In the side bar of normal context pages, in the "Search" Combo box, different skins inconsistently use, or do not
use, different elements of text. These are:
Classic:
- (nothing) [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
- (nothing) [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
Nostalgia:
- (nothing) [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
- (nothing) [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
Cologne Blue:
- {{Wikimedia:qbfind}} [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
- {{Wikimedia:qbfind}} [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
Chick, Simple, Monobook, MySkin:
- {{Wikimedia:Search}} [..user input box..] [Button {{Wikimedia:Go}}] [Button {{Wikimedia:Search}}]
Most specifically the last Version, where the combo is labelled with the "Search" button text, is imho hardly
usable in many languages.
I suggest using the "Cologne Blue" format identically throughout all skins, since it's the most flexible one.
I also suggest adding a 4th, trailing text, for those languages that need one.
Suggested default values:
Wikimedia:qbfind = 'Search for:' / 'Find' / 'Locate' / etc.
Wikimedia:Go = 'as page title'
Wikimedia:Search = 'inside page texts'
new trailer = ''
See also Bug #577
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement