Gadgets
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Below is a list of special gadgets users can enable on their preferences page, as defined by the definitions. This overview provides easy access to the system message pages that define each gadget's description and code.
Browsing gadgets [Edit This Page]
- Lupin's famous navigational pop-ups. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-navpop.js - Wiktionary Hover: Double click a word, and get the definition in a tooltip. (click anywhere else on screen to get rid of it). [ More info ] [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-dictionaryLookupHover.js - Suppress display of the fundraiser banner. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-HideFundraisingNotice.css
Editing gadgets [Edit This Page]
- Hot Cat: easily add / remove / change a category on a media file, with name suggestion [example] [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-HotCat.js - Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-edittop.js - WikEd — Syntax highlighting in the edit box to make editing more straightforward. [Only works in Mozilla based (aka Firefox) browsers] [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-wikied.js
Reviewing articles [Edit This Page]
- Become notified when an article is tagged with {{review}} or the stable version of a published article becomes outdated (In a way similar to what happens upon an edit to your talk page) [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-readyAlert.js - Easy Peer Review: Gadget to ease reviewing articles. Adds a Review action by the watch button.
[must be in editor user group] [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-easyPeerReview.js
User interface gadgets [Edit This Page]
- Open links to external sites in a new window [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-extlinks.js - UTCLiveClock: a clock in the personal toolbar that shows the current time in UTC, and provides a purge link. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-UTCLiveClock.js - Add a "*" tab to the top of the page which lets you purge the cache of the page. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-purgetab.js - Add a little box after you do a quiz, to automatically post your score. [Warning: very much still testing; has bugs, but works] [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-quizScorePost.js - Button to convert °C↔°F on pages using {{temp label}} (Weather maps) [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-weatherConvert.js - Change the "new section" tab text to instead display the much narrower "+". [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-addsection-plus.js - Disable scrolling news tickers (like {{ticker}}). Some people might find them a waste of cpu cycles. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-disableTicker.js - Add a button to the toolbox to shorten the current url using enwn.net [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-enwn-shortener.js - User Messages: This semiautomagically adds many many template messages to user talk pages. Please be careful that you know what the template will say before using a given option, and that you do not spam user talk pages. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-UserMessages.js
Opinion/comment namespace [Edit This Page]
- Automatically add the opinion page of an article you watch to your watchlist. [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-CommentWatch.js - Separate different comments on talk and opinion pages (Stolen from fr:) [Edit This Page]
Uses: Gadget-talkSeperate.css
