Interesting, I didn't see this option earlier when I was pissed about it not being there. Thanks, it was just what I was looking for.

-- Michael Becker

-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nash Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9.35 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] Right Click Editing

You can. It is called "Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles (JavaScript)"

---- Frecklefoot

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On Behalf Of Michael Becker Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 7:20 PM To: Wikitech-L@wikipedia.org Cc: wikien-l@wikipedia.org; wikien-l@wikipedia.org Subject: [WikiEN-l] Right Click Editing

I would just like to say, that I really hate the right-click editing. Mostly because I can no longer right click on headings that are also links to open them in a new page. Could we make this a feature you

can

turn off in the user preferences?

-- Michael Becker

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Erik Moeller wrote:

Michael (Becker?) wrote:

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I would just like to say, that I really hate the right-click editing. Mostly because I can no longer right click on headings that are also links to open them in a new page. Could we make this a feature you can turn off in the user preferences?

First, it has long been our MoS policy that links in headings should be avoided.

A mere MoS policy, that may apply only to [[en:]] anyway, shouldn't be enforced by the software in the default option. Not that it's that simple, given your second point:

Second, even if there are any, with a decent browser you can open them by middle- or ctrl+-left-clicking. Mozilla additionally supports type-ahead find and lets you navigate the links with [Tab]s.

But I have seen a couple occasions where links in headers were good. (Rare, but existent.) They should not break -- and they haven't broken, but we should still be sensitive to that possibility when designing defaults.

-- Toby

Erik Moeller wrote:

Toby Bartels wrote:

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A mere MoS policy, that may apply only to [[en:]] anyway, shouldn't be enforced by the software in the default option.

Right click editing is not and has never been the default option. Michael changed it and then whined about it.

My mistake! I inferred otherwise from Michael's post. It's all fine then.

-- Toby