Extension:InlineEditor

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
InlineEditor; Release status: experimental
Implementation	Page action, Ajax, Hook
Description	InlineEditor is an editing interface that allows users to edit and preview elements in the page by clicking them.
Author(s)	Jan Paul Posma (JanPaul123talk)
MediaWiki	1.17
	Parameters $wgInlineEditorEnableGlobal $wgInlineEditorAdvancedGlobal $wgInlineEditorBrowserBlacklist $wgInlineEditorAllowedNamespaces
	Hooks used MediaWikiPerformAction; EditPage::showEditForm:initial; GetPreferences; EditPage::showEditForm:fields; SiteNoticeBefore;
Licence	GPL v2
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the InlineEditor extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

InlineEditor originally started as a research project of JanPaul123, and has been further built by him and developers at GRNET. You can read the Bachelor's thesis about this project for full information and context.

This editor is first and foremost a proof of concept to show that this new paradigm of editing works without having to change the parser of MediaWiki, and it isn't actively developed because of the work by the Wikimedia Foundation to fix the parser problems and build an actual visual editor (cf. Google Docs). There are still unimplemented features that prevent this editor from being used on actual wikis, as complex pages cannot be effectively edited. For more information, please see the discussion page.

History

Prototypes

Prototypes were created and presented on wikitech-l to determine initial go or no-go by listening to the community.

First iteration

First, two interfaces were created: the functional editor and the block editor. These two interfaces have been tested by JanPaul123 at the University of Groningen.

Usability study 1

Second iteration

The next implementation was the hybrid editor. This interface has been tested by GRNET researchers.

Usability study 2

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