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Use AJAX when expanding templates (i.e. clicking on "OK" at [[Special:ExpandTemplates]])
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It should be possible to make tests at [[Special:ExpandTemplates]] without reloading the whole page after every small change in the code.

There is already an API for that, except for the option "Suppress <nowiki> tags in result", it seems:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=expandtemplates&title=Test&text=%7B%7BU%7CExample%7D%7D

Version: 1.23.0
Severity: enhancement

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:20 AM
• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-Special-pages, JavaScript.
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He7d3r created this task.Sep 27 2013, 11:03 AM
• brion added a comment.Sep 27 2013, 3:47 PM

What on earth is "Suppress <nowiki> tags in result" for exactly, anyway?

• brion added a comment.Sep 27 2013, 3:52 PM

Ok, so this option appears to have just come out of nowhere in 2009; there's no bugzilla reference or explanation for the feature on the commit: https://git.wikimedia.org/commitdiff/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FExpandTemplates.git/49697f70851757ef31a2221c84d95f4e9e217e2f

I'm not sure it's useful or needs to be kept, but if it is desirable, it appears to be implemented as a post-processing regular expression and could be trivially done in JavaScript along with an AJAX load from the API.

duplicatebug added a comment.Jan 12 2014, 10:06 AM

special page was moved to core

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Danny_B moved this task from To triage to Special:ExpandTemplates on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Jan 22 2016, 6:15 PM
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Jdforrester-WMF removed a parent task: T16123: [DO NOT USE] Make MediaWiki more AJAXy (tracking).Aug 10 2018, 4:43 PM
Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:13 AM
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