaviour seems intentional. However, I can't find any tickets in phabricator documenting this decision... I'll see if I can gain some more historical context around this.

[update]
Looking at the mobile site in archive.org, it looks like the main edit icon has been pointing to just the lead paragraph since at least 2016 :P

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I'm assuming that this was due to mobile phones not being equipped to handle large amounts of wikitext editing. Given how mobile devices have progressed since then, it seems reasonable to revisit this decision.

Jdlrobson added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.Jul 20 2023, 5:40 PM
Jdlrobson edited projects, added MobileFrontend (MobileFrontend (Editor)); removed Web-Team-Backlog.
Jdlrobson added a project: Editing-team.Jul 20 2023, 5:43 PM
DLynch added subscribers: Jdlrobson, DLynch.Jul 21 2023, 1:54 AM

I think it's fair to say this is a duplicate of T203151? As far as I know this is entirely intentional behavior and is how it has behaved since MobileFrontend's launch -- see @Jdlrobson's comment on T196915#4272716.

Esanders closed this task as a duplicate of T203151: Consider adding a button to let users edit the whole page in MobileFrontend.Jul 21 2023, 5:14 PM
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