MediaWiki talk:Gadgets-definition

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For information about gadgets, see Wikipedia:Gadget; for the addition of user scripts as gadgets, see Wikipedia:Gadget proposals.

Edit request 8 September 2023[edit]

Description of suggested change: can skins=vector,vector-2022,monobook,timeless,modern,cologneblue be added to dropdown-menus (aka MoreMenu)? It just throws this error when loaded: "[MoreMenu] 'minerva' is not a supported skin. See https://w.wiki/9Se for documentation." — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 01:08, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Izno (talk) 02:09, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Protected edit request on 21 October 2023[edit]

Please make the subtle update marker work in all namespaces, not just in special pages. NW1223<Howl at me•My hunts> 15:22, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Done See also WP:VPT#updated since your last visit Izno (talk) 16:32, 21 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggesting a gadget TOC[edit]

At MediaWiki talk:Gadgets-definition/Archive 1#Add table of contents? I suggested to add a TOC to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. It didn't appear practical at the time but MediaWiki makes id's at the sections now. I suggest to add this TOC to MediaWiki:Gadgets-prefstext which is displayed at top of the gadgets tab:

With a TOC like this we may be less concerned about "cluttering" the page with useful gadgets.

A version with Special:Preferences added to the links so it works here for testing:

It works for me even though it also has to switch tab. The links need updating if we change sections at MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition but that's rare. I chose a single-line TOC but it could also be multi-line. Similar code is used in MediaWiki:Pageinfo-header which adds a TOC to page information like https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Example&uselang=en&action=info. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:02, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter I must be confused, this is about displaying a table of contents on the page MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition correct? That page already has a TOC. — xaosflux Talk 17:17, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux: No, this is about displaying a TOC at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. Special pages don't have talk pages so I made the suggestion here. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:23, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have filed phab:T217606 already for this. Izno (talk) 17:27, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, in 2019 with no signs it's happening. The other tabs are much shorter and most wikis probably also have a short gadgets tab. I doubt MediaWiki will ever add it. If it does, we can just remove our own version. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:38, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Shrug. I don't think it's worth doing. The list of gadgets is not so long as to be totally unwieldy. Izno (talk) 18:14, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
One related thing to note, the pref searcher works with the gadget desciptors now. — xaosflux Talk 18:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think that we need a phab ticket to amend MediaWiki:Gadgets-prefstext. --Redrose64 🦌 (talk) 18:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We do not, which is the mechanism PrimeHunter is proposing to insert the table of contents. Izno (talk) 19:26, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Adding to MediaWiki:Gadgets-prefstext seems fine enough to just try, put it under the big warning please. — xaosflux Talk 20:10, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have added the above TOC except with centering since it's displayed below a centered box.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 17:55, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Adding validations[edit]

Add {{#invoke:Validate gadgets|validate}} somewhere near the top.

Did you know that gadget names cannot start with a digit, or that requiresES6 flag cannot be used on a default gadget, or that a gadget name can't be more than 244 bytes, or that peer gadgets must be styles-only gadgets?

These are just a few of the checks done by Module:Validate gadgets to help avoid malformed gadget configurations. It also works on previews. (If there are no warnings, the "no issues found" message is shown only during preview.)

A demo is at testwiki:MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition (where the issues are so many that it had to be put in a collapsed box). – SD0001 (talk) 14:54, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Very cool module. Galobtter (talk) 01:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
SD0001 and Writ Keeper, I admit I'm late with this concern, but I'm not too happy to see that an unprotected module had been transcluded to the central gadget definition page. Pppery template-editor-protected it four days later; I've now upgraded this to full protection. If SD0001 is interested in further editing the central gadget definition page, I think they should apply for adminship and then request interface adminship. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:24, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
ToBeFree: Fair enough, and I'll certainly accept a mea culpa for that, though my understanding is that its placement within the <noinclude>...</noinclude> would prevent malicious edits to the module from causing any particularly serious issues. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 18:29, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the quick reply and sorry, I hadn't noticed the <noinclude>...</noinclude> – I incorrectly assumed the module only had no effect because it had no output. I just tried to build a noinclude-escaping template and a noinclude-escaping module, but neither worked; the <noinclude>...</noinclude> is probably strong enough and I'll restore the previous protection level of the module. I also take back my objection to the module being invoked on the Gadgets page as long as that remains inside noinclude tags. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:54, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My understanding is that the <noinclude>...</noinclude> doesn't really do anything. Gadgets extension looks for lines starting with a * or lines that are headers and ignores everything else. However I also believe it doesn't generally consider templates, so this is probably still safe. Bawolff (talk) 19:12, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not following what the concern was? Were you worried that it was possible for a non-admin to define a new gadget by having the module emit text that looks like a gadget definition? That is not the case. MediaWiki parses the gadgets definition page as plain text and extracts the definitions. There is also no need for the <noinclude>...</noinclude> to be there. It doesn't do anything. – SD0001 (talk) 19:13, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, that was my concern. I just did more research about "noinclude" on this type of MediaWiki pages and ended up asking in #wikimedia-tech; Bawolff had a closer look at the Gadgets extension's code and then provided the analysis above. This resolves my concern and the module is already back to template protection. Thanks all! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:17, 1 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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