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Task T227455

No matter what I do the "inline=true" doesn't seem to have any effect. It always renders a linebreak regardless. It also seems strange that "labeltext=" isn't allowed on the "create" type...

What I want is an actual labeltext item, that is centered vertically with the input form and button, precisely as it appears in the example for "inline=true".

Looks like it's a bug. The inline=true only seems to work when the inputbox appears inside a table cell. Otherwise the inputbox is always presented on its own line: test.

I just ran across this. As a workaround, I added an ID to the parameters to target, then in my CSS hid the break element:

#myID br {
     display:none;
}

Such a small thing to fix, but I see the phab ticket (and this thread) is pretty old. I'm quite surprised there's no class implementation yet, it's the first thing I looked for. Class goes hand in hand with ID, so now we've templated different types of inputboxes to wrap them in divs that accepts a class. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hey, how come the parameter inline= is limited to search2? Is there any way I could use it with the create type?

Is it possible to use the provided input value as a preloadparams[] value to pre-fill the template with it?

Is autocompletion possible in search type InputBox?

It is not. If you have a suggested use-case in mind, please write it up as a feature-request task in Phabricator using this tag https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/mediawiki-extensions-inputbox/

Use Case: Build a google-like start page

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T348452

Interestingly, we have autocomplete working in our InputBoxes. However, the problem we're encountering is even when we tell InputBox to limit the search to a specific namespace, the autocomplete does not also limit its suggestions to that specific namespace. I found an old inactive extension that advertises "autocomplete is provided on predefined namespace," which is exactly what I'm looking for, but the extension is soooo old. I'll comment on that phabricator request too.

From your documentation, I see that "Main" is "checked by default." How can I uncheck it, or search for ONLY a different namespace, such as File ?

I have tried these and it still returns results from (Main)

<code>prefix=File:</code>

<code>namespace=File</code>

Thanks for help!

Even with only one namespace, you still need the parameter to be plural e.g.

<inputbox>
type=search
namespaces=File
</inputbox>

Thanks for taking the time to fix my silly mistake.

Hello!

I recently came across w:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Crossword cell, which uses this feature of MediaWiki, but you can enter more than one character per cell.

I think that it would be useful if we could add a minimum or maximum length to the text. Would this be possible to implement?

I'd like to propose two new functions to this extension. The first is a button color/class option. E.g. green button could be managed by "buttoncolor=green" or by 'buttonclass=mw-ui-progressive". The second is the level of the new section heading. E.g. 3rd heading could be managed by "headinglevel=3" What do you think? Could they be added?

@Dvorapa: Re: button colors - One goal of the ongoing design work, is to make a User Interface that is consistent, as in, once people are familiar with a button's action/outcome, they can expect consistent results. Hence, the button to submit a form (as in this extension, and others) should always be a single color (blue in our case). There's some related information at this (slightly outdated) page: Wikimedia Foundation Design/Color usage#Functional Colors.

Re: heading levels - I almost filed a feature-request for this in phabricator, but then I couldn't find any examples (I checked a few dozen pages linked from en:WP:Requests). Here's what I had drafted; please add your use-case, and any pre-existing examples you can find, and post it in phab.

Title: Allow inputbox to create an H3 heading

Description: Suggested feature: The addition of a new parameter, which would let an inputbox specify what Heading level to use, when creating the `section=new`. This would allow editors to use it more flexibly, on pages where the desired practice is to create feedback in a series of H3 sections. Example pages where this practice is wanted (or already done but manually) include ...

Note: I'm not sure if this is technically feasible though. The current system just hooks into the standard "New topic" tab on all talkpages. Adding new code to allow changing the H-level might be more complex than is desired.

This would be super helpful - it is difficult to design a page around the light grey color of the 'create' button.

@KHarold (WMF) I've commented at Phab:T88038 on the accessibility issues with the current light grey. See my answer to Dvorapa above, re: customizing colors. Hope that helps. :-)

I will second, or third, or whatever this request. I'd also like to be able to give the input field a class name, so that I can style an individual inputbox without having to make a rule that styles every one on the page.

Hi, how is type=move supposed to work? Using the example code at Extension:InputBox#Box types I can only specify the new name, not the name of the page that should be renamed.

From gerrit:97559 I gleaned -perhaps incorrectly- that the page= parameter should provide the original page name.

Is there a way for the user to specify the original name interactively or is a template or script necessary?

At w:Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion, the input form currently fills in the name of the page to be undeleted in the section title, but fails to do so within the text body. Could preloadparams[] be used to do this automatically? Adding a variable at w:Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/example seems simple enough, but then how do I set that variable equal to the input in the box at w:Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion/header?

There seems to be an issue with the preloadparams[] = parameter, where instead of including %5B%5D the text %5B0%5D is included, where the extra "0" prevevnts it from functioning.

see example: wikiversity.org/wiki/WikiJournal_Preprints

Any ideas for fixing this?

Looks like something you should report on phabricator