This should be doable by configuring the notification to auto-hide.

We should change autoHide: false to autoHide: true in the tempUserCreated notification (code here).

It may be possible to specify the number of seconds (code here), but I'd be inclined to go with MediaWiki's default for consistency.

In T399177#11024441, @Tchanders wrote:
I'd be inclined to go with MediaWiki's default for consistency.

Can we check how long the default displays for? The notification contains quite a bit of information for users to read.

In T399177#11024626, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

In T399177#11024441, @Tchanders wrote:
I'd be inclined to go with MediaWiki's default for consistency.

Can we check how long the default displays for? The notification contains quite a bit of information for users to read.

Had a further look. Core's notification can be configured to show the notification for two different lengths of time:

• autoHideSeconds: 'short' for 5 seconds (the default - so if we go with this, we won't need to add it alongside `autoHide: true')
• autoHideSeconds: 'long' for 30 seconds

In T399177#11025045, @Tchanders wrote:

In T399177#11024626, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

In T399177#11024441, @Tchanders wrote:
I'd be inclined to go with MediaWiki's default for consistency.

Can we check how long the default displays for? The notification contains quite a bit of information for users to read.

Had a further look. Core's notification can be configured to show the notification for two different lengths of time:

• autoHideSeconds: 'short' for 5 seconds (the default - so if we go with this, we won't need to add it alongside `autoHide: true')
• autoHideSeconds: 'long' for 30 seconds

Thanks for looking into this! I think 5 seconds will be too short, so if we have to pick one of the defaults I'd be inclined to choose long (even though it is probably slightly too long).

On another note, it's a shame the notification doesn't have a close 'X' to indicate that the user can close it at any time.

In T399177#11025761, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

On another note, it's a shame the notification doesn't have a close 'X' to indicate that the user can close it at any time.

This isn't possible in the core component, but do you think it's worth filing a task about it? I'd keep it out of the scope of this task and create a new task if it needs doing. We'd need to discuss whether to prioritize it for global rollout.

In T399177#11027902, @Tchanders wrote:

In T399177#11025761, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

On another note, it's a shame the notification doesn't have a close 'X' to indicate that the user can close it at any time.

This isn't possible in the core component, but do you think it's worth filing a task about it? I'd keep it out of the scope of this task and create a new task if it needs doing. We'd need to discuss whether to prioritize it for global rollout.

Yes, I do think we should support a clear indication in the UI that the message is dismissible. In Codex the message component can have a close button so that a user can dismiss it. Codex also has an auto-dismssable mechanism but it is only encouraged for very short Messages to ensure that they can be read and understood before disappearing.

In T399177#11028312, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

In T399177#11027902, @Tchanders wrote:

In T399177#11025761, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

On another note, it's a shame the notification doesn't have a close 'X' to indicate that the user can close it at any time.

This isn't possible in the core component, but do you think it's worth filing a task about it? I'd keep it out of the scope of this task and create a new task if it needs doing. We'd need to discuss whether to prioritize it for global rollout.

Yes, I do think we should support a clear indication in the UI that the message is dismissible. In Codex the message component can have a close button so that a user can dismiss it. Codex also has an auto-dismssable mechanism but it is only encouraged for very short Messages to ensure that they can be read and understood before disappearing.

Thanks for the explanation. Could you file this as a separate task please?

Change #1172075 had a related patch set uploaded (by Tchanders; author: Tchanders):

[mediawiki/core@master] Auto-hide the tempUserCreated notification after 30 seconds

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1172075

Change #1172075 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Auto-hide the tempUserCreated notification after 30 seconds

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1172075

In T399177#11378169, @Niharika wrote:

I encountered this issue again today. The notice does not disappear after 30 seconds as it should.

I encountered this too. Perhaps an upstream bug in mw.notify? Worth investigating, and we may be able to fix it.

In T399177#11378169, @Niharika wrote:

I encountered this issue again today. The notice does not disappear after 30 seconds as it should.

Where have you encountered that? I observed an expected behavior today (both in wikitext editor and VE) on a local wiki (master branch) and testwiki.

In T399177#11383092, @mszwarc wrote:

In T399177#11378169, @Niharika wrote:

I encountered this issue again today. The notice does not disappear after 30 seconds as it should.

Where have you encountered that? I observed an expected behavior today (both in wikitext editor and VE) on a local wiki (master branch) and testwiki.

I've tested this both on a local installation and on enwiki with a stopwatch running and the notice disappears after 30 seconds.