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Filter textbox squeezed to a few pixels wide
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Description

Following the technical changes for T413542: Replace use deprecated Xml::fieldset and Xml::buildForm in AbuseFilter, the new styling of the form is awkward for some users:

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
The "Conditions" textbox is only a few pixels wide.

What should have happened instead?:
It is as wide as other textboxes in the same column: "Description" and "Notes".

Event Timeline

Nirmos subscribed.

Can confirm. This happens if you can't edit that filter.

Change #1238795 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Umherirrender):

[mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter@master] On Special:AbuseFilter/<id> use a bigger column for form fields

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1238795

Change #1238795 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/AbuseFilter@master] On Special:AbuseFilter/<id> use a bigger column for form fields

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1238795

Can confirm. This happens if you can't edit that filter.

Same.

This is now fixed, you can see the improved version on beta wiki - https://en.wikipedia.beta.wmcloud.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/3

The fix gets deployed with 1.46.0-wmf.16 with the timeline visible on the roadmap - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.46/Roadmap#16

Dragoniez assigned this task to Umherirrender.
Dragoniez subscribed.

It would be ideal if we could backport this, but for now please consider using a temporary (ugly) workaround like this or something similar you might already have, in your global.css until the next WP:ITSTHURSDAY.