Tabbed language idea

I had an idea for tabbed languages and was wondering what you'd think. What if made the TOC two columns. The languages would be listed on left and the subsections of the selected language would be displayed on the right (changing when someone selected a different language from the left). This would utilize some blank space and shift content up a bit on some pages. Thoughts?

Bequw τ15:46, 30 November 2010

I'm not really sure what you mean. Would the tabs still exist? Would the TOC be in the same style it is now, non-floating top-left position?

Yair rand (talk)04:31, 1 December 2010

I was thinking something like User:Bequw/template. The languages would be "tabs" in the ToC. In this setup, yes the ToC is probably best top-left non-floating.

Bequw τ03:54, 20 December 2010

Hmmm... It might be an improvement over the existing system, but it doesn't save all that much space. One still has to scroll down a bunch just to see the first definitions, and there's no easy way to switch from language to language mid page. Also, would the language links in the ToC scroll to the section? If so, I'm not sure how the changing of the "tabs" would be much help. Stacking the language sections in general seems unhelpful.

I've been working on User:Yair rand/TabbedLanguages.js, a modified version of Atelaes's User:Atelaes/TabbedLanguages.js (available in prefs right under the original), and I think that it would work better than a simple section stacking system.

Yair rand (talk)04:13, 20 December 2010

Here is my two cents. Look at [1] this is a template which supports wiki content localization and therefore offers language selection. Although it is unsuitable the UI could be useful as a basis for tabbed navigation.

Also what I think is missing from most implementations is the ability to select/deselect and remember a user language view preferences. Which works nicely in the translation editor.

OrenBochman13:03, 22 June 2011