Empty Actions menu is shown in the page toolbar on larger viewports
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	bwang
	Tue, Jul 14, 4:38 PM

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Background

Actions menu is empty on larger screen sizes when you are logged in, and it just shows the label. on smaller screen sizes the menu items appear as normal.

This is because all the common actions are already in the nav. Only moderators with special rights will see actions in the menu like move, delete etc. we would need a special logic to not show actions label when there are no actions

Screenshot 2026-07-13 at 2.19.42 PM.png (998×638 px, 103 KB)

Requirements

The "Actions" label isnt shown if there are no action menu items in the page tools menu

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QA strategy

Test the "Actions" menu on all viewports
Test the "Actions" menu logged in as a moderator (Has move, delete, etc)
Test the "Actions" menu as a logged out user and logged in user
Test other menus like "views"
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Related Changes in Gerrit:

Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
Page tools: Hide empty Actions menu on desktop	Zaidusyy	mediawiki/skins/Vector	master	+139 -6
page tools: Do not show empty Actions menu in page tools menu	Shubhita6	mediawiki/skins/Vector	master	+38 -5
page tools: Do not show empty Actions menu in page tools menu	Shubhita6	mediawiki/skins/Vector	master	+35 -1

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Mentioned In: T433691: Vector: Page view links missing from overflow menu on small viewport sizes for anonymous users

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bwang created this task.Tue, Jul 14, 4:38 PM

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I have submitted a patch for this task to hide the actions menu in the page tools if it is empty
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/skins/Vector/+/1310651

Change #1310669 had a related patch set uploaded (by Zaidusyy; author: Zaidusyy):

[mediawiki/skins/Vector@master] Page tools: Hide empty Actions menu on desktop

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1310669

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Tue, Jul 14, 9:47 PM

Ah, I was working on this at the same time and didn't see it was claimed! I've uploaded an alternative patch (1310669) that takes a responsive CSS approach (vector-menu--collapsible-only) to ensure the menu is only hidden on desktop breakpoints, preventing the 'Views' items from disappearing on mobile.

Adarsh2406 moved this task from Incoming to To review on the RoadToWiki board.Sat, Jul 25, 9:15 PM

HFan-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Tue, Jul 28, 12:31 AM

HFan-WMF moved this task from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.

Jdlrobson-WMF mentioned this in T433691: Vector: Page view links missing from overflow menu on small viewport sizes for anonymous users.Mon, Aug 3, 4:05 PM

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