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Category talk:Inline formatting templates

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Revision as of 21:57, 26 January 2023 by Qwiption (talk | contribs)
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Ignore this talk page, I screwed something up a bit guys. Fixed now. Resident Mario (talk) 03:31, 24 July 2013 (UTC)


Are there plans to create a template for the various UI buttons that aren't part of the main menu hotkeys? For example, the Quill button to edit text labels. How can I help create it?

Qwiption (talk) 02:56, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

How do you imagine the template would look? I'm not sure it'd be super helpful because 1) there's no standard names for the UI icons, and 2) most UI icons are pretty single-purpose. Like I don't imagine we'd need to talk about the quill icon on more than one page. I've added UI icons as just an inline image in some places, like the magnifying glass on Occupation. OddballJoe (talk) 05:00, 26 January 2023 (UTC)
I think it would be helpful for non-English speakers, and many English-speaking visual learners, to see a picture of the repeated UI elements that don't have hotkeys (and some that do), just like this awesome Menu icon template: Ui z.pngz. The best example is the Quill button that is used on many screens. Search for "quill" in this wiki and you'll see snippets from multiple pages. I conceived the need for it when I read the Military Quickstart's mention of the "dwarf" button, which was next to the dwarf image of my Militia Commander. Also, I wanted to show the [+] button found in those same military screens. I just opened the Stocks screen and there were 6 buttons next to each item in Stocks. All but the Melt button probably get used elsewhere in the UI. And if we have a template, it's easier for wiki-noobs like me to improve articles. (Qwiption (talk) 21:56, 26 January 2023 (UTC))