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'View history' link disappears in small browser window
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Description

normal view

seen in test2wiki since Aug 30, possibly related to the Edit/Edit source display changes

'View history' link disappears from view, but no other links disappear

  • continue to narrow the browser window

'Edit' and 'Edit source' links move to a lower position, but 'View history' is still gone


Version: 1.22.0
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53730
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24481
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44594

Attached:

view_history_shown.png (305×687 px, 59 KB)

Details

Reference
bz53728

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 1:47 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz53728.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

Created attachment 13230
reasonable window, 'View history' is gone

Attached:

view_history_not_shown.png (234×588 px, 50 KB)

Created attachment 13231
very narrow browser, 'Edit' and 'Edit source' shifted, 'View history' still not visible

Attached:

view_history_super_small_still_gone.png (238×489 px, 49 KB)

Suggesting close as invalid.

"View history" is moved into the actions menu if there is not sufficient space in the tab area.

"Edit" and "Read" are locked and never moved into the menu.

"Move page", "Protect", "Delete" etc. are locked and never moved out of the menu (even if there is space), though that is about to change (there is an open bug to unlock them and have more in/out movement happening. Though the system is in place, right now "View history" is the only one that actually moves).

added Bug 53730 . This might be a WONTFIX, but I think we might want to re-examine making the long-standing and important 'View history' link disappear silently into an action menu that can be expanded but not retracted

(In reply to comment #4)

added Bug 53730 . This might be a WONTFIX, but I think we might want to
re-examine making the long-standing and important 'View history' link
disappear silently into an action menu that can be expanded but not retracted

There seem to be competing schools of thought regarding Vector's drop-down menu. Some people want to remove items from the menu in favor of more exposure (e.g., the "move" feature in bug 24481), while others want to put more items into the menu for consistency (e.g., bug 44594).

I am also interested in how this behaves in IE versions, but I don't have any instances of IE convenient where I can re-size the whole browser window.

Change 82632 had a related patch set uploaded by Cmcmahon:
View history link location is not reliable on Sauce browsers Bug 53728

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/82632

Change 82632 merged by Zfilipin:
View history link location is not reliable on Sauce browsers Bug 53728

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/82632