Editing User:Pharap/Wiki Improvement Proposals (section)

=== Hover Text Template ===

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|reference=IP-003
|type=Template
|status=Unimplemented
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==== Summary ====

I propose introducing a <code><nowiki>{{hover text}}</nowiki></code> template like [https://en.uesp.net/ UESP]'s <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Template:Hover hover]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> template, which is itself based on Wikimedia's <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:H:title?useskin=vector H:title]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>.

==== Reasoning ====

This new template would be useful for adding contextual information as a basic tooltip, and could be used as a base for building further, more complex templates.

==== Example ====

* <code><nowiki>{{Hover text|This is the hovertext|This is the main text}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text|This is the hover text|This is the main text}}
* <code><nowiki>{{Hover text|This is the hovertext|This is the main text|dotted=no}}</nowiki></code> → {{User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text|This is the hover text|This is the main text|dotted=no}}

==== Implementation ====

The easiest way to impelement this would be with a <code>title</code> attribute on a <code>span</code> element. There may, however, be a better, more sophisticated, or more semantically correct way to implement the template. Fortunately, it can be amended after-the-fact if necessary.

Additionally, the text would be underlined with a <span style="bottom-border: 1px dotted">dotted line</span> to highlight the fact the user can hover over it, and the cursor could be optionally changed to the <span style="cursor: help">help cursor</span>.

By default, the first parameter would be the hover text and the second parameter would be the main text. A <code>dotted</code> parameter would be used to disable the dotted line.

See <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[User:Pharap/Templates/Hover text]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> for a functional implementation.