⚓ T63505 Reusing references inside the VE template dialog


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Reusing references inside the VE template dialog

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The VE template dialog can - with the help of TemplateData - show input fields for a template's parameters. Usually these are simple text fields that offer no editing tools.

As a user it would be nice to have a simple way to add references or re-use reference from the main article to input fields in dialog.

A way to move forward here could be:

  • For a specific template parameter type (e.g. content) add...
  • ...either a button that opens the Citation dialog and adds wikitext, similar to how it's done in the WTE2017
  • ...or add a "inline" VisualEditor similar to what's done for the image dialog's caption field

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:03 AM

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from VisualEditor: You should be able to add an inline reference to a template to You should be able to re-use a reference in a template invocation.Sep 14 2015, 11:05 PM

WMDE-Fisch renamed this task from You should be able to re-use a reference in a template invocation to Reusing references inside the VE template dialog.May 11 2023, 9:00 AM

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