This is a feedback from w:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端/subj/返信ツールをベータ機能として導入する提案.
Currently, when using reply tool with visual editing, there is a small toolbar that provides features like adding links, mentioning users, etc.
The ask is whether this toolbar can be made available for source editing - for example, this talk page, which uses Extension:StructuredDiscussions, has this feature available.
Thank you for this suggestion. The Editing team hopes to do this. I don't know when it will happen.
+1, @Whatamidoing (WMF)...thank you for saying something about this @ネイand for linking to the conversation at ja.wiki where this feedback came up.
I have added this feedback to the ticket where we will consider introducing text formatting tools to the source mode: T257391#6475903.
In the meantime, I have two follow up questions for you, @ネイ:
I am happy to ask @Keruby myself although, I thought to ask you here first since we're already talking.
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I will check with Keruby and reply; CharInsert can be useful in talk pages if customization is done, but the customizations currently used by jawiki users do not seem applicable to Reply Tool. So the possibility is mainly in the markups and special characters that CharInsert provides by default.
From Keruby in w:ja:Wikipedia:井戸端/subj/返信ツールをベータ機能として導入する提案:
The main usage is for the markups in w:ja:Help:CharInsert#マークアップ. In particular, code, nowiki, and ref tags are the most frequently used ones (code tag is already available from visual mode so it is covered in the previous feedback; I think visual mode automatically adds nowiki tags when needed).
Thank you for following up with @Keruby and offering this additional context, @ネイ.
I've added it to the Phabricator ticket where we are considering introducing this functionality to the Reply Tool: T249072#6495601.