Gadgets
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Below is a list of special gadgets users can enable on their preferences page.
Browsing gadgets [Edit this page]
- Navigation popups, article previews and editing functions popup when hovering over links [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-popups.js, Gadget-navpop.css
Editing gadgets [Edit this page]
- Friendly, a set of tools for Firefox, Safari, and Opera that automates some of Wikipedia's more friendly, collaboration oriented tasks, such as welcoming new users. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-Friendly.js - HotCat, easily add / remove / change a category on a page, with name suggestion [example] [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-HotCat.js - refTools, adds a "cite" button to the editing toolbar for quick and easy addition of commonly used citation templates. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-refToolbar.js - Twinkle, a set of tools for Firefox, Safari, and Opera that automates common tasks such as reporting vandalism, warning vandals, and requesting deletion. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-Twinkle.js - wikEd, a full-featured integrated text editor for Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome. Please read the help page for usage instructions. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-wikEd.js
User interface gadgets [Edit this page]
- Add a "*" tab to the top of the page, which purges the page's cache when followed. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-purgetab.js - Add a clock in the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC. (also provides a link to purge the current page) [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-UTCLiveClock.js - Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-edittop.js - Add page and user options to drop-down menus on the toolbar. Works in Monobook and Modern skins. (documentation) [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-dropdown-menus.js, Gadget-dropdown-menus.css - After rolling back an edit, automatically open the contributions of the user rolled back. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-modrollback.js - Allow /16 and /24 – /32 CIDR ranges on Special:Contributions forms (uses API), as well as wildcard prefix searches, e.g., "Splark*". (Please report any issues here.) [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-contribsrange.js - Allow up to 50 more characters in each of your edit summaries. Works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-LongEditSummaries.js - Change the "new section" tab text to instead display the much narrower "+". [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-addsection-plus.js - Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time. (documentation) [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-CommentsInLocalTime.js - Disable access keys [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-removeAccessKeys.js - Display an assessment of an article's quality as part of the page header for each article. (documentation) [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-metadata.js - Focus the cursor in the search bar on loading the Main Page. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-searchFocus.js - Make text fields (e.g. the edit form) use a sans-serif font instead of a monospace font. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-textareasansserif.css - Open external links in a new tab/window [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-exlinks.js - Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-Blackskin.css
Library and compatibility gadgets [Edit this page]
- Compatibility function to run scripts only tested on Monobook on the new Modern skin. Required for using Twinkle or Friendly (along with many other scripts) with the Modern skin. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-modernskin-thunks.js - DejaVu Sans, a font with support for various dingbats. This gadget will only work on Safari. Install this gadget if you need better font and character support but cannot install fonts directly onto your computer. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-DejaVu Sans.css - The JavaScript Standard Library, a compatibility library for browsers that lack full support for JavaScript 1.6. This includes Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari. [Edit this page]
Uses: Gadget-JSL.js
