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Ashjal
Ashjal

Reputation: 53

Save and Continue option while editing forms in MediaWiki

I have created a form using the "Create Form" option in MediaWiki with few text areas to fill in by the user. I wanted to enable the option of save and continue wherein a user can save the form after filling it partially, and then continue adding/editing the information.

I used the Extension:Checkpoint to fulfill the same. The extension provides the option when creating/editing a normal page in mediawiki, but not when

Searched a lot on ways to be able to use the same, but failed. Also tried using the standard input tag: save and continue, but it just creates text, and no button.

Is there a way to get the functionality to work (did I miss something), or implement it in another way?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 248

Answers (1)

Ashjal
Ashjal

Reputation: 53

The Save and Continue option as a matter of fact can be easily implemented without the use of the Extension:Checkpoint.

The standart input tag is defined within mediawiki which provides the user to provide different input options at the end of a page or a form. The following different tag values are allowed:

  • "save" (for the "Save page" button)
  • "preview" (for the "Show preview" button)
  • "save and continue" (for the "Save and continue" button - this lets users
  • save the page without leaving the form)
  • "changes" (for the "Show changes" button)
  • "summary" (for the "Summary" text field)
  • "minor edit" (for the "This is a minor edit" checkbox)
  • "watch" (for the "Watch this page" checkbox)
  • "cancel" (for the "Cancel" link)
  • "run query" (for the "Run query" button in query forms)

The save and continue option can be easily used as follows:

{{{standard input|save and continue}}}

at the end of the page where you want the option.

It works as follows:

the button is not activated (appears as normal text) unless you type or change something in the form or page. As soon as you make even a slight change, the button is activated, to function just as every other button.

hence it might look as if the tag didn't work when it actually does. :)

PS: I still can't understand why the extension doesn't work on forms when it was designed keeping in mind the option of 'editing forms'.

Upvotes: 1

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