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Table of contents icon

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Wittylama (talkcontribs)

The icon indicating the table of contents (now located up to the left of the search box) looks the same whether or not the article currently being viewed is a 1-line stub, or a very long article. In the current WP interface, the table of contents automatically appears when there is a few sub-sections in the article. Now in 'Winter' it looks the same either way. I think this would be confusing to many people (even when they get over the initial shock of the ToC disappearing from where they're used to it. I would personally like to see if more visible than you've currently got it, but at least make a visual differentiation between when there IS and ISN'T a ToC to show.

Jorm (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Wittylama: We are actively looking at this specific part of the interface. We agree that the icon isn't sufficient (and testing has shown that with actual data).

There are a couple ways we can move on this, including but not limited to:

  • Changing the icon to something more meaningful;
  • Modifying the icon based on the content it includes;
  • Applying a "bounce" effect on the menu (or something similar) to aid in discoverabilty;
  • Removing the in-header Table of Contents altogether;

We'll probably start with the bounce thing and see what that gets us.

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