Hello, here's an update on the bracket matching feature. 

Based on feedback we received after the first release in January, our team has now adjusted the colors for bracket matching: 

* The background color of highlighted brackets changes to a lighter gray than before. 

* Highlighted brackets don't change font color. 

This is to ensure that the cursor next to the highlighted brackets is clearly visible, and to not make it seem like the brackets were selected, e.g. for copy/pasting. Screenshot: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Bracket_Matching#Features

These changes will be deployed with Mediawiki version 1.36.0-wmf.35, which will hopefully go live this week.

Thanks a lot to everyone who gave feedback on this project so far.

For the Technical Wishes Team at Wikimedia Deutschland

Johanna

Am Mi., 27. Jan. 2021 um 13:52 Uhr schrieb Johanna Strodt <johanna.strodt@wikimedia.de>:

/ sorry for cross-posting

Hi,

On a few first wikis[1], you can now highlight pairs of brackets in wikitext. For this to work, you need to turn on the syntax highlighting feature, which is part of the 2010 and 2017 wikitext editors. By placing your cursor next to or within a set of brackets, you can then match round, square and curly brackets. For more information about this feature please visit its project page.[2]

Deployment to other wikis is planned for later this year. If your wiki community wants to get bracket matching now, please contact me. 

This change has been implemented by the Technical Wishes team who is currently working on several projects within the focus area "Make working with templates easier"[3]. Other projects in this focus area, including those for the Visual Editor, are in the making.

Many thanks to all who have contributed to the realization of this project through comments, interviews and more. Feedback is, as always, welcome on the project's talk page.[4]

Thanks,

Johanna for the Technical Wishes team

[1] dewiki, cawiki and trwiki

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Bracket_Matching

[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Templates 

[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Bracket_Matching

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