Extension:InlineEditor

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InlineEditor Release status: experimental
Implementation	Page action, Ajax, Hook
Description	InlineEditor is an editing interface that allows users to edit and preview elements in the page by clicking them.
Author(s)	Jan Paul Posma (JanPaul123talk)
MediaWiki	1.17
License	GPL v2
Download	SVN [?]: checkout-url tree code changes
Parameters $wgInlineEditorEnableGlobal $wgInlineEditorAdvancedGlobal $wgInlineEditorBrowserBlacklist $wgInlineEditorAllowedNamespaces
Hooks used MediaWikiPerformAction EditPage::showEditForm:initial GetPreferences EditPage::showEditForm:fields SiteNoticeBefore
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Bugs: list open list all report

InlineEditor is an editor to show editing works without having to change the parser of MediaWiki. This extension is not actively developed because of the work by the Wikimedia Foundation to fix the parser problems and build an actual visual editor (cf. Google Docs). There are still unimplemented features that prevent this editor from being used on actual wikis, as complex pages cannot be effectively edited. For more information, please see the discussion page.

History

Background

InlineEditor originally started as a research project of JanPaul123, and has been further built by him and developers at GRNET. You can read the Bachelor's thesis about this project for full information and context.

Prototypes

Prototypes were created and presented on wikitech-l to determine initial go or no-go by listening to the community.

• Initial proposal
• Mail to wikitech-l
• Prototype descriptions

First iteration

First, two interfaces were created: the functional editor and the block editor. These two interfaces have been tested by JanPaul123 at the University of Groningen.

• Usability study 1

Second iteration

The next implementation was the hybrid editor. This interface has been tested by GRNET researchers.

• Usability study 2

More information

• Bachelor's thesis
• Discussion page
• Blog post
• Wikimedia Commons Sentence-level editing category
• Future plans for parser and visual editing