Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2023 December 15

= December 15 =

Color scheme on diffs
A month or two ago there was a change to the way diffs are displayed. There used to be two columns, a "before" and an "after". Now there's just a single column, with the "before" highlighted in a lightish yellow and the "after" highlighted in a lightish blue. My question is whether the color scheme is a subtle reference to the Ukraine flag, or if it's just a happy coincidence? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 10:31, 15 December 2023 (UTC)


 * the old one was also yellow and blue. i would be very surprised if it was a reference. ltb d l (talk) 10:51, 15 December 2023 (UTC)


 * What is a "diff" here? If this refers to article history "compare two versions", I still get two listings older and newer, and I don't see colour. -- SGBailey (talk) 13:36, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't recall seeing this under the side-by-side scheme. And you're not seeing it at all. So maybe it depends on our respective settings. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:57, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Is this the mobile view?  On desktop I've not seen any change - deletions on the left are in yellow and additions on the right are in blue as always.   What I have noticed is that the yellow box which reads "This is ... revision of this page, as edited by ..." is four times larger than it was. 2A02:C7B:103:7100:D984:512D:2947:50AE (talk) 12:19, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * While I don't know what BB is referring to, you can see inline diffs on the desktop site by turning on the inline slider that shows on all diff pages. Assuming BB is referring to the desktop site they could also switch this slider to turn off inline diffs. You can also view diffs in the visual editor although this can be inline only. This seems to be the same whether logged in or not. But I think the setting may stay the same as what you last used and when logged in it's probably stored in your account. There is also a gadget to "Display diffs with the old yellow-and-green colors and design" which might be what is causing BB's confusion. Nil Einne (talk) 16:58, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, desktop. Under preferences, skin is "Monobook". ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 18:23, 16 December 2023 (UTC)