Gadgets

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.

• ^(D) Reference Tooltips: hover over inline citations to see reference information without moving away from the article text (does not work if "Navigation popups" is enabled above)  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js, Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Open external links in a new tab or window  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-exlinks.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• ^(S) Syntax highlighter: Alternative to the default coloring of wiki syntax in the edit box (works best in Firefox and works almost all of the time in Chrome and Opera)  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-DotsSyntaxHighlighter.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• ^(S) HotCat: easily add, remove, and change categories on a page, with name suggestions (example)  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-HotCat.js
  

  Requires the following rights:

  • edit
  • purge
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Add a "Purge" option to the top of the page, which purges the page's cache  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-purgetab.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Strike out usernames that have been blocked  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-markblocked.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Core styling for dark mode gadget (Use the dark mode toggle gadget above to control this feature)  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-dark-mode.css
  Available on the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), MonoBook, modern, minerva, timeless.
• Dark mode toggle: Enable a toggle for using a light text on dark background color scheme  (View description | Export)
  Uses: dark-mode-toggle-pagestyles, Gadget-dark-mode-toggle.js