Include placeholder in reply input
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	ppelberg
	Feb 14 2020, 12:21 AM

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This task is about implementing helper text [i] within the reply's text input. This text should be overwritten/displaced once a contributor starts drafting their comment.

Helper text components

This helper text should include the following text:

"Reply to"
The author of the comment a contributor is replying to

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Helper text is implemented that contains the "Helper text components" above
Helper text should disappear/be overwritten once a contributor starts writing a reply

Reference

Source: T235593#5897563

https://material.io/develop/web/components/input-controls/text-field/helper-text/

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Reply-to placeholder	mediawiki/extensions/DiscussionTools	master	+9 -3

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Status	Assigned	Task
Open	None	T233443 [Epic] Reply Tool
Resolved	ppelberg	T235924 Replies v2.0: release replying to specific comments
Resolved	ppelberg	T245221 Replies v2.0: Engineering
Resolved	ppelberg	T245227 Include placeholder in reply input

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ppelberg created this task.Feb 14 2020, 12:21 AM

ppelberg mentioned this in T244651: Add a button to reply to user to mentorship questions.Feb 14 2020, 2:55 AM

matmarex added a project: DiscussionTools.Feb 21 2020, 5:10 PM

In T235593#5916099, @Esanders wrote:

Re: placeholder text saying "Reply to @RockawayBch4vr"

Is the '@' necessary?

Should we show it for IPs, e.g. "Reply to 192.168.0.1" / "Reply to @192.168.0.1"

My leanings are

Probably not, it doesn't necessarily appear anywhere else on the page (except in some wiki-specific mention templates)

Probably, it might be helpful to know you clicked on the right reply button?

ppelberg edited projects, added Editing-team (Q3 2019-2020 Kanban Board); removed Editing-team (Tracking).Feb 26 2020, 4:43 PM

ppelberg moved this task from Needs Discussion / Investigation to Upcoming on the Editing-team (Q3 2019-2020 Kanban Board) board.

ppelberg mentioned this in T235593: Replies v2.0: create mockups.

In T235593#5924343, @ppelberg wrote:

Adding comments to the points @Esanders and @iamjessklein raised in T235593#5916099 and T235593#5920258...

1. Re: placeholder text saying "Reply to @RockawayBch4vr"
i) +1 to what you (Jess) and Ed arrived at: Do not prepend @ for the reason Ed mentioned in T235593#5916099.

A note: we may revise this if we see the @ convention to become more popular after the introduction of T232601.

ii) I think we should include placeholder text when contributors are responding to a comment authored by an IP editor (e.g. "Reply to 192.168.0.1") for the reason Ed raised in T235593#5916099: having the username of the author of the comment you are replying to within the helper text, could lead people to feel more confident they are responding to the right person.