Maniphest T319035

Put DISPLAYTITLE in its own span
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	AlexisJazz
	Sep 30 2022, 3:17 PM

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See also T306440 and T318772.

Feature summary: When the title is modified using {{DISPLAYTITLE:title}}, put the new title in its own span like <span class="mw-page-title-displaytitle">new title</span>.

Use case(s): Any page using DISPLAYTITLE

Benefits: This allows VE (and maybe other tools) to change the title without overwriting the entire header which breaks all events within it and can wipe links/buttons that were added by gadgets/scripts.

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Mentioned In: T326855: Custom main page title has a p and no span in it
Mentioned Here: T306440: Add markup to article headings to distinguish between the namespace and the title
T318772: VE overwrites "lead section edit links" gadget when in SET mode

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AlexisJazz created this task.Sep 30 2022, 3:17 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptSep 30 2022, 3:17 PM

Since VE is mentioned as benefit adding some VE developers to confirm.

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to PHP internals on the MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture board.Oct 1 2022, 12:05 AM

Jdlrobson moved this task from PHP internals to Milestone: More flexibility in article heading area (subpages, descriptions) on the MediaWiki-Core-Skin-Architecture board.

Yes, this was proposed in discussion on T318772 and I said it seems like a good idea.

In my mind, the extra markup would be added somewhere in the parser, which means that no changes in skin code would be necessary (skins already treat the page title as an opaque HTML fragment).

ppelberg moved this task from To Triage to Improvements to Existing Functionality on the VisualEditor board.Dec 1 2022, 5:03 PM

matmarex mentioned this in T326855: Custom main page title has a p and no span in it.Jan 26 2023, 12:37 PM