s longer button texts (solution included)
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	Wikinaut
	Jan 25 2024, 8:18 AM

Description

Observed in REL1_41. (Perhaps a regression, I am not sure)

Problem:

When changing the login button text

Mediawiki core: css id: #wpLoginAttempt ; System text MediaWiki:Pt-login-button
Extension:PluggableAuth: css id: w-input-pluggableauthlogin0

I observed, that longer texts are cut, because the button size limits the text, the button size is not enlarged correspondingly.

These buttons should be skinned in the MW-Core with:

white-space: normal; 
word-wrap: break-word; 
height: auto;

Remark / workaround:

I documented a workaround (until the MediaWiki Core skin is corrected) which can be applied in LocalSettings.php here:

https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Topic:Xx8ol75kyh1qejp8&topic_showPostId=xxwgghjgcqfymj9x#flow-post-xxwgghjgcqfymj9x

and here:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Xxwh5hbjqn2834dw

Details

Related Changes in Gerrit:

Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
Make the login and signup forms wider	mediawiki/core	REL1_44	+10 -4
Make the login and signup forms wider	mediawiki/core	REL1_43	+10 -4
Make the login and signup forms wider	mediawiki/core	master	+9 -4

Customize query in gerrit

Related Objects

Mentioned Here: T337865: Buttons: limit text length with ellipsis when it exceeds the maximum
T359636: Define an approach to content overflow in Codex components

Event Timeline

Wikinaut created this task.Jan 25 2024, 8:18 AM

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Wikinaut renamed this task from [Mediawiki Core] Login page button/s limit/s longer button texts (solution included) to Login page button/s limit/s longer button texts (solution included).Jan 25 2024, 8:18 AM

Jdlrobson edited projects, added MediaWiki-User-login-and-signup; removed MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture.Feb 8 2024, 12:31 AM

Change #1191778 had a related patch set uploaded (by Bartosz Dziewoński; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[mediawiki/core@master] Make the login and signup forms wider

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191778

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 21 2025, 1:58 PM

Change #1191778 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Make the login and signup forms wider

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1191778

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Oct 26 2025, 1:30 PM

My change makes the forms wider, which should reduce the severity of the problem.

It's still possible to exceed the available length. It seems that it was decided not to allow line wrapping for buttons (T359636), and instead limit text length with an ellipsis (T337865), but that was never implemented. I think there is nothing to do in this task though, the buttons are the same as anywhere else in MediaWiki.

Change #1199266 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[mediawiki/core@REL1_44] Make the login and signup forms wider

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1199266

Change #1199267 had a related patch set uploaded (by Reedy; author: Bartosz Dziewoński):

[mediawiki/core@REL1_43] Make the login and signup forms wider

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1199267

Change #1199267 merged by jenkins-bot: