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    [View source]

• GoogleTrans, opens a translation popup for the selected text or the word under the cursor when pushing the shift button  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-GoogleTrans.js

Editing gadgets    [View source]

• HotCat, easily add/remove/change a category on a page, with name suggestion [example]  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-HotCat.js
  

  Requires the following rights:

  • Edit pages
  • Purge the site cache for a page without confirmation
• Live preview using Ajax (details).  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-preview.js
• wikEd, a full-featured integrated text editor for Firefox, Safari, and Wikipedia:Google Chrome. Please read the help page for usage instructions.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-wikEd.js
• Add user-defined regular expression-based tools to the sidebar when editing. By default, it adds a form to create one-use regexes; you can write your own functions. (documentation)  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-RegexMenuFramework.js

User interface gadgets    [View source]

• Reference Tooltips: Roll over any inline citation to see reference information, instead of having to jump away from the article text.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js, Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Add a "*" tab to the top of the page, which purges the page's cache when followed.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-purgetab.js
• Add a clock in the personal toolbar that displays the current time in UTC (which also provides a link to purge the current page).  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-UTCLiveClock.js
• Add an [edit] link for the lead section of a page  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-edittop.js
• Remove breadcrumbs from the subtitle  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-decrumb.js
• Add page and user options to drop-down menus on the toolbar. Works in Monobook and Modern skins. (documentation)  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-dropdown-menus.js
  Available on the following skins: Vector, MonoBook, Modern.
• Removes menus from the left column, making them drop-down menus in the top of the page instead. Requires the Modern skin.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-dynamic-menus.css
  Available on the Modern skin.
• After rolling back an edit, automatically open the contributions of the user concerned.  (View source | Export)
  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.)  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-contribsrange.js
• Allow up to 50 more characters in each of your edit summaries. Works in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-LongEditSummaries.js
• Change the "new section" tab text to instead display the much narrower "+".  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-addsection-plus.js
• Change UTC-based times and dates, such as those used in signatures, to be relative to local time. (documentation)  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-CommentsInLocalTime.js
• Make text fields (e.g. the edit form) use a sans-serif font instead of a monospace font.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-textareasansserif.css
• Moves edit links next to the section headers (documentation)  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-lefteditlinks.js, Gadget-lefteditlinks.css
• Open external links in a new tab/window.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-exlinks.js
• Use a black background with green text on the Monobook skin.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Blackskin.css

Library and compatibility gadgets    [View source]

• 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.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-modernskin-thunks.js
• DejaVu Sans, a font with support for various dingbats. This gadget works on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, and Safari. Install this if you need better font and character support but cannot install fonts onto your computer.  (View source | Export)
  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 2.  (View source | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-JSL.js