We are exploring different ways of displaying Special:Preferences on mobile web so that the visual style is more intuitive to users. The current style, where each section is a tab as part of a scrollable bar, is unintuitive on mobile.
To find a better layout we are considering a menu style, where the tabs would be arranged vertically and open up sub-menus. This style would only apply on mobile, and we are not currently planning on making changes to the desktop view. We want to understand whether it is technically feasible to lay the page out like this on mobile without changing the desktop page, and without creating an entirely new mobile-specific Special page.
**Example designs**
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**Questions**
- What is the technical feasibility of implementing a menu design like those sketched above for Special:Preferences on mobile devices (i.e. in the MinervaNeue skin)?
[x] The designs above implement a list view menu layout. Currently there is no such menu demonstrated [[ https://doc.wikimedia.org/oojs-ui/master/demos/?page=layouts&theme=wikimediaui&direction=ltr&platform=mobile#Outlined-BookletLayout | here ]]
[x] The front end layout is based on Handlebars templating which means we can create a list item view in a HandleBars template and reuse as needed.
- Could we implement this design without also redesigning the desktop Preferences layout?
[x] We could implement this design without redesign but rather hook into the mobile page logic to present a mobile friendly <template> version in list view.