wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
Support verse blocks in the Reader
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Description
Expected behavior
When a site containing verse blocks is opened in the Reader, the verse block should be displayed with its correct styling.
The verse block has existed on the web for some time, but now that it is being ported to mobile, this may become more important.
As for the correct styling, @iamthomasbishop suggests no border and styling:
similar to paragraph — same font, size, no bg/padding, etc.
Here's a visual of that (reproduced from here):
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Actual behavior
Currently, verse blocks are displayed as pre-formatted text (similar to how code and preformatted blocks.
| Web Browser | Reader (Android) |
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how the Android Reader renders verse blocks and how it currently treats them as preformatted text. Compare the result with the linked web example and suggested styling; done means verse blocks display like paragraphs without the code or preformatted appearance.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100