https://github.com/wikimedia/oojs-ui
OOUI is a modern JavaScript UI library with strong cross-browser support. It is the standard library for MediaWiki and Wikipedia. This is a mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org. Main website:
https://github.com/wikimedia/oojs-ui
Last synced: 5 months ago
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OOUI is a modern JavaScript UI library with strong cross-browser support. It is the standard library for MediaWiki and Wikipedia. This is a mirror from https://gerrit.wikimedia.org. Main website:
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/wikimedia/oojs-ui
- Owner: wikimedia
- License: mit
- Created: 2013-11-07T18:45:25.000Z (about 12 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-08-28T12:20:04.000Z (5 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-08-28T19:42:31.207Z (5 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI
- Size: 16.8 MB
- Stars: 68
- Watchers: 10
- Forks: 26
- Open Issues: 0
-
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: History.md
- License: LICENSE-MIT
- Authors: AUTHORS.txt
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README
OOUI
=================
OOUI is a component-based JavaScript UI library. Key features:
* Common widgets, layouts, and dialogs
* Classes, elements, and mixins to create custom interfaces
* Internationalization and localization, like right-to-left (RTL) languages support
* Theme-ability
* Built-in icons
* Accessibility features
It was the standard library for Web products at the Wikimedia Foundation, having been originally created for use by [VisualEditor](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor). It is now in maintenance mode, and we strongly recommend all new code instead be written using [Codex](https://doc.wikimedia.org/codex/latest/).
Quick start
----------
The library is available on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/oojs-ui). To install:
```bash
$ npm install oojs-ui
```
Once installed, include the following scripts and styles to get started:
```html
```
Loading the library
-------------------
While the distribution directory is chock-full of files, you will normally load only the following three:
* `oojs-ui.js`, containing the full library;
* One of `oojs-ui-wikimediaui.css` or `oojs-ui-apex.css`, containing theme-specific styles; and
* One of `oojs-ui-wikimediaui.js` or `oojs-ui-apex.js`, containing theme-specific code
You can load additional icon packs from files named `oojs-ui-wikimediaui-icons-*.css` or `oojs-ui-apex-icons-*.css`.
The remaining files make it possible to load only parts of the whole library.
Furthermore, every CSS file has a right-to-left (RTL) version available, to be used on pages using right-to-left languages if your environment doesn't automatically flip them as needed.
Issue tracker
-------------
Found a bug or missing feature? Please report it in our [issue tracker Phabricator](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=PHID-PROJ-dgmoevjqeqlerleqzzx5)!
Contributing
------------
We are always delighted when people contribute patches. To setup your development environment:
1. Clone the repo: `$ git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/oojs/ui oojs-ui`
2. Move into the library directory:
`$ cd oojs-ui`
3. Install [composer](https://getcomposer.org/download/) and make sure running `composer` will execute it (*e.g.* add it to `$PATH` in POSIX environments).
4. Install dev dependencies:
`$ npm install`
5. Build the library (you can alternatively use `grunt quick-build` if you don't need to rebuild the PNGs):
`$ grunt build`
6. You can see a suite of demos in `/demos` by executing:
`$ npm run-script demos`
7. You can also copy the distribution files from the dist directory into your project.
8. You can start a local web server by running `php -S localhost:80` in your root dir.
9. You can navigate to http://localhost/tests/ to run the tests locally in your browser.
We use [Gerrit](https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/) for code review, and [Phabricator](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org) to track issues. To contribute patches or join discussions all you need is a [developer account](https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Help%3AGetting+Started).
* If you've found a bug, or wish to request a feature [raise a ticket on Phabricator](https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?projects=PHID-PROJ-dgmoevjqeqlerleqzzx5).
* To submit your patch, follow [the "getting started" quick-guide](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Gerrit/Getting_started). We try to review patches within a week.
* We automatically lint and style-check changes to JavaScript, PHP, LESS/CSS, Ruby and JSON files. You can test these yourself with `npm test` and `composer test` locally before pushing changes. SVG files should be squashed in advance of committing with [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo) using `svgo --pretty --disable=removeXMLProcInst --disable=cleanupIDs `.
A new version of the library is released most weeks on Tuesdays.
Community
---------
Get updates, ask questions and join the discussion with maintainers and contributors:
* Join the Wikimedia Developers mailing list, [wikitech-l](https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l).
* Chat with the maintainers on `#wikimedia-dev` on `irc.libera.chat`.
* Ask questions on [StackOverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/tags/oojs-ui/info).
* Watchlist the [documentation](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/OOUI) on MediaWiki to stay updated.
Versioning
----------
We use the [Semantic Versioning guidelines](http://semver.org/).
Releases will be numbered in the following format:
`..`
Release
----------
### Prerequisites
- [Create an NPM account](https://www.npmjs.com/signup), if you don't have one already
- Verify that you can [log into your NPM account](https://www.npmjs.com/login)
- Verify that you are [listed as a maintainer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/oojs-ui/access)
of the oojs-ui package. If not, ask an existing maintainer to add you.
- Make sure that you have two-factor authentication (2FA) set up.
- Run `npm login` and follow the steps. You should only need to do this once on each computer.
If you're not sure if you've already done this, you can run `npm whoami`; if it prints your
NPM username, you're already logged in.
- Clone the mediawiki/vendor repository: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/admin/repos/mediawiki/vendor,general
### Prepare and submit the release commit
From the root of this repository, update master and check out a new `release` branch:
```bash
$ git remote update
$ git checkout -B release -t origin/master
```
Clean-install npm dependencies, update Composer dependencies, and ensure tests pass:
```bash
$ npm ci && composer update && npm test && composer test
```
Generate a list of commits that are part of this release:
```bash
$ git log --format='* %s (%aN)' --no-merges v$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package").version);')...HEAD | grep -v "Localisation updates from" | sort
```
In History.md, add a new heading for this version and date. Copy the list of commits into the new
section and sort into five sub-sections, in order, omitting any sub-section that has no commits:
```md
### Breaking changes
### Deprecations
### Features
### Styles
### Code
```
Generate the list of Phabricator tasks for this release. Copy the resulting list and save it for
later. In a later step, you will add it to the commit message of the MediaWiki core commit.
```bash
$ git log --pretty=format:%b v$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package").version);')...HEAD | grep Bug: | sort | uniq
```
Update the version number (in the following command, change 'patch' to 'minor' if you've made
breaking changes):
```bash
$ npm version patch --git-tag-version=false
```
Commit the release and submit to Gerrit. Note that if there is a Phabricator task associated with
the release, you should edit the commit to add the bug number before running `git review`.
```bash
$ git add -u
$ git commit -m "Tag v$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package").version);')"
$ git review
```
### Publish the tag and push to NPM
After the tag commit is merged in this repo, push the tag and publish to NPM:
```bash
$ git remote update
$ git checkout origin/master
$ git tag "v$(node -e 'console.log(require("./package").version);')"
$ npm run publish-build && git push --tags && npm publish
```
### Update the mediawiki/vendor repo
In your local mediawiki/vendor repo, point composer to the new version and pull in the updated
vendor files:
```bash
# Replace 1.2.34 with the version number of the new release
$ composer require oojs/oojs-ui 1.2.34 --no-update
$ composer update --no-dev
```
Then commit the changes with the following commit message, replacing 1.2.34 with the new OOUI
version number (example: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/vendor/+/813629).
```bash
$ git add -u
$ git commit
```
Commit message format:
```bash
Update OOUI to v1.2.34
Release notes: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/oojs/ui/+/v1.2.34/History.md
```
Push this to gerrit. Take note of the Change-Id in the commit message. Copy it and save it for
later. You will need it for the Depends-On: line in the commit message when updating MediaWiki.
```bash
$ git review
# Show the last commit
$ git show --stat
```
### Update the MediaWiki core repo
In your local MediaWiki core repo, open `composer.json` and update the version number of
`oojs/oojs-ui` to the new version number.
Open `RELEASE-NOTES-1.NN`. If there is already a list item about OOUI, update the latest version
number. For example, if there is a list item that says "Updated OOUI from v1.2.0 to v1.2.33",
update the latter version number fo `v1.2.34`. If there isn't a list item about OOUI yet, add one
in the `Changed external libraries` section.
Open `resources/lib/foreign-resources.yaml`. For the OOUI listing, change the `version`, the `purl`,
and the `src` URL to use the new version number. Compute the new integrity hash:
```bash
$ php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources make-sri ooui
# Or if you're running Docker...
$ docker compose exec mediawiki php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources make-sri ooui
```
Then update the OOUI library files:
```bash
$ php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources update ooui
# Or if you're running Docker...
$ docker compose exec mediawiki php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources update ooui
```
Then run the following command to update `foreign-resources.cdx.json`:
```bash
$ php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources make-cdx
# Or if you're running Docker...
$ docker compose exec mediawiki php maintenance/run.php manageForeignResources make-cdx
```
Then commit the changes with the following commit message, replacing 1.2.34 with the new OOUI
version number:
```bash
$ git add -u
$ git commit
```
Commit message format, where the list of bugs is the list you generated during the OOUI tag step,
and Depends-On is set to the Change-Id of the mediawiki/vendor commit:
```txt
Update OOUI to v1.2.34
Release notes: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/oojs/ui/+/v1.2.34/History.md
Bug: T123456
Bug: T234567
Depends-On: I12345678901234567890
```
Then push that commit to gerrit:
```bash
git review
```
### Update the VisualEditor/VisualEditor repo
In your local VisualEditor/VisualEditor repo, run the script to create a commit updating the local
copy of OOUI, and push the commit to Gerrit:
```bash
$ ./bin/update-ooui.sh
$ git review
```