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'''jQuery UI''' was a [[MediaWiki user interface framework]] in use in the 2000s. It was the third party library [[w:JQuery_UI|jQuery UI]], but with some modifications. It was deprecated in favor of more modern frameworks. |
'''jQuery UI''' was a [[MediaWiki user interface framework]] in use in the 2000s. It was the third party library [[w:JQuery_UI|jQuery UI]], but with some modifications. It was deprecated in favor of more modern frameworks. |
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== History == |
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{{See also|Design System Team/History of user-interface libraries and frameworks in MediaWiki}} |
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jQuery was [https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/commit/aefc40d749407714181548f401abde50009c3d0f introduced in 2009] and with MW 1.16, '''[[JQuery UI|jquery.ui]]''' was added around the same time as the [[Skin:Vector|Vector skin]] in order to provide a new and improved editing interface. It started with dialog component for the [[Extension:WikiEditor|2010 wikitext editor]]. While it was not announced as a standard user-interface library, it became part of several extensions in connection to the 2010 wikitext editor, such as CodeMirror and CodeEditor. Wikidata was intentionally built with jquery.ui due to a lack of standardization. Its simplicity also became popular with gadget authors. The 2010 wikitext editor and [[Extension:PageTriage|PageTriage]] are still widely-used extensions. jQuery.ui was deprecated in MW 1.29 for [[OOUI]]. |
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Development until this time was mainly driven by technical and feature-specific needs. Design standards were not enforced Foundation-wide. That is the background of yet another framework, '''Backbone,''' being chosen for PageTriage back then. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Latest revision as of 10:21, 26 March 2026
jQuery UI was a MediaWiki user interface framework in use in the 2000s. It was the third party library jQuery UI, but with some modifications. It was deprecated in favor of more modern frameworks.
History
[edit | edit source]jQuery was introduced in 2009 and with MW 1.16, jquery.ui was added around the same time as the Vector skin in order to provide a new and improved editing interface. It started with dialog component for the 2010 wikitext editor. While it was not announced as a standard user-interface library, it became part of several extensions in connection to the 2010 wikitext editor, such as CodeMirror and CodeEditor. Wikidata was intentionally built with jquery.ui due to a lack of standardization. Its simplicity also became popular with gadget authors. The 2010 wikitext editor and PageTriage are still widely-used extensions. jQuery.ui was deprecated in MW 1.29 for OOUI.
Development until this time was mainly driven by technical and feature-specific needs. Design standards were not enforced Foundation-wide. That is the background of yet another framework, Backbone, being chosen for PageTriage back then.