VisualEditor: Relabel buttons in "cancel editing" confirmation dialog
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	• bzimport
	Jul 19 2013, 3:14 AM

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Author: ignatzmice.wiki

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The button to cancel edits and return to read mode is labeled "cancel"; clicking it brings up a dialog box with buttons "OK" and "cancel". Clicking *that* "cancel" cancels the cancel and returns to editing mode—not blatantly wrong, but confusing. Perhaps the first button should be renamed "discard edits" or similar?

Original thread: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Feedback&oldid=564868353#Ambiguity_in_.22Are_you_sure_you_want_to_cancel.22_dialog.3F See also bug 47676, closed as WONTFIX.

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Reference: bz51655

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 1:48 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-EditingTools.

• bzimport set Reference to bz51655.

• bzimport created this task.Jul 19 2013, 3:14 AM

The confirmation dialog should have more descriptive buttons, such as [Discard edits] [Continue editing], or [Leave editing mode] [Return to editing], etc.

For this to happen, it needs to become a jQuery dialog.

In fact, VE shouldn't use native confirm() dialogs; the implementation in most browsers is crappy.

Merging with bug 50955.

This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 50955 ***

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Dec 3 2014, 1:44 AM

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