VisualEditor/FeatureUse data dictionary
A This page explains the meaning of the different values in the data stream. It was comprehensive as of May 2021, but will go out of date relatively quickly since so many different features are involved. Please help keep it up to date!
For definitions of terms like dialog, context item, annotation, and panel, see VisualEditor/Developer glossary.
Features
edit| feature name | meaning |
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alien
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A node that VisualEditor can't edit directly, usually some rare HTML markup (e.g. <ruby>; until recently, blockquotes[1])
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alienExtension
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A node provided by a MediaWiki extension that doesn't have a custom editing tool inside VisualEditor (e.g. <templatedata>).
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allAnnotations
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The tool used to remove all text formatting (Style text → Remove). Only action is clear-all.
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chem
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chemDialog
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The dialog used to edit chemical formulas. |
chemInspector
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The inspector used to edit chemical formulas. |
cite
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Adding or editing citations using citation templates. |
cite-*
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Adding or editing citations using specific citation templates (e.g. cite-book, cite-Internetsäit, cite-libro, cite-web, cite-any[2]).
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citoid
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Citoid. Once a Citoid-generated reference is inserted, it becomes a normal reference and editing it would fall under cite.
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citoidEducationPopup
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"Doorhanger" notice encouraging the user to add citations. Only action is show.
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clipboard
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Cutting, copying, and pasting. |
commandHelp
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The dialog to display command keyboard shortcuts, desktop only (Help → Keyboard shortcuts) |
comment
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HTML-style comments in page text (not shown to the reader). |
cxLink
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Links in ContentTranslation |
dtReply
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Discussion-tool related events |
editCheckReferences
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Edit check iteration that invites users who add new content to an articles in the main namespace to include a reference if they have not yet done so themselves. |
editCheckReliability
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Reference reliability check. Whenever anyone attempts to cite a source that a project has blocked, they will be made aware directly within Citoid and prompted to try another source. |
editor-switch
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Switching between the different editing interfaces. The action gives the interface after the switch. |
findAndReplace
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Finding and replacing text |
flowMention
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"@" mentions in Flow. |
format
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Text "types" (paragraph, headings, preformatted, blockquote) |
gallery
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Image galleries |
graph
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Rich graphs |
helpPopup
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The help tool (on the right side of the toolbar, desktop only). Only action is show.
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hiero
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Hieroglyphics |
language
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Language annotations, which mark text as being in a specific language |
link
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The inspector used to edit internal and external links. Also: context menu for external links only. |
link/internal
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Context menu for internal links (this is the same feature as link)
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link/mwMagic
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Context menu for magic links (this is the same feature as linkMagicNode)
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link/mwNumberedExternal
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Context menu for links with no text (this is the same feature as linkNode)
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linkEducationPopup
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"Doorhanger" notice encouraging the user to add links. Only action is show.
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linkMagicNode
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The inspector used to edit magic links (like this: RFC 1234, ISBN 1234567890). |
linkNode
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The inspector used to edit links with no text (like this: [1]). |
math
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Context menu for mathematical notation items (this is the same feature as mathDialog/mathInspector).
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mathDialog
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The dialog used to edit mathematical notation |
mathInspector
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The inspector used to edit mathematical notation |
media
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mergeCells
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The context menu used to merge table cells. Only action is context-close.
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meta
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Page settings |
mobileVisualFallback
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Notice that provides an option for contributors to opt into the mobile wikitext editor if loading VisualEditor takes too long. |
mwcite
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Adding or editing a specific citation template on wikis without Citoid. |
mwGallery
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mwLanguageVariant
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Inspectors used to edit language variant markup on several wikis (e.g. sr:, zh:) |
mwLanguageVariant-disabled
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mwLanguageVariant-twoway
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mwMaps
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Interactive maps |
mwMedia
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Images, videos, and sound |
mwPre
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The dialog used to edit preformatted plain text (<pre> tags)
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mwSave
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The dialog used to save and review changes |
mwSignature
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Signature insertion (used on talk pages) |
mwUsernameCompletion
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Tagging a user in a talk page comment - using @mention or clicking an icon |
notices
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Edit notice shown to the user after initiating an editing session. This is available on both desktop and mobile. |
noticesPopup
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The notices tool, which is only visible when a page has edit notices (on the right side of the toolbar, desktop only). Only action is show.
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pages
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preview
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WikiEditor page previews, both live and non-live. phab:T290521. |
publishSettings
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reference
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Adding or editing citations using the basic, empty-box reference dialog (the only option when citation templates and Citoid are not set up on the wiki) |
referencesList
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Citation lists (<references /> in wikitext)
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score
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Adding or editing musical notation |
specialCharacter
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Special character toolbar |
syntaxhighlightDialog
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syntaxhighlightInspector
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table
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Tables |
textStyle/big
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Big text (<big> in HTML)
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textStyle/bold
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Bold text (<b> in HTML)
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textStyle/code
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Monospaced text (<code> in HTML)
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textStyle/italic
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Italic text (<i> in HTML)
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textStyle/small
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Small text (<small> in HTML)
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textStyle/strikethrough
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Struckthrough text (<s> in HTML)
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textStyle/subscript
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Subscript text (<sub> in HTML)
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textStyle/superscript
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Superscript text (<sup> in HTML)
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textStyle/underline
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Underlined text (<u> in HTML)
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transclusion
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Templates |
undefined
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This is the result of some bug :) The only actions are context-close, context-delete, and context-show.
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wikitextLink
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The inspector used to add wikitext links, in the new wikitext editor only. |
Actions
edit| action name | feature specific? | meaning |
|---|---|---|
add-known-parameter
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transclusion
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A new parameter was added in the template dialog. This parameter was documented in TemplateData, so "known". |
add-unknown-parameter
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transclusion
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A new parameter was added in the template dialog. This parameter was not documented in TemplateData, so "unknown". |
automatic-generate
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citoid
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The "generate" button was clicked to generate a citation based on a URL (or DOI or ISBN) |
automatic-generate-fail
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citoid
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Automatic citation generation failed and error message is displayed. |
automatic-generate-fail-template-build
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citoid
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Automatic citation generation failed because the templates could not be build. E.g. due to misconfiguration, missing TemplateData or wrong data mapping. |
automatic-generate-fail-api
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citoid
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Automatic citation generation failed due to an issue while retrieving the necessary information from the API. E.g. if there are no results or if there's a network issue. |
automatic-insert
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citoid
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The "insert" button was clicked to insert a Citoid-generated citation into the page |
advanced-show
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dtReply | A contributor clicks "show" in the Comment Summary Field used to customize the edit summary that accompanies the comments people post with the Reply Tool. |
advanced-hide
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dtReply | A contributor clicks "hide" in the Comment Summary Field used to customize the edit summary that accompanies the comments people post with the Reply Tool. |
cell-merge
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table
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cell-split
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table
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checkbox-wpWatchthis
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dtReply
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DiscussionTools related action for When a user opts to Watch Discussion or Watch this page |
citation-blocked
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editCheckReliability
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A contributor is shown the reference reliability check after attempting to cite a source that a project has blocked. |
clear-all
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allAnnotations
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context-clear
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any feature which uses context items | An annotation (e.g. a link) was cleared from its context item, mainly by using the trash or unlink button |
context-close
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context-delete
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A node (e.g. an image) was deleted from its context item | |
context-label
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context-show
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Any context item was shown for any reason (several can be fired at once if multiple context items are shown because a range of text has multiple annotations) | |
copy
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clipboard
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create
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table
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cut
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clipboard
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delete
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table
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An entire table was deleted |
delete-col
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table
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Columns were deleted from a table |
delete-row
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table
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Rows were deleted from a table |
dialog-abort
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any feature which uses dialogs | A dialog was closed, discarding any changes made. On desktop, this includes both explicit aborts through clicking the close button and implicit aborts through clicking outside the dialog. On mobile, aborts can only be done explicitly |
dialog-done
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A dialog was closed through a path that applies changes (note that what was applied could be the same as what was there before) | |
dialog-insert
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Like dialog-done, used when inserting a new element rather than modifying an existing one
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dialog-remove
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A dialog was closed through a path that removed the element being modified. | |
dialog-choose-[reason]
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editCheckReferences
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A contributor selects one of the provided reasons for declining to add a reference and presses "continue" |
dialog-convert
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Several different dialogs |
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dialog-manual-choose
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citoid
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Seemingly redundant to manual-choose
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dialog-open-reuse
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reference
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A contributor opens the re-use dialog in Cite. |
dialog-prevent-show
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editor-switch
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A contributor encounters a dialog indicating that they are prevented from switching to visual from source due to using a template, extension or table in source mode. |
dialog-reject
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editCheckReferencesInspector
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A contributor confirms dismissal of Edit Check feedback by selecting "continue" in the edit check rejection reason window |
dragstart
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clipboard
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edit-check-confirm
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editCheckReferenceseditCheckReliability
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A contributor chooses "yes" in the initial edit check dialog or "try new source" in the reference reliability check dialog |
edit-check-reject
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editCheckReferences
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A contributor chooses "no" in the initial edit check dialog |
edit-parameter-value
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transclusion
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Event sent the first time a parameter's value is edited in the Template Dialog. At most one event is sent for each parameter edited. The state is reset when the dialog is closed. |
external-link-input
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link
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fallback-confirm
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mobileVisualFallback
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A contributor elects to use the wikitext editor when loading VisualEditor takes too long. |
input
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reference
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Text was added to a form field |
insert-col
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table
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insert-row
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table
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insert-[name of the character set]
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specialCharacter
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A contributor adds a character from the special characters toolbar. When a character is added, we log which set it came from (e.g. insert-latin, insert-greek, insert-symbols).
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manual-choose
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citoid
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manual-template-input
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cite
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move-col
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table
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move-row
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table
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mwHeading-1/ 2 / 3 / 4 / 5/ 6
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format
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An <h1> / <h2> / <h3>/ <h4>/ <h5> / <h6>annotation was opened or applied
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mwPreformatted
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format
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panel-switch
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citoid, link
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The user switched between tabs or panes within a dialog |
panel-switch-[pane-name]
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citoid, link
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The user switched to a specific tab or pane within a dialog. Could be one of the following: auto, manual, reuse
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paragraph
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format
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paste
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clipboard
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preview-live
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preview
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The main 'Preview' button was clicked to trigger a live preview. |
preview-nonlive
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preview
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The main 'Preview' button was clicked to trigger a non-live preview (i.e. full-page reload). |
preview-realtime-error-stopped
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preview
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Fired when realtime preview auto-load feature is stopped in WikiEditor. |
preview-realtime-inuse
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preview
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Fired without user interaction when the WikiEditor preview feature is already on when the editing form is opened. |
preview-realtime-loaded
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preview
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Fired when the realtime preview feature pane loads in WikiEditor. |
preview-realtime-off
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preview
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The WikiEditor 'Preview' toolbar button was clicked to turn the preview panel off. |
preview-realtime-on
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preview
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The WikiEditor 'Preview' toolbar button was clicked to turn the preview panel on. |
preview-realtime-reload-error
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preview
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Fired when realtime preview pane in WikiEditor shows an error message and the 'Reload' button shown in this message is clicked. |
preview-realtime-reload-hover
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preview
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Fired when the 'Reload' button that shows when hovering on the realtime preview pane in WikiEditor is clicked. |
preview-realtime-reload-manual
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preview
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Fired when the 'Reload' button in the realtime preview pane manual bar in WikiEditor is clicked. |
reuse-choose
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citoid
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The user selected an existing citation to insert again |
reuse-dialog-use
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reference
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The user interacts with the re-use pane by using the search to filter or by scrolling through the list of suggestions. Tracks both in Cite and Citoid. |
search-change-image
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Media Dialog | The user returns to the search panel after previously having selected an image |
search-choose-image
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Media Dialog | The user selects an image from the search results in the media dialog |
search-change-query
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Media Dialog | The user changes the search query in the media dialog |
search-clear-query
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Media Dialog | The user clears the search query in the media dialog |
search-confirm-image
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Media Dialog | The user confirms their image selection in the media dialog |
search-upload-image
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Media Dialog | The user switches to the upload panel in the media dialog |
search-pages-choose
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link, wikitextLink
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A result was chosen from the list of internal link search results |
search-pages-input
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link
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Input text in the box used to search for an internal link target in the link dialog |
show
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noticesPopup, linkEducationPopup, citoidEducationPopup, helpPopup,notices
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A help popup was shown to the user. |
source-desktop
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editor-switch
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A desktop user switched to the 2010 wikitext editor. |
source-has-js
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mwSave
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A user whose client has JS enabled has saved an edit using the wikitext editor. |
source-mobile
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editor-switch
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A mobile user switched to the wikitext editor. |
source-nwe-desktop
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editor-switch
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A desktop user switched to the 2017 wikitext editor. |
style-data
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table
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style-header
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table
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template-doc-link-click
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transclusion
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A user clicked the template dialog help link, leading to the template page. |
toggle-insertion
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textStyle/*
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toggle-selection
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textStyle/*, cxLink
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visual-desktop
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editor-switch
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A desktop user switched to the visual editor. |
visual-mobile
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editor-switch
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A mobile user switched to the mobile visual editor. |
window-open-from-check
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editCheckReferencesInspector, citoid
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The window was opened after a user chose "yes" or "no" in the initial edit check dialog. |
window-open-from-command
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Any feature which uses windows (which include dialogs) | A window was opened in case not covered by the other four window-open actions (e.g. the new citation dialog opening a template citation dialog) |
window-open-from-context
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A window was opened by clicking the edit button in a context item | |
window-open-from-sequence
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A window was opened using a typed sequence (e.g. {{ to open the template editor)
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window-open-from-tool
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A window was opened by clicking a button in the toolbar | |
window-open-from-trigger
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A window was opened using a keyboard shortcut |