Page MenuHomePhabricator
Create Task
Maniphest T414461

[MEX2] Link to specific properties (statement groups) and statements
Open, Needs TriagePublic
Actions

Description

In the desktop UI, you can link to specific statement groups and statements, using the property ID or statement ID in the URL hash:

We should also support this in MEX / wbui2025.

Design:

Screenshot 2026-06-19 at 10.33.35.png (1,808×742 px, 144 KB)

Figma link

Acceptance criteria

  • Loading a URL with a property ID in the hash scrolls to that statement group
  • Loading a URL with a statement ID in the hash scrolls to that statement
  • The selected statement or statement group is visually highlighted with a border-width-thick (codex name) in color.blue700

Notes

  • We probably want to support this via HTML id= attributes (scroll) and CSS :target selectors (highlight), without any JavaScript
  • We probably don’t need any special handling for “invalid” URLs (no such property or statement on this item), at least not as part of this task
  • Generating these URLs is also not in scope for this task
  • See also T414456: [MEX2] Support deep-linking to edit modals inside MEX, which is about linking to the edit state (this task is about the “view” state)

Related Objects
Search...

Event Timeline

• Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE created this task.Jan 13 2026, 1:32 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: • Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJan 13 2026, 1:32 PM
Arian_Bozorg renamed this task from [MEX] Link to specific properties (statement groups) and statements to [MEX] M5 - Link to specific properties (statement groups) and statements.Jan 23 2026, 12:50 AM
Arian_Bozorg edited parent tasks, added: T415326: [MEX] M5 - additional functionality and clean up; removed: T394621: [MEX] Mobile Editing Experience of Items Project.
Arian_Bozorg moved this task from Incoming to MEX Incoming column on the Wikidata-Omega board.
Arian_Bozorg moved this task from MEX Incoming column to Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) on the Wikidata-Omega board.Mar 31 2026, 4:14 PM
mahmoud.abdelsattar.wmde added subscribers: Alice.moutinho, mahmoud.abdelsattar.wmde.Apr 2 2026, 12:41 PM

Task time notes:
Needs more clarification on the design?
@Alice.moutinho

• Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE added a subscriber: AudreyPenven_WMDE.Apr 2 2026, 12:42 PM

Other task time note: @AudreyPenven_WMDE noticed that this actually already works for statement ID URLs (they’re not highlighted, but it does scroll to them): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42?useformat=mobile#Q42$1d7d0ea9-412f-8b5b-ba8d-405ab9ecf026
But property ID URLs are still missing: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42?useformat=mobile#P735
We agreed that we don’t need to add id= attributes for property IDs before we have the design.

Arian_Bozorg moved this task from Ready for Task Time (Story Writing) to MEX Incoming column on the Wikidata-Omega board.Apr 13 2026, 1:00 PM
Arian_Bozorg assigned this task to Alice.moutinho.May 12 2026, 12:35 PM
karapayneWMDE edited parent tasks, added: T426150: [MEX2] Mobile Item Editing v2 - Add Statements More Easily (WIP); removed: T415326: [MEX] M5 - additional functionality and clean up.May 13 2026, 8:21 AM
karapayneWMDE moved this task from MEX Incoming column to Triaging on the Wikidata-Omega board.May 13 2026, 2:26 PM
karapayneWMDE edited projects, added: Wikidata-Omega (Triaging); removed: Wikidata-Omega.
karapayneWMDE moved this task from Backlog to MEX v2 on the Wikidata-Omega (Triaging) board.
Arian_Bozorg added a parent task: T426628: [MEX2] [EPIC] Mobile editing updates.May 18 2026, 2:45 PM
Arian_Bozorg renamed this task from [MEX] M5 - Link to specific properties (statement groups) and statements to [MEX2] Link to specific properties (statement groups) and statements.May 18 2026, 2:48 PM
Arian_Bozorg removed a parent task: T426150: [MEX2] Mobile Item Editing v2 - Add Statements More Easily (WIP).
Arian_Bozorg edited projects, added: Wikidata Omega Product; removed: Wikidata-Omega (Triaging).May 22 2026, 12:11 PM
• Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE added a comment.Jun 11 2026, 10:55 AM
In T414461#11782188, @Lucas_Werkmeister_WMDE wrote:

Other task time note: @AudreyPenven_WMDE noticed that this actually already works for statement ID URLs (they’re not highlighted, but it does scroll to them): https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42?useformat=mobile#Q42$1d7d0ea9-412f-8b5b-ba8d-405ab9ecf026
But property ID URLs are still missing: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42?useformat=mobile#P735
We agreed that we don’t need to add id= attributes for property IDs before we have the design.

It turns out that an id= attribute for property IDs already existed, but with a long prefix; we removed this prefix (i.e. changed it to just id=P1) in T428189, so now linking to statement groups and statements works, but the target statement group or statement is not visually highlighted yet. For that, we still need a design :)

Alice.moutinho removed Alice.moutinho as the assignee of this task.Jun 19 2026, 8:40 AM
Alice.moutinho updated the task description. (Show Details)
Arian_Bozorg moved this task from Incoming to MEX on the Wikidata Omega Product board.Fri, Jul 17, 9:41 AM
Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 unless otherwise noted; code licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) 2.0 or later and other open source licenses. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Code of Conduct. · Wikimedia Foundation · Privacy Policy · Code of Conduct · Terms of Use · Disclaimer · CC-BY-SA · GPL · Credits