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== How get "alt" text for the image ==
== Support for plainlist TemplateStyles and mobile disappearing styles ==
 
In article [[Atlanta Compromise]], it is using an InfoBox [[Template:Nadir of American race relations]] .. that infobox has an image in it. How can I add "alt" text for the image, to assist visually impaired users of the encyclopedia? I couldn't find instructions for alt text in this module page. [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 01:39, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
I've made some changes to the module sandbox here that reflect changes made to [[Module:Navbox/sandbox]] and which I've started a discussion at [[Template talk:Navbox#TemplateStyles for plainlist]]. These changes are describe in parts 1 and 2 there. If you have questions, please feel free to discuss there. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 23:40, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
:{{replyto|Noleander}} [[Template:Nadir of American race relations]] has <syntaxhighlight lang=wikitext>{{Sidebar with collapsible lists
...
| image = [[File:Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906 (cropped).jpg|232px|class=notpageimage]]
...
}}</syntaxhighlight> and you would add the alt text inside that image specification using {{para|alt}}, see [[WP:EIS#Alt text and caption]]. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 12:57, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
::Great, thanks, that worked. [[User:Noleander|Noleander]] ([[User talk:Noleander|talk]]) 13:13, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
 
== Title always link-blue? ==
:Hi, [[User:Izno|Izno]]. Thank you for your work on the CSS/TemplateStyles refactoring. Are edits such as [[Special:Diff/1157915259]] useful with regards of this effort?
:I see that [[Module:Sidebar]] has [[Special:Diff/1128569472|support for adding the TemplateStyles based on parameters]] ({{para|contentclass}} in the case of {{tl|Atomic radius}}). Will function <code>add_list_styles</code> be eventually removed from [[Module:Sidebar]] (assuming all relevant places are replaced with explicit calls to {{tl|plainlist}} et al.)? Or is <code>add_list_styles</code> and related code for adding TemplateStyles expected to be left in the module "forever"? —⁠[[User:Andrybak|andrybak]] ([[User talk:Andrybak|talk]]) 19:57, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
::@[[User:Andrybak|Andrybak]], it's probably not much of a win, if a win at all, today, to make swaps like that. I did do that for a few sidebars several years ago, but having to deal with the hundreds of thousands of navigation templates (Module:Sidebar and [[Module:Navbox]], and [[Module:Infobox]] too) made it not a winning strategy to me when there are other [[MediaWiki talk:Common.css/to do|much larger gains to be had]]. Right now, if there is a loss, it's that the addition of plainlist/hlist styles to a page would become slightly less deterministic. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 19:59, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
:::I'm confused. I think I don't understand the layout/formatting of the page [[MediaWiki talk:Common.css/to do]]. For example, {{tl|Infobox Cyrillic letter}} [[Special:Diff/1157920522|was still listed]] for plainlist. However, [[Special:Diff/1157920338]] seems very similar to the aforementioned [[Special:Diff/1157915259]]. What am I missing? —⁠[[User:Andrybak|andrybak]] ([[User talk:Andrybak|talk]]) 20:22, 31 May 2023 (UTC)
::::My link to the to do page was to indicate there is higher-value work to be done on other things than the pretty-mechanical/low-value change that adds plainlist/hlist templates and eventually removes the checking code from the module.
::::Your infobox cyrillic letter change looks fine (though now-reverted and a full page protection on top of that unrelated to your efforts). There are more painful conversions for infoboxes which is why I added the checking code in Module:Infobox as well (think: it is trivial to make an infobox where the row disappears with a basic parameter and a class in the row class rather than putting an if block in with a template).
::::The parts of the to do list that should be worked are the ones not under the "done" section. :) [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 07:40, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
 
I noticed that when a wrapper of this template is called on the page the title parameter links to, the title renders as the link color despite not actually being a link. This doesn't align with the default behavior when a page links to itself (e.g.: [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}]]) or the behavior when a non-title link in a sidebar links to the page it's placed on. It's also ''possible'' that this violates the {{tq|Links should be clearly identifiable as links for readers}} clause of [[MOS:COLOR]] (it doesn't conform to the inverse, i.e. that non-links shouldn't appear as links).
== Headings misaligned with list titles ==
{{Moved discussion to|Template talk:Politics of Serbia and Montenegro|—⁠[[User:Andrybak|andrybak]] ([[User talk:Andrybak|talk]]) 20:46, 31 May 2023 (UTC)}}
 
My Lua knowledge is limited at best so I have no idea what/who (and, by extension, why) caused this. Any thoughts?
== Sidebar missing in mobile view ==
 
&mdash;&hairsp;[[User:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|Daℤyzzos]] ([[User_talk:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|✉️]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|📤]]) 20:18, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
<nowiki>{{LGBT sidebar}}</nowiki>: Refer [[GaLTaS]], where the sidebar displays only in Desktop view on iPad and iPhone. [[User:Chrisdevelop|Chrisdevelop]] ([[User talk:Chrisdevelop|talk]]) 23:48, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
:{{replyto|DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord}} On which page do you see this happening? Examples ''always'' help. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 21:03, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
::First noticed it on [[Mathematics]].{{snd}}[[User:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|Daℤyzzos]] ([[User_talk:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|✉️]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|📤]]) 23:22, 29 July 2025 (UTC) <ins>P.S. Just realized this&mdash;only happens on dark mode (probably should've checked that earlier, but oh well.) Also: using Chrome but also shows up in Safari on my phone (again only in dark mode).{{snd}}[[User:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|Daℤyzzos]] ([[User_talk:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|✉️]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|📤]]) 23:28, 29 July 2025 (UTC)</ins>
:::This also occurs using Firefox, again dark mode only. The HTML that is served has <syntaxhighlight lang=html><table class="sidebar nomobile nowraplinks hlist">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="sidebar-pretitle">Part of a series on</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="sidebar-title-with-pretitle">
<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mathematics</a>
</th>
</tr>
...
</tbody>
</table></syntaxhighlight> In both dark and light mode, this comes with the following CSS: <syntaxhighlight lang=css>@media screen {
a.mw-selflink {
color: inherit;
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: inherit;
}
}</syntaxhighlight> which is what makes the word "Mathematics" appear black and boldface. But in dark mode only, the following CSS (found in [[Module:Sidebar/styles.css]]) is used in addition: <syntaxhighlight lang=css>@media screen {
html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a {
color: var(--color-progressive) !important;
}
}</syntaxhighlight> The last three simple selectors (<code>.sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a</code>) are what's causing the color to be overridden. The color value (<code>var(--color-progressive)</code>) is read from a variable that is set elsewhere. Why it's written that way, I don't know. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 07:10, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
::::I did some [[WP:WikiBlame|WikiBlame]]-ing and discovered that the last bit of CSS in your comment (the <code>@media screen</code> one) was added in [[Special:Diff/1234103998|this edit]] to the style page by @[[User:Jdlrobson|Jdlrobson]] (pinging to find the reasons for the addition as the link in the edit summary is broken and a search for "Fall of Constantinople dark mode error" on talk pages turned up blank).{{snd}}[[User:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|Daℤyzzos]] ([[User_talk:DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|✉️]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/DaZyzzogetonsGotDaLastWord|📤]]) 13:20, 30 July 2025 (UTC)
 
== Removing sidebar images as page image ==
:[[Template:Sidebar]] says: "This template does not display in the mobile view of Wikipedia; it is desktop only. Read the documentation for an explanation."
:and <nowiki>"Templates using the classes class=navbox ({{navbox}}) or class=nomobile ({{sidebar}}) are not displayed on the mobile web site of English Wikipedia. Mobile page views account for approximately 65% of all page views (90-day average as of May 2023)."</nowiki> [[User:Johnjbarton|Johnjbarton]] ([[User talk:Johnjbarton|talk]]) 01:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
::Thanks for your speedy reply and explanation. I copied the Sidebar from another similar site and didn’t see any documentation there. Where can I read this documentation? Given that most viewers are using mobile view, and therefore won’t see the Template unless they switch to Desktop view, is there either a way to edit this to display in all situations, or is there another Sidebar template that already will? [[User:Chrisdevelop|Chrisdevelop]] ([[User talk:Chrisdevelop|talk]]) 01:55, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
:::IDK, I came here to try to figure out what the deal is. AFAICT, the sidebar is not implemented correctly on mobile plus some think that dropping the sidebar content altogether is good because it reduces page weight and thus load time. I suppose these folks grew up in the 2000s. I could not find any more info. I tried asking on [[Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Template_sidebar_design_alternative?]] but got crickets. [[User:Johnjbarton|Johnjbarton]] ([[User talk:Johnjbarton|talk]]) 02:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
::::Thanks for all your trouble. I’ll keep an eye on the Village Pump and check back here every so often. I like this particular LGBT project sidebar because if saves a lot of time to not have to enter its directory manually. Is there a place where the Sidebar itself can be edited? That was how I ended up here in the first place. [[User:Chrisdevelop|Chrisdevelop]] ([[User talk:Chrisdevelop|talk]]) 02:48, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
:::::By "the Sidebar" do you mean "The page [[GaLTaS]] has a sidebar and I want to change its content?
:::::If yes edit the intro and see
:::::<nowiki>{{LGBT sidebar}}</nowiki>
:::::This template contains the config for the sidebar. Navigate to the config file by putting "Template:" in Wikipedia search bar followed by the name of the template: [[Template:LGBT_sidebar]]. Edit that page to change the template.
:::::'''BEWARE''' any change you make affects '''all''' pages using that sidebar. You should discuss any changes on the [[Template_talk:LGBT]] page, or better ask someone else to do the edits the first time. [[User:Johnjbarton|Johnjbarton]] ([[User talk:Johnjbarton|talk]]) 03:03, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
::::::Brilliant, thank you - exactly what I needed to know; and yes, I will take your advice re editing this. [[User:Chrisdevelop|Chrisdevelop]] ([[User talk:Chrisdevelop|talk]]) 03:28, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
 
(continuation of [[Module_talk:Sidebar/Archive_6#Removing_sidebar_images_as_page_image|Module talk:Sidebar/Archive 6#Removing sidebar images as page image]])
== Hide image ==
 
@[[User:Izno|Izno]]: I've added <code>notpageimage</code> to the [[Template:Sidebar/sandbox|sandbox]] and [[Module:Sidebar/configuration/sandbox|its configuration]]. [[User:The RedBurn|The RedBurn]] <small>([[User Talk:The RedBurn|ϕ]])</small> 06:36, 30 August 2025 (UTC)
Hi. I'd like to hide the image in {{tlx|IPCC}}, when it's invoked in [[IPCC]], which already has the same image in {{tlx|infobox organization}}. I've tried <code><nowiki>content1 = {{IPCC|child=yes}}</nowiki></code> but it didn't work. Does anybody know if that's possible? Otherwise, it might be better to remove the sidebar from that article. Thanks! [[User:Fgnievinski|fgnievinski]] ([[User talk:Fgnievinski|talk]]) 15:22, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 
:@[[User:The RedBurn|The RedBurn]] Unfortunately, the class needs to be on the <code>[[File:</code> syntax and not on a container of that item.
I've noticed [[Longitude]] invokes [[Template:Geodesy]] with parameter "notshowfig=1" which seems to be ignored. [[User:Fgnievinski|fgnievinski]] ([[User talk:Fgnievinski|talk]]) 05:18, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
::::The(NB partsmake ofsure the toping dois listattempted that should be worked arein the onessame notedit underas theyou "done" sectionsign. :) [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 0716:4053, 1 JuneSeptember 20232025 (UTC)
 
== ARIA ==
 
{{edit request}}
 
Hi, per WIA-ARIA, can the parent {{tag|table|o}} HTML element with classes <code>sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks</code> please get an ARIA role. Like the Mbox templates (see [[Module:Message box]], I was thinking <code>role="none"</code> is most appropriate. Although, in this case since most sidebars are navigation boxes it may be helpful to able to pass a boolean parameter to change the ARIA role given to <code>role="navigation"</code>.
 
@[[User:Izno|Izno]] What do you think? Sorry, I'm browsing around with my screenreader and noticed the sidebar also uses HTML tables still... Are you also on-board with <code>role="none"</code> and a boolean argument to switch this to <code>role="navigation"</code>?
 
(P.S. future me or someone else kind enough I can proof it—will have to also explain clearly and succinctly in sidebar and sidebar with collapsible lists template docs how to use lists (that expose {{tag|ul|o}}, {{tag|li|o}}, etc.) and be ARIA-friendly i.e. grouping them so they're read out usefully, labelling (!!) so important as otherwise a long babelling electronic voice of hyperlinks is all the visually impaired has for reference etc. if this is even possible to achieve on WP...) <span style="color:#CD0000">[[User:Waddie96|waddie96]] ★ ([[User talk:Waddie96|talk]])</span> 02:47, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
 
:Sidebars are either nav or aside, if we were to use HTML elements that I don't current have access to. I'll mark it up as nav for now in the sandbox. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 16:57, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
::Thanks. I'm pretty confident that this particular WIA-ARIA work such as assigning roles to HTML elements whose semantics are incongruent to their use-case is an uncontroversial edit despite it being such a high-use page. Placing edit request.
::Kindly at the HTML attribute <code>role="navigation"</code> to the parent {{tag|table|o}} element please. This will replace the implicit semantics of a data table with the explicit semantics of a navigation group/group of links (the identical semantics as {{tag|nav|o}}) to accessibility technology.
::I guessed this, so please don't slate me:
::{{textdiff|<nowiki>:css('width', args.width or nil)
:cssText(args.bodystyle or args.style)</nowiki>
|<nowiki>:css('width', args.width or nil)
:cssText(args.bodystyle or args.style)
:attr("role", "navigation")</nowiki>}}
::or is it <code>setAttribute("role", "navigation")</code>? I feel like the former.<span style="color:#CD0000">[[User:Waddie96|waddie96]] ★ ([[User talk:Waddie96|talk]])</span> 17:39, 1 September 2025 (UTC)
:::Or you can just say sync to the sandbox. [[User:Izno|Izno]] ([[User talk:Izno|talk]]) 19:13, 1 September 2025 (UTC)