Extension:PageComments

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
PageComments; Release status: beta
Implementation	User interface, API, Database, Hook
Description	Inline page comments for selected text with threaded discussion
Author(s)	Vedmaka
Latest version	0.1.0
MediaWiki	1.43.0+
PHP	8.1+
Database changes	Yes
	Tables pagecomments_thread; ; pagecomments_comment;
	Parameters $wgPageCommentsEnabledNamespaces; $wgPageCommentsMaxCommentLength; $wgPageCommentsMaxAnchorLength; $wgPageCommentsHideResolvedHighlights;
	Added rights pagecomments-read, pagecomments-write, pagecomments-moderate
	Hooks used BeforePageDisplay; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates;
Licence	MIT License
Download	Download master snapshot; GitHub: project page; git repository URL; commit history; ; Note:; No localisation updates are; provided by translatewiki.net.

PageComments adds Google-Docs-style inline comment threads directly on wiki page text with the following features:

The extension is in beta. There might be issues, errors or security flaws in the extension code. Use at your own risk!

Installation

Download, extract and place the file(s) in a directory called PageComments in your extensions/ folder.
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'PageComments' );
```
Add wfLoadExtension( 'PageComments' ); to LocalSettings.php
Run php maintenance/run.php update
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Variable	Default	Description
`$wgPageCommentsEnabledNamespaces`	`[ 0 ]`	Namespaces where PageComments is enabled
`$wgPageCommentsMaxCommentLength`	`2000`	Maximum number of characters allowed in comment body
`$wgPageCommentsMaxAnchorLength`	`600`	Maximum number of characters allowed in captured selected text
`$wgPageCommentsHideResolvedHighlights`	`false`	When true, resolved thread highlights are hidden in page text

Right	Default group	Description
`pagecomments-read`	`*`	Read comments and replies
`pagecomments-write`	`user`	Create comments and replies
`pagecomments-moderate`	`sysop`	Allows editing and deleting all the comments. By default only comment authors allowed to edit their own comments.

Overlapping selection ranges are rejected
If article text changes, some anchors can become orphaned (still displayed on the Comments panel)
Only tested with Vector-2022 skin