Item12092: New topic link style should not have a question mark
Priority: Normal
Current State: Closed
Released In: 1.1.9
Target Release: minor
Applies To: Engine
Component: FoswikiRender
Branches: Release01x01 trunk
Compare
DoesNotExist? with
DoesNotExist+.
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ArthurClemens - 25 Sep 2012
Do we really want this? It's hard enough clicking the ? to create the missing topic. Wouldn't using the Wikipedia format of using a red dotted underline to show missing links be better? Certainly it's a larger target to hit with the mouse. TWiki seems to have also switched to the Wikipedia format.
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GeorgeClark - 25 Sep 2012
Making the whole word a link would indeed be better. Only I don't like the alarming reds on the page. So a plus could still indicate that you will be adding a topic.
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ArthurClemens - 26 Sep 2012
Don't we allow + in topic names? Yes, we do, just tested it on trunk. And on Foswiki.org -
Sandbox.TestWithPlus Won't this be confusing?
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GeorgeClark - 26 Sep 2012
no, we don't (allow plus), but there are users that want it (plus is used as a urlencoded space)
given that we're talking about a
DefaultPreferences, (Set NEWLINKFORMAT = $text?
) why not use an
ICON - something that won't be conflagrated with any text?
* Set NEWLINKFORMAT = <a class="foswikiNewLink" href="%SCRIPTURLPATH{"edit"}%/$web/$topic?topicparent=%WEB%.%TOPIC%" rel="nofollow" title="%MAKETEXT{"Create this topic"}%">$text<img src="%ICONURL{newtopic}%" /></a>
That way we
SvenDoesNotWantThisTopic
BTW, Please make a featuer proposal topic - that way after we've done it there won't be lots of complaints that it wasn't a feature proposal
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SvenDowideit - 26 Sep 2012 - 05:54 - 26 Sep 2012 - 05:54
To avoid further confusion:
- This is about changing the contents of already changeable
NEWLINKFORMAT
- The proposed plus char would replace the question mark. Neither are part of the actual link or would get integrated into a new topic name
For me it is about increasing readability. The ? stops the reading, as would a very prominent icon. Icon is fine if it is unobtrusive.
For base skin I am working with
an icon font that could work in this case.
To be on the safe side I will move this to a feature proposal.
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ArthurClemens - 26 Sep 2012
Proposal raised in
NewTopicLinkNotAQuestionMark.
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ArthurClemens - 13 Oct 2012
New style:
- topic name is a link
- red colored link
- red dotted underline
Defined in
SkinTemplates/base.css
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ArthurClemens - 27 Oct 2012
Closed. This was released in 1.1.9 or possibly earlier. Missed during bulk close.
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GeorgeClark - 22 Dec 2014