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JavaScript gadget – provide multiplane toolset for large number of single tool triggers.

Major field is insertion of special characters into edited text.

  • However, the purpose is not limited to text editing, and any task my be triggered.
  • Text insertion is built-in capability.
  • So-called “edit tools” have been used on many wikis in the first decades of source text editing. This gadget provides a framework to create smart user interfaces.

A panel selection widget will be presented.

Functionality

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Well known actions are:

  • Insertion of text fragments at cursor position, or embedding a text selection into a pair of delimiters.

The following issues are quite new:

  • Support VisualEditor.
    • Users may work with long term known special character sets, configured by the project, and use the identical collection on both source text editing and “visual” editing.
  • Positioning at arbitrary positions in page.
  • Hiding and displaying of the entire interface.
  • Panels depending on “content model” will be limited to appropriate pages (wikitext, CSS, JavaScript, Lua etc.).
  • Multiple copies may be placed within the page, e.g. close to several text input fields spread over the page.
  • “Overwrite mode” of text insertion when [Ctrl] is pressed simultaneously.

Some wikis already supported some of the following features:

  • User defined group of items to serve individual needs.
    • Any number of panels may be added to a basic project collection.
  • Memorize recent panel selection on this page, e.g. after preview or diff refreshing.
  • The most recent text input field will receive text insertion.
  • Support of <charinsert> panels.
  • Decoration capabilities.

Usage

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Please see separate page for configuration and launching.

Default behaviour

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Nothing visible.

Just listening for configuration events.

The wiki project is supposed to provide some general purpose collections, and users may add their own panels.

Internationalization

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Not required for gadget itself.

A translation of this page may be offered.

Codes

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Source code
ResourceLoader
  • ext.gadget.menuSwitcher for mw:Extension:Gadgets
  • Dependencies:
    • None required (self-completing)
    • jquery.textSelection
Namespaces Every. Includes forms on special pages.
Cookies sessionStorage memorizes recent panel selection on this page.
mw.libs menuSwitcher
mw.hook
  • menuSwitcher.ready
    When gadget is prepared for presentation.
  • menuSwitcher.created
    When page has been equipped with basic elements.
  • menuSwitcher.config
    Specify individual configuration.
MediaWiki 1.27

A test page tells how to check for proper functionality.

See also

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  • editToolStrIns – similar gadget as of 2011, but with some different approaches.