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Preview edit summary
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Author: lcarsdata

Description:
When you push preview your edit summary could also be parsed and previewed, like
the page text, and displayed below the edit summary box in a little box.


Version: 1.9.x
Severity: enhancement

Details

Reference
bz7811

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 9:29 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz7811.
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robchur wrote:

Edit summaries do not support complex markup, therefore a preview feature is
rather pointless.

lcarsdata wrote:

I disagree, if you were to use an incorrect inter-wiki link in the summary (as I
have doine several times) the link is not displayed at all and sometimes
mistakes can only be seen in rendered text.

robchur wrote:

It's hardly the end of the world.

ayg wrote:

It's also hardly the end of the world if you get some markup wrong in article
text. At least that can be edited after you've saved. Since it's not a big
deal if this isn't implemented, it's an enhancement, not a bug, but this *is*
the place to request minor improvements as well as major. I've sometimes wanted
this, certainly, particularly when I wasn't sure whether some particular bit of
markup was supported in summaries and wanted to know before I saved.

ayg wrote:

Screenshot of an ugly implementation

Well, a difficulty has arisen: where exactly should the preview be put? I'm
not sure where it should go so as not to look ugly. Because I rather think
this positioning looks ugly.

Attached:

Edit_summary_preview.PNG (98×1 px, 7 KB)

robchur wrote:

Put it somewhere near the bottom, just under the summary box.