Topic on Extension talk:RevisionSlider

Issue

As a user, I want to navigate through revisions without always scrolling to the top of the page.

Background

Currently the only way to slide to another revision is to scroll to the top of the page and click one of the buttons / knobs. This is a particularly cumbersome when navigating a very long page with few changes in the same area (e.g. middle of a page). Also, with the new VisualEditor/Diffs it is possible to see most of the context without scrolling back up.

Possible solutions

• Make the revision slider toolbar sticky as the user scrolls; or
• Make a simpler smaller toolbar that follows the user while scrolling, and contains back and forth buttons (maybe at the bottom of the page).

Using keyboard shortcuts to navigate revisions(using a userscripts) made it clear that this is useful.

Hey hey,

thanks again for the feedback. I created a ticket for your proposal an Phabricator https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T169865 so we can keep track of it and consider it for future developments.

Since you mentioned it: Would adding keyboard navigation be a sufficient solution for your usecase? Or would you still want to see/access the bars and tooltip-summaries while on the middle of the page?

Best,

Christoph

Hi,

> Since you mentioned it: Would adding keyboard navigation be a sufficient solution for your usecase? 

>Or would you still want to see/access the bars and tooltip-summaries while on the middle of the page?

The bars are not necessary, only the tooltip summaries related to the current and the prior revisions. With the Visual history diff, this is would be simple, since they could just add that to the sidebar that shows up alongside most revisions (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Handball_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics&diff=473592443&oldid=472329262&visualdiff)

As long as there are keyboard shortcuts and a short summary of the current and prior revision there should be no problem. It worked that way for years after all. The difference is that revision slider reloads sections of page on the fly, while the default diff page reloads the whole page, and forces the user to start from the top again.