Community Wishlist Survey 2019/Mobile and apps/Add an undo/revert button to diff view

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Add an undo/revert button to diff view

Problem: The mobile web diff view features an enormous 'thank' button at the bottom of the screen. Sadly, I find myself reverting people far more often than I thank them. Quickly reverting a dodgy edit is the sort of quick editing that should work well on mobile. Unfortunately, the mobile interface makes this all but impossible without manually rewriting the text or zooming the view after switching to desktop interface.

Who would benefit: Editors checking their watchlist or recentfeed on their phones.

Proposed solution: Provide an undo button adjacent to the thank button. Undoing an edit would work the same way as on the desktop site - open the editing interface with the offending text removed from the source.

More comments: already proposed in 2017

Phabricator tickets: T191706

Proposer: Dvorapa (talk) 20:58, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion

Should this be limited to users with "revert" rights for now, to gauge the effects?--Strainu (talk) 21:28, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I thought everyone with "edit" right can also revert on desktop? --Dvorapa (talk) 21:36, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Endorse: I would have proposed the same. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 01:46, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse --Patriccck (talk) 09:15, 4 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse, and if possible add a Rollback option as well for users who have it. The Thank function can go if there isn't enough space. Feminist (talk) 04:02, 7 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Endorse, we also do need a button to move page in mobile view. CyberTroopers (talk) 13:54, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I've thought about this for a while and I oppose it. There's another proposal regarding the "fat finger" problem of accidentally thanking other editors, now someone wants to add an additional "fat finger" problem of accidentally undoing or even rolling back my edits. No thanks. You can revert my edit by editing the page to remove the bit you don't like; maybe it's good to slow down and think about what you're doing instead of banging buttons. Jacknstock (talk) 10:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I have created a JavaScript hack at en:User:FR30799386/undo which allows a user to do a undo an edit on mobile.FR30799386 (talk) 08:16, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support per all the endorses, add rollback button please Cohaf (talk) 19:37, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tom Ja (talk) 20:18, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Araratic (talk) 22:35, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yes please: so cumbersome at present to undo or revert a silly or vandalising change spotted on my watchlist when browsing it on phone. PamD (talk) 23:16, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support DonBarredora (talk) 23:58, 16 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support まっすろな未来 (talk) 06:09, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support ParadiseDesertOasis8888 (talk) 06:49, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fabiorahamim (talk) 07:03, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 09:24, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Samidare Renka -talk- 09:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2 (talk) 10:50, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:28, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Saederup92 (talk) 11:29, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alangi Derick (talk) 12:12, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hamim000000 (talk) 14:09, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support JogiAsad (talk) 18:12, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Amir (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 19:49, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Yamaha5 (talk) 20:34, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support —Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contribs} 20:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Mehdi^Talk 20:38, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fatemi ♪ 20:41, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wikicat (talk) 21:18, 17 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Steven Walling • talk 03:28, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Temp3600 (talk) 05:58, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is really annoying, and should be an easy fix. Catrìona (talk) 06:15, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Patriccck (talk) 07:46, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support فرهنگ2016 (talk) 10:40, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support NMaia (talk) 10:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support As a proposer Dvorapa (talk) 18:43, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Stryn (talk) 23:10, 18 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is an extremely important proposal. Something that has been requested a lot of times but has never been implemented. FR30799386 (talk) 05:13, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support –Ammarpad (talk) 05:41, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support The Moose 06:49, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Galobtter (talk) 07:59, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support BRP^ever 11:49, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support CyberTroopers (talk) 14:59, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Feminist (talk) 16:53, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support I would have proposed the same. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 01:46, 4 November 2018 (UTC)Transposed from above section by Winged Blades of Godric (talk) 19:14, 19 November 2018 (UTC) at 19:15, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Winged Blades of Godric (talk) 19:14, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jmmuguerza (talk) 23:48, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 04:24, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Vulp here 12:06, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Gareth (talk) 12:13, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Lord van Tasm (talk) 13:42, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support β₁₆ - (talk) 15:35, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Paine Ellsworth ^put'r there 17:15, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Rachel Helps (BYU) (talk) 19:10, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:42, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Novak Watchmen (talk) 01:44, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Elfi (talk) 07:15, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support BugWarp (talk) 12:58, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nihlus 22:40, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support--►Neriman2003 ^talk 18:27, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support MisterSynergy (talk) 09:53, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support James F. (talk) 22:43, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Matěj Suchánek (talk) 09:22, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hmxhmx 10:33, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Gce (talk) 15:09, 24 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ranjithsiji (talk) 23:02, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support — AfroThundr ^{(u · t · c)} 02:26, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Equoreo (talk) 09:21, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ckoerner (talk) 15:54, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support An undo is desirable for your own edits, in case you make an edit and then you realize something went very wrong Ciencia Al Poder (talk) 10:30, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Linguistical (talk) 13:52, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daniel Case (talk) 18:09, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Netanel488 (talk) 23:17, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support Oh jeez yes please! I find myself checking the 'pedia on mobile view a lot more than I would like to admit and this would come in handy. Cymru.lass (talk) 20:01, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Support One of the reasons why I hardly ever use mobile view on my phone (and use desktop instead) — NickK (talk) 15:36, 30 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]