Intention:
Add a link to a template using {{tl}} on English Wikipedia.
Steps to Reproduce:
Expected Results: No newline is inserted.
Actual Results:
The template is broken because the parameter can't support the inclusion of a return.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T100205 Project proposal: Connect infobox input widget to Wikidata | |||
| Open | Feature | None | T54651 VisualEditor: Transclusion dialog should validate template parameter values using TemplateData information | ||
| Open | None | T63049 VisualEditor should enforce TemplateData's 'type': 'line' for template parameters (no multiline input) |
If it's not desirable to always strip returns (or spaces) from the end of parameters, then perhaps we should be able to specify in TemplateData how they should be handled.
I wonder if this parameter should be marked with TemplateData type "line" and VE should enforce this in the input.
This is now being done for named parameters per T52439, which do not preserve whitespace. However, it must not be done for positional parameters (like in {{tl}}) per T53484, because these do actually preserve whitespace.
Like Krenair says, VE shouldn't use multiline text inputs for single-line parameters, like this one (I just fixed the templatedata on en.wp). Let's rephrase the bug.
modules/ve-mw/ui/pages/ve.ui.MWParameterPage.js actually has // TODO: Use spec.type :) (should be getParameterType(), rather).