Template talk:Button

Accessibility

Shouldn't this template support an alt parameter to set the text to be rendered on mouse-over (and to be used by screen-readers for accessibility), or can/will a screen reader read the button text? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 03:02, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

It will read the button text. — Edokter (talk) — 10:10, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

New style for button?

Can we organise a new style for the button? Provided that we are changing the interface of buttons on Wikipedia to look more coloured, such as like:

Button Or Button

We are moving away from the old style that looked like:

Button

Can we reflect these changes on the button template as well? (Remember that this will be a breaking change to the look of the button!)

Provide your say below! Thank you! DSCrowned^(talk) 05:39, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

They've not all turned facebooky. The important ones, like the "Go" and "Search" buttons in the left margin, the "Search" button at Special:Contributions or "Go" at Special:Watchlist are all still proper colours, black on silver. --Redrose64 (talk) 11:08, 9 July 2015 (UTC)

Yes, I see this, but the design team for MediaWiki may change this to the new design in the future. It has been specified in MediaWiki ui and interfaces are now steadily shifting to the new look. For newcomers, they will swiftly come across new pages which have the new style, because those pages are meant for newcomers. DSCrowned^(talk) 04:05, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

Clickable button not clickable

"This template provides a "clickable button" formatting style for text. This button is not clickable"

Seems contradictory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:E35:8A8D:FE80:DC2A:4CC2:F69C:9E36 (talk) 03:26, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

Text style

Changing the markup to be semantically correct in a recent edit [1] (<kbd>...</kbd> instead of <span>...</span>) also had the consequence of turning the regular text on the button into monospace font, which doesn't match with real buttons this template is supposed to represent. I've corrected this in the sandbox: [2]. - Evad37 [talk] 04:34, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

 Done in main template - Evad37 [talk] 16:20, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Three years on, and still no change

In Dec 2017 the Save changes button was renamed Publish changes across all wikis. There was a lack of effective coordination to implement the necessary updates to most of our help pages on en.wiki. I have since tried my best to make up for this. But some changes elude me. Three years ago it was observed that we needed to change the button colour, but I can find no option to set this as a parameter today. Could someone more technical help me get Template:EditOptions to match what we now see in real life editing so that our Help pages like this one look right? If not, I'm just going to delete it and shove in a real screenshot instead. Pinging @DSCrowned: and @Redrose64: who discussed this 3 years ago. Regards, Nick Moyes (talk) 13:29, 26 February 2018 (UTC)

 Done, to emulate the new-style buttons you need to use {{clickable button}} instead of {{button}} - Evad37 [talk] 02:27, 28 February 2018 (UTC)

Thank you - that's really helpful. Nick Moyes (talk) 10:40, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Foreground color

This template set background-color: without setting color: which is an accessibility issue for dark Wikipedia color schemes. Please add color: {{{fgcolor|#000}}}; after background-color: {{{bgcolor|#F2F2F2}}};— Dispenser 03:10, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

 Done — xaosflux ^Talk 11:30, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 17 June 2020

Please add the following to the top of the page:

<noinclude>{{Hatnote|This template is a non-clickable button. For the most common clickable button, see [[Template:Clickable button 2]].}}</noinclude>

This might help people delving into buttons for the first time more easily figure out where to go. As always, make sure the </noinclude> ends on the same line as the first line of the template code. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 17:30, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Sdkb, why not just add it to the top of documentation? —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:39, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Andrybak, I've seen hatnotes both in the documentation and above the template itself, so I'm not sure if there's a set standard, but I think putting it at the top would be a little more prominent. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 20:42, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

There isn't really a standard, but where there is a doc subpage, it seems to me that the hatnotes are usually there (see, e.g., {{cn}}). I've done the same here. --Mdaniels5757 (talk) 21:44, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 12 August 2024 regarding bgcolor parameter

Replace background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, {{{bgcolor1|#FCFCFC}}}, {{{bgcolor2|#E0E0E0}}});
With {{#if:{{{bgcolor|}}}||background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, {{{bgcolor1|#FCFCFC}}}, {{{bgcolor2|#E0E0E0}}}); }}

Summary: encompass the background-image clause with an if statement to check if there is a bgcolor defined. Currently, defining a bgcolor does not actually change the background color since this clause overrides it.

Rafaelmanman (talk) 18:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please make your requested changes to the template's sandbox first; see WP:TESTCASES. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:42, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

@Jonesey95  Done The edit has now been made to the sandbox. Rafaelmanman (talk) 22:34, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you. And now for the testcases page. If you need help setting one up, let me know. I find {{testcase table}} to be useful. Please create a testcase showing the use of bgcolor, bgcolor1, and bgcolor2 in both the live and sandbox templates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:40, 12 August 2024 (UTC)

Ah I see, I didn't realize you had wanted a test cases page; I'll get started on one. Rafaelmanman (talk) 01:13, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done: I've now created the testcases here. The prevalent ones are titled "Background color" (#3), and "Background gradient" (#-3). Let me know if you want anything else completed or would rather they be changed to testcase tables, be it for the sake of the request or just general upkeeping. Thank you very much for your help. Rafaelmanman (talk) 14:31, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Just a note: I've changed the sandbox after I noticed it was registering differently when it should have been the same on the testcases. The change is minimal, simply moving the space at the end of the new version to after the parser function.Rafaelmanman (talk) 16:25, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done. Thanks. The testcases helped me understand the problem (bgcolor was not being applied if it was defined). – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:52, 15 August 2024 (UTC)

Edit request for dark mode compability

Kindly merge changes at Template:Button/sandbox for dark mode compatibility. You can see testcases. The colors are slightly different but it shouldn't be a big problem (had to approximate with css tokens). —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 06:45, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Matrix, nitpick, but shouldn't the gradient run the other way in dark mode ? (maybe using template styles would be a good usecase here). Sohom (talk) 13:13, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

@Sohom Datta: The drawback with using templatestyles is that it won't work well if the bgcolor1 or bgcolor2 parameters are defined —Matrix(!) {user - talk? - _uselesscontributions} 09:50, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done Further edits to the sandbox are welcome to address nitpicks. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:25, 28 August 2024 (UTC)