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Create a "zen mode"/"Distraction free mode" MediaWiki extension
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Perhaps might be nice in MediaWiki core, but would definitely be nice as at least a MediaWiki extension, we should implement a "zen mode" capability from ?action=edit.

GitHub and it seems like the Cloud9 IDE both have this mode. It's demonstrated here: https://docs.c9.io/zen_mode.html.

In short, in the case of GitHub, it appears to be a bit of JavaScript that adds a "zen mode" button to the UI. When the user clicks this button, the non-essential page elements are hidden from the page, allowing the user to focus on the textarea (or other central input area) alone. Basically it reduces the amount of noise on the page in order to increase the signal.

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14501

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 22 2014, 1:18 AM
• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-extension-requests, Design.
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• MZMcBride created this task.Feb 23 2013, 4:57 AM
Krinkle added a comment.Feb 23 2013, 10:03 AM

Also knows as "Distraction free mode", e.g. in Sublime Text 2:

http://www.sublimetext.com/docs/2/distraction_free.html

• Mattflaschen-WMF added a comment.Feb 23 2013, 10:41 AM

Could easily be done as a gadget, rather than a extension.

• MZMcBride added a comment.Mar 31 2015, 12:22 AM

So... I like the way that Phabricator does full screen. It's probably more accurately called full browser window. I think we should steal the (idea of) their code and put it in MediaWiki core. It can't be that much JavaScript... and then the wikitext edit toolbar (WikiEditor?) and the VisualEditor toolbar can be modified to expose this full browser window functionality. Does that seem reasonable?

Ricordisamoa mentioned this in T104479: Provide a modern wikitext editor .Aug 21 2015, 7:03 AM
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TheDJ mentioned this in T16501: A way to hide the sidebar providing a "fullscreen" view.Dec 21 2015, 11:19 PM
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Harej moved this task from Incoming to Does This Need To Be an Extension? on the MediaWiki-extension-requests board.Jan 30 2018, 10:47 PM
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