Board Thread:Technical Updates/@comment-24006128-20200319160218/@comment-37336800-20200324171040

Did you read posts, , , and before asking that question?

MediaWiki supports a url parameter called  which can be used in conjunction with mw:Extension:InputBox to prefill variables in templates. For example, I was planning on making use of it on my wiki where I'm going to use DPLforums. The process goes something like this:
 * Have a template with a  variable.   variables are a dollar sign followed by a number, e.g. ,  ,  , and so on. The simplified version of my instance looks like this:
 * Have a page with an inputbox. You need to set,  , and   The simplified version of my instance looks like this:


 * Type something into your inputbox and press the "Create Page" button. The VisualEditor will load but instead of being like it should be, the contents will instead be  If you force the MWDE like I explained in post #34 the value will be   as it should be.

The issue is that when you set  in the input box the generated   in the url is indexed so you get   instead of. The VisualEditor prior to MediaWiki 1.34 does not support indexing, so you get  instead of.