Background
The ReadingList/Saved pages feature is being planned to be rolled out to all account holding users in early July 2026. This ticket is to ensure that Save functionality can be shown alongside Watch function in a way that minimizes user confusion.
Because the star icon is often interpreted as a “favourite” action, the proposal here is to add a label to the Watch action to better communicate its purpose and more clearly differentiate it from Save functionality.
User story
As a Wikipedia user, I want the Watch and Save actions to be clearly distinguishable so that I can understand the purpose of each feature.
Requirements
For logged in users,
- The WatchStar is now presented as a link with a star icon as shown in the mocks
- The Save function is shown to all users
- Remove the current preference of showing Save to users with 0 edits/beta users and Watch to other users above the article
- The sticky header shows the Save action and hide the star (as a star without a label will cause confusion.)
- Smaller screen size both functions will be folded into tools menu. See T426131 for further direction on how tool belt should work.
- Tests added to cover this behavior, for both Vector Components and Hooks.php in Vector
Technical notes
Relevant files to change in Vector include VectorComponentStickyHeader.php and Hooks.php
Smaller viewport
Sticky header
