$.collapsibleTabs.getSettings can return undefined so the code
should take this into account
Bug: T177108
Change-Id: I2630a2ba2884542869748047ab84752543072647
This will help mitigate the sidebar overflowing the page container
(related to T257518). Note that this does not prevent the overflow from
happening as the sidebar can still be longer than the viewport, but it
should reduce the number of times it can happen.
Bug: T257518
Change-Id: Id7138b4d4459242772bee8e11dc7edeaf76b3ca0
Follow up to I340b9e7e91960713c0ebb4d3d26e2ae2d5628f37
The layout styles reference internal CSS classes within
Vector components that may change at any time.
For legacy layout, I leave the styles the same (they have a FIXME)
As Aron noted on code review the impact such a change
could have on user styles. For modern however I simplify the styles
as follows:
* The top margin on the form is promoted to the main element - this has
the same end result.
* Likewise the width dimensions are moved from child elements to
the parent
Bug: T249363
Change-Id: If923a5dddaac6217462e75d476e07d923ee1743f
No changes made to the CSS rules.
* 'SearchBox.less' is the common part that won't change in modern.
* layout styles copied to both 'layout.less'
Bug: T249363
Change-Id: I340b9e7e91960713c0ebb4d3d26e2ae2d5628f37
* `mw-content-container` now wraps the footer (as well as the content)
because we want the footer to match the content width at all times and
to expand with the content when the sidebar is closed (at small viewport
widths or when on history/special pages)
* `mw-footer-container` margins were replaced with padding to avoid
issues with margin collapsing.
* Applied a white background to sidebar to handle the case of the
sidebar overflowing the `mw-page-container`. When that happens, we at
least want the text in the sidebar to be legible.
* Closely related, `mw-page-container`'s `overflow: hidden` style was
removed to prevent `mw-page-container` from cutting off the sidebar. The
purpose of this style was make it appear as if the sidebar was being
hidden by `mw-page-container`, but tweaking the sidebar's translation
animation to achieves this effect as well.
Bug: T257518
Change-Id: I89edf89b2ac4abe2053f0c9b366f143133ff420f
- Creates a new user-preference called 'VectorSidebarVisible'
which stores the sidebar hidden/collapsed state for logged-in
users.
- Updates that user-preference on the client whenever the sidebar
is expanded or collapsed.
- Refactors the sidebar related javascript into a separate file.
Bug: T255727
Change-Id: Ib1ce934f3646cd8feebf0d3b15c38b5b969ec957
This patch closely follows the desired guidelines/desired
styles Alex Hollender has put forth in his prototype, but uses
multiple containers to achieve this look since our DOM order/structure
is different than the DOM structure in the prototype. The following
containers are used, but unlike his prototype, they are sometimes used
more than once:
* Page Container: Contains every other container and limits the overall
max-width of the white part of the page.
* Workspace Container: Contains the sidebar and content container. The
sidebar is displaced ~30 pixels to the start (left) of the workspace
container at all times.
* Content Container: Contains the content. The max-width of this changes
depending on whether you are on a special page/history page vs. other
pages.
* Article Toolbar Container: Contains the article toolbar. The max-width
of this is always the same as the max-width of the article content as we
don't want the toolbar to move when going from the article page to the
history/special page.
Changes to be aware:
* To test locally, `$wgVectorLayoutMaxWidth = true;`. This design is
temporarily feature flagged and defaults to being "off".
* Note that layout-max-width.less is a temporary file made to meet the
feature flag requirement of T246420 (intended to derisk the deployment).
After the deploy, we should merge most if not all of the rules into
layout.less where the max-width design will become the default.
* Per Jon's code review comment, I have relaxed the indenting of
skin.mustache to make the diff easier to reason about. If desired, the
correct indenting can be achieved in a (much less risky) follow-up
commit.
Bug: T246420
Bug: T153043
Change-Id: Ie49f629bc705850c6996164a516957476c034048
This explains a few issues that were occuring in the storybook
relating to modern/legacy.
Follow up to 5195f5fd6 which doesn't reference why.
Components should not import styles relating to one of the Vector
versions. They should all be self contained.
Change-Id: I6f9ef974be97f8be593cd2b79ce37c3e517d549f
Removing presentational `<div class="visualClear"></div>` in process.
Only leaving in for legacy/layout.less and adding comment for future
evaluation if clearfix is continuously needed. In modern we've
got all parts of Vector in our awareness without featuring `float`s.
Bug: T254195
Depends-On: Iddf8f1dffc2d30299b89b3f4966b7fe8ee63090b
Change-Id: I673c28c2d7da4f96c31121d9aec6558e390de24e
Currently, the `aria-expanded` attribute is placed on the checkbox
element. However, since Ife287fc8c6e0d2aee5facf42d5d4308dea918ee3, the
checkbox is excluded from the accessibility tree, and this attribute
should be placed on the label button instead.
This commit prepares for future changes [1] to the checkbox hack interface
in a backwards compatible way:
* Passes button to `updateAriaExpanded` function
* Passes button to `bindUpdateAriaExpandedOnInput` function
[1] Ia2755e189babbd70945b66a1a812fc3ece40b577
Change-Id: Icc6ba994d57ea1f8050aa408aebc8c81f03d8783
* Moves the sidebar into the header so that user can tab directly from
the sidebar button into the sidebar (when open).
* Because the sidebar is absolutely positioned inside the header and the
header applies a top-margin, we need to adjust the top position
calculation for the sidebar.
* Removes the checkbox from the accessibility tree through CSS `display:
none;` instead of HTML attributes.
* Given that the checkbox is not able to receive focus, the
`#mw-sidebar-checkbox:focus ~ .mw-header .mw-checkbox-hack-button` CSS
rule is obsolete and moved instead to the label button. An additional
outline: 0 rule was added to remove the dotted outline that Firefox
applies.
* Makes the "Skip to navigation" jump link point to the sidebar now.
After the sidebar has been tabbed through, the rest of the navigation
can be tabbed to.
Bug: T246420
Change-Id: I981da3650854568bb9cfbf3c6c59e7625e7d094c
This separation introduced in I8dbc29b7a19f7f doesn't work as well
as expected. All but strictly `.mw-jump-link` rule are typographic
rules.
In the current mish-mash of when to apply typographic styles only to
article content (`.mw-body`, `mw-body-content`, `.mw-parser-output`,
`#mw-data-after-content`?) inherited from core, it makes looking up
and finding issues between typographic styles harder, and leads to
unnecessary complexity instead of clean separation of concerns.
This question surfaced in where would link styles belong originated in
T213778.
Change-Id: I521185d505d8688f076dd09acbedb22e801f772e
Fixup for I8669d402b6b757cd5bf59a5e0df377b6023b0700:
Applied `.vector-tabs` selector instead of `.vector-menu-tabs`
Class `vector-menu-tabs` is added by VectorTemplate.php#383
Bug: T255574
Change-Id: Iae8176221662aa47dcd69123e9dd6a9d6693cd42
Both properties are needed for normalizing different browsers (`padding`
infamous on older Operas) and are only needed on `body`.
Change-Id: I661869ed43491824cbfe86dc36e39f97e29ccf8a
Replace former non-base variables color with one from the standard
variables files in preparation for iit's usage in core and Vector.
Color is still confirming to WCAG level AA contrast ratio.
Bug: T254474
Change-Id: I06d981f05554b6429d11f19b8f5848ba5a7441a0
Normalizing focus styles in Blink based browsers and aligning to
Design Style Guide components.
Bug: T245887
Change-Id: I4d571dcbbada5edffbfee631c8b438cf7c8d273a
Following-up I00b4d2fd795195cd9c8add650a3b3cafdced5465
it's now time to settle on `.vector-menu*` classes.
Change-Id: I8669d402b6b757cd5bf59a5e0df377b6023b0700
There's a longstanding Chrome bug that causes CSS transitions to show in
their terminal states. This patch works around the issue by limiting
transitions to JavaScript users only via the `client-js` class which is
added to the root `html` Node some time after page content loads. The
effect is a better overall experience for everyone but transitions
unfortunately no longer appear for no-JS devices.
I am unable to reproduce this issue in Vector's configuration. This
patch should only be merged as a last resort.
Bug: T246419
Bug: T234570
Change-Id: Ifcb2bf1fddb85113a4858b7a210ded3954952e6e
By using `rgba()` instead of `transparent` the color gradient
calculation works as expected in Safari as it does in all
other browsers.
Also using same distance 33%/66% for gradient start and end.
Bug: T254489
Change-Id: I64ec6aa51a9ea931a2351c9c7a9ffaf28c8d130b
Fix the icon button directionality in right-to-left languages.
Previously, the button was hardcoded to support left-to-right only.
- Replace the skin.vector.icons' `.mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-{name}:before`
`selector` in skin.json with a placeholder, `{name}`. I don't think
this selector should be needed but it seems to be erroneous not have
one. I believe this issue of wanting a null selector was encountered
in Minerva or MobileFrontend but am unable to locate the past
discourse.
- Add check and unchecked menu button selectors to skin.json that set
the appropriate background image. This shards some of the styles out
of Less and into ResourceLoader-land but it's worthwhile.
- Revise the name of horizontal collapse icon to describe its form not
function, "collapseHorizontal" to "chevronHorizontal". This has been
an established convention that was missed a couple patches back.
- Add a flipped chevronHorizontal for RTL. I used Inkscape to do the
flip and tried to match the style of the original by hand. Feel free
to edit further.
- Drop the now unnecessary icon flipping JavaScript and initial Mustache
class. This enables a real CSS-only solution for the icons.
Bug: T246419
Change-Id: I60f65b3c595bf18d309b667d9a0b066691b90c97
It's advisable to rely on default icon color and set it's color
by opacity. With that we've got a better playing field to respond
to user interaction with icon color changes, not relying on
several icons at once for different states and also being
backwards-compatible for a variety of browsers.
Change-Id: Iaff869774007ed962104d704103f0392a3516f4f
Bug: T246419
The sidebar button's icon previously used pixel dimensions while the
button itself uses ems. This caused the button to scale with the user's
font such that the icon is distorted and unrecognizable.
This patch drops the vertical margin and sets the icon height to 100%.
The width is proportionally constrained so the effect is that the icon
may grow with the button but the margin stays consistently at 12px.
This approach deviates from other items in the header (globe,
notifications) and tab bar (watchstar, search icon), that were
historically implemented without the user text zoom capability in mind.
Bug: T246419
Change-Id: I2ae46fd49dcb619004587b8b3560b9115c3bdaaa
Related: I0672b05bc3eb9564e1943ee8099bafb959dc474d
"Cannot rename `.emptyPortlet` to `.vector-menu-empty` yet." This is the JS part.
Given the regression, we can't make this rename just yet. Restore
the old class, we'll deal with this rename later.
Bug: T253819
Change-Id: Ia6bb33be807bfe98de09ce0b61924da232fc9941
Using 'skin' as entrance point files, similar to already existing
convention in MediaWiki land with 'skin.json' or 'SkinVector.php' as
example in Vector skin. Replacing Apache inspired 'index' convention.
Also renaming legacy to 'skin-legacy' to be clear on file base that it's
a modification of 'skin'.
Bug: T249073
Change-Id: Ief1c469724d4ffe238d307407c3ddb46f2e1abfa
Given the regression, we can't make this rename just yet. Restore
the old class with the documentation block that should have been there
before. We'll deal with this rename later.
Bug: T253912
Change-Id: I0672b05bc3eb9564e1943ee8099bafb959dc474d
Add a menu button that toggles the panel's (also referred to as a
sidebar) collapse state. When the screen is wide enough, animate the
transition.
The menu icon from OOUI is copied into Vector to avoid two
ResourceLoaders modules (collapseHorizontal icon isn't ready for
inclusion in the OOUI icon pack and ResourceLoaderOOUIIconPackModule
doesn't support images).
Additional polish and collaboration is needed but this patch fulfills
the scope of its referenced task.
Bug: T246419
Depends-On: I8e153c0ab927f9d880a68fb9efb0bf37b91d26b2
Change-Id: Ic9d54de7e19ef8d5dfd703d95a45b78c0aaf791a
The .menu class historically only needs to apply to dropdowns.
the .vectorMenuCheckbox is inconsistent with the other classes on the
menu so we should begin its deprecation.
Bug: T253329
Change-Id: I00b4d2fd795195cd9c8add650a3b3cafdced5465
The opt in link is part of the sidebar in the current modern version
of vector. The legacy sidebar has been split out and frozen. For this
reason I think it makes sense to move the styles for the button into
the sidebar stylesheet.
The class name is renamed to reflect the hierarchy. We are not using
BEM but we are using hyphens to describe location so the newly proposed
names `mw-sidebar` and `mw-sidebar-action` seem more applicable than
the previous generic class names.
This doesn't impact caching given anonymous users cannot see the opt
in/out link.
Change-Id: I2991e941592a0678f40c73bb6daeab71ada6b7c3
Split out the sidebar in advance of significant Latest mode only
changes.
The Less split was made by adding a new Sidebar.less file that imports
the Legacy implementation.
The Mustache split was made by file copying the existing implementation
into a legacy/ subfolder. Both the Legacy and Latest implementations
were then stripped of templates not applicable to their modes.
These changes are aligned with the splits for JavaScript.
Bug: T246419
Change-Id: Ib82769ea16bfc09efe8a088220aab55bdde0d381
Removing `white-space` on `.vector-menu` as we couldn't find any
use case of this any more and it's breaking DRY-ed up Menu in portals on
modern Vector.
Bug: T252717
Change-Id: I87a64e64c02a6690a7ecea93ce7712619457d575
* Standardise the menu markup. This means all menus in Vector will now
be wrapped in a div and will have a heading.
* All menus now have the vector-menu class. Styles specific to personal tools
are moved to layout since these are concerned with placement.
* The ul class will always have menu class.
* emptyPortal class is generalised into vector-menu-empty for consistency
with other classes and moved from common.less into Menu.less
* Standardise hooks - BaseTemplateAfterPortlet can now be run on any
menu.
Changes to HTML:
* lang and dir attributes are moved from the h3 up to the div element
.vectorTabs, .portal(s) and #p-personal now has hidden span element inside h3
* for non portals ul.menu" is now wrapped in a div.vector-menu-content
This change does impact the following CSS selectors which will need to be updated:
I see no matches for these selectors in code search.
```
#p-variants > ul
#p-namespaces > ul
#p-personal > ul
#p-views > ul
#p-cactions > ul
```
Using global-search.toolforge.org I see one match
for p-variants, 26 for p-namespaces, 30 for p-personal,
36 for p-views and 7 for p-cactions. I see this as acceptable
breakage provided a user notice is sent out which it has been
(T252447)
Bug: T249372
Change-Id: Id59234aa6b822a24848386bdc04d8d7ed37ca145
The collapsible sidebar adds a new JavaScript dependency and behavior to
Latest mode only. There are a number of ways of to make the deviation
but we think now is the time to start splitting by module.
This patch adds a new ResourceLoader module, skins.vector.legacy.js, and
moves the existing JavaScript into it. The old module, skins.vector.js,
has been given a currently matching index.js entry point that references
the collapsible tabs' files by reaching across directories. It's not
quite ideal as usually ResourceLoader modules and directory structures
strive for 1:1 correspondence but this patch makes the bold assertions
that it's better than a file copy, better than a new
"skins.vector.common.js" ResourceLoader module, more compatible than a
symlink, and the existing jQuery tabs implementation will eventually be
replaced in Latest mode.
A "Legacy" module was added instead of a "Latest" with the assumption
that active development should generally be considered "latest" and
Legacy an intentional distinction.
Bug: T246419
Change-Id: I9980403f1ee5897c27ac0331f0b51a5bcbdff778
To complete the refactor, the Portal is also refactored
as a Menu using the getMenu function.
An old code path supporting portals outputted by hooks with
strings is marked as deprecated to simplify this code in future.
array-portals-first -> data-portals-first (the value is not
an array)
Changes:
* $this->getLanguages and $this->getToolbox() always returns an array (see BaseTemplate)
but we previously supported portals made using raw HTML. Let's move away from that
behaviour and deprecate it.
* Hooks are moved into buildSidebarProps and marked as deprecated where possible
(SkinTemplateToolboxEnd). SidebarBeforeOutput can be used instead.
Bug: T249372
Change-Id: I2549af3e24e5d51c09e9a88ca50a0d9b2e154c3f
Moving styles from the existing styles to common/layout
or components stylesheets they should be associated with.
Components are identified using PascalCase. Lowercase names are used for things
that are not components. This distinction should help us reason with the code
better and make it clearer where CSS belongs, saving us lots of wasted
effort discussing conventions.
Patch isn't making actual CSS changes themselves - for testing purposes this
should be a NOOP.
In preparation for the gradient removal,
'background-gradient.less' is marked as legacy.
Merged 'externalLinks.less' into content.less, they belong to content.
Bug: T249073
Change-Id: I8dbc29b7a19f7613b57b0984a8befaeae9c08798
The classes were recently changed so provided this is merged before
next branch cut no need to worry about cached HTML.
Bug: T249073
Change-Id: Ib20c7a359bda858df89ebb245e682d321dd5acd0
the PersonalMenu should be generalised. In future we will use it as
the template for all menus
Bug: T249372
Change-Id: Id1c43d2e9eefef1d7aec45f0137e27f10ad935df
Changes to support feature:
* ResourceLoaderSkinModule logo features are dropped
* New layout provided given the fork in layout between legacy and new.
* Legacy sidebar styles now pulled out
* breakpoint styles are not carried over from legacy Vector
The new Vector layout for now has one breakpoint.
Changes to storybook:
* The storybook script now pulls down image assets so that the logos can
be shown in storybook. The script is adjusted to make use of a static folder to
serve these images.
Note:
* The legacy mode is not touched as part of this patchset.
* The personal menu is unaffected by this patch and is out of scope.
* The alignment issue is noted, but will be solved at a later date.
* Changes to portal are out of scope.
* Adding storybook for modern descoped, given its not possible to load
both legacy layout and modern layout inside a storybook at current time.
Sample config:
$wgLogos = [
'icon' => 'https://di-logo-sandbox.firebaseapp.com/img/globe.png',
'tagline' => [
'src' => 'https://di-logo-sandbox.firebaseapp.com/img/tagline/en-tagline-117-13.svg',
'width' => 117,
'height' => 13,
],
'1x' => 'https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/project-logos/enwiki.png',
'wordmark' => [
'src' => 'https://en.wikipedia.org/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg',
'width' => 116,
'height' => 18,
],
];
Coauthor: Aron Manning
Bug: T246170
Change-Id: Ibc4b055150761388a6b78f9127da342c451ce0e7
- Removed `#mw-head-base`.
- `#mw-page-base` -> `.mw-header-placeholder`.
- `#mw-head` moved down to `@height-header` to make space for new header.
- Content moved down to `@height-header + @height-tabs`.
Added Less variables:
- @height-header: 69px;
- @height-logo-icon: 50px;
- @height-header--inner: 54px;
- @height-tabs: 2.5em;
Style splits:
- Added Header.less
- @height-header: 2.5em;
Bug: T246170
Change-Id: I07280c4c7a2054439153e76359f712281049df0b
In I23f18fc5f078da3331cad540bbaf533d348f2108 layout was pulled out
into a separate file and we changed the ordering of our CSS.
This was done with the thinking that media print queries would be
mixed with media screen.
After discussions with Volker, I have been convinced this was a
mistake.
media queries of the same type can be nested so the @media screen
is removed from layout.less and the media query in index.less will
be used instead.
Change-Id: I3aab00c9bcc734ea1ba5a9cf242c6e36ac1cc076
Replacing deprecated `@colorFieldBorder` with WikimediaUI Base equivalent
`@border-base` shorthand.
Also replace `@borderRadius` with new base and static `background-color`
values.
Depends-On: I2e2277957b79b81909b80a6c0b7b2220be6ba903
Change-Id: I90bb0eb0c2206483f71f0553dfb590d9df2c5781
Does not add `.mw-footer-*` CSS classes to `ul#footer-*` and
`li#footer-*-*` to save bandwidth.
NOTE:
- The former id selectors can be removed form the styles after the varnish cache
is updated with the new DOM.
- The modern version still uses the legacy layout at this stage.
Bug: T248137
Change-Id: Ica9f8c43617c624648fa12dc86ebb3daa10f0409
Going into the new version of Vector, we'll want to rewrite the layout
rules entirely and decouple the sidebar from the logo.
To prepare for this we will move the layout file into a legacy folder.
We also separate Sidebar styles needed for the legacy mode from the old mode.
This will allow us to make changes to the header in new Vector without having to touch
or test the legacy codebase via a new file layout.less and using the existing sidebar
code.
Bug: T246170
Change-Id: Ieb4f8f2b2f0e4f48d76a210ab30acd08e3e83bcb
In new Vector, the logo will no longer be present, so we need a more
future proof way of determining what the first portal is.
A new class `portal-first` is added (no decision about adopting BEM
has been made yet).
Cached pages will continue to use the old selector for now.
Change-Id: I6ac4493bb1f63686b48ff0c22b18d50d9fffb51d
Amending Base10 to slightly darker `#202122` to fulfill WCAG
requirements in connection to Accent50.
Also sligthly adapting hover derivative to `#404244` and amending
corresponding opacity hover value.
Bug: T248393
Change-Id: Id72829d837d9e8d37bbec6092e5055f7c182db7a
This unblocks work on the header which will rewrite the layout
code.
This corresponds to a 0.06kb increase in CSS size, which is zero
after gzipping.
Bug: T249073
Change-Id: I23f18fc5f078da3331cad540bbaf533d348f2108
Move all Vector JavaScript to ResourceLoader `packageFiles`[0] which are
much more compatible with modern development practices:
- The entrypoint is the first `packageFiles` entry (unless specified
otherwise). All other JavaScript must be explicitly executed.
- Remove a level of indentation due to IIFEs from every JavaScript file.
Regretfully, ESLint does not support modules except in ES6+ so the
otherwise useful `no-implicit-globals` rule must be disable. The
change comes with a comment so we always remember.
- IDEs and other tooling understand Node.js-like `module.exports` /
`require()`.
This change seemed the most sensible way to start developing new
JavaScript in Vector needed by the collapsible sidebar.
[0]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Package_modules
Change-Id: I287e604d5b1055aa97b5f987c24872755757ea1a
Adding `margin-top` property only with sibling selector for now
until cache is cleared.
Also removing already inherited from
`.mw-body-content` properties `position`,
`font-size` and `line-height` of same value.
Bug: T248761
Change-Id: I1ea5e08927a96ac69c1b65f248ae0420968b4d00
Going into the header work, we'll need this variable available so
that we can align the header with the personal tools menu.
Per Volker's request we change the value to `px` from `em`s.
Previously it was 5.28333px. It will now be 6px.
Bug: T246170
Change-Id: Ic1514e8592db8ef168fc846b8f8e485fdd465e49
Instead, for the subset of Grade C browsers without SVG support (currently
IE8), we remove the icon and display the label text instead –
in a hacky, but acceptable way.
Bug: T248062
Change-Id: I87660b69fe65b9ec2989ea606e5f76d427c28fee
Move all the LESS `z-index` settings to variables.less so it's easy to
conceptualize how UI will be layered. jQuery CSS rules are untouched but
documented.
Also, remove the seemingly redundant re-setting of the `mw-searchButton`
`z-index`:
#mw-searchButton
z-index: 1;
}
This rule was added in 0c77e4f.
The sidebar work will require `z-index` properties and this refactor
eases the comprehension of those changes, as well as prevents the
accrual of more `z-index` technical debt.
Bug: T246419
Change-Id: Ic112a0ee3f701f87432838797be45c6069fdb522
It is not the most useful of components and adds an additional layer
of complexity similar to multiple inheritance chains that we find in
Object oriented programming.
I suggest we use index.mustache going forward for laying out the different
components and use components/template partials for reusable components.
Change-Id: I6fd5fe1c3d3826d737ccd8ed5a38890305664876
This adds the same end margin as the portal container making the
opt-out-link more visually pleasing if it overflows its container.
Bug: T243281
Change-Id: I42eb3ec4a18ad9e4f6bcdb451593fec7e6e4992a
IE 9-11 cuts values 2 digits after the decimal point leading
to small miscalculations throughout the interface derived from `.mw-body-content`'s `em` value.
With `calc` it's forced to use same parent value for its
rendering calculations.
Bug: T102364
Change-Id: Id4ba39bc90174bab445ae0fb4d039c28a4f0b300
This commit is singularly focused on adding a link to the sidebar for
Vector, logged-in users. It does the bare minimum to fulfill the
requirements of T243281.
Additionally, it will help to answer the question "Do we need to use
abstractions (other than maybe different templates) to separate Legacy
Vector from Vector" by intentionally leaving out any abstractions in
order to make it easier to compare with a follow-up patch
(Ib2ef15180df73360cc1de25b893e49d415d23e1a) which does use abstractions.
It is a good thing to question whether or not we need addtional
abstractions in VectorTemplate and if they will help us as unnecessary
abstractions can have the opposite effect and just lead to further
frustrations down the road.
Therefore, I urge you, the reviewer, to let me know your thoughts! If
abstractions are viewed as not making our lives any easier, the
follow-up patches may be completely discarded and that's totally okay
with me. :) I think it's a good think to talk about now though.
Important changes:
* The VectorTemplate constructor was changed to allow injecting the
config, templateParser, and isLegacy boolean (only the config was
allowed before this commit). According to MediaWiki's Stable Interface
Policy, "Constructor signatures are generally considered unstable unless
explicitly declared stable for calling" [3]. Given that VecorTemplate's
constructor is not marked as stable, it is justified to do this without
warning according to the policy.
* Due to the above, the 'setTemplate' method is no longer needed and was
marked as deprecated.
* VectorTemplateTest was made to adapt to the new VectorTemplate
constructor. Additionally, it now extends from
MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase which my intelliphense server can pick up.
I *think* MediaWikiTestCase is just an alias to
MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase [1] and MediaWikiTestCase file was renamed
to MediaWikiIntegrationTestCase in [2], but I'm willing to change it
back if there is pushback to this.
Open questions:
* What are VectorTemplate's responsibilities? To me, it acts right now
as a controller (because it echos the full HTML string from the
template), a model (because SkinTemplate::prepareQuickTemplate sets data
on it which it later retrieves through `$this->get()`), a presenter
(because it adds data tailored for a web-centric view), and a view
(because it renders HTML strings instead of letting the view/template be
solely responsible for that). Arguably, some business logic might be
mixed in there as well (because it checks to see if a User is logged
in/has necessary permissions to show x which my changes here add to).
This might not be a problem if we keep VectorTemplate relatively small,
but will it remain this way as we progress further in Desktop
Improvements?
* How do we write tests for VectorTemplate without exposing unnecessary
public methods? For example, if I want to test the `getSkinData()`
method to see what state will be sent to the template, how should I do
this? One option might be to use `TestingAccessWrapper` to expose these
private methods which is what
`VectorTemplateTest::testbuildViewsProps()` does. Another option is to
accept this method as public. Is there a better way? Keep in mind that
even with access to this method, there might be many things to mock.
[1] 0030cb525b/tests/common/TestsAutoLoader.php (L64)
[2] Ie717b0ecf4fcfd089d46248f14853c80b7ef4a76
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Stable_interface_policy
Bug: T243281
Change-Id: I0571b041bcd7f19bec9f103fa7bccdd093f6394d
Lift the mists of confusion by checking that all JavaScript types align.
No ignores! This is the JavaScript equivalent to Phan.
This patch adds the necessary infrastructure for verifying typing and
fixes the few flaws found.
Bug: T239262
Change-Id: I2557471421196ea46cd13dfb786a52968fbfcc97
