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.

Appearance    [View description]

• Dark mode: Apply a night theme to the wiki (mutes colors)  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-DarkMode.css
• Auto dark mode: Apply dark mode based on your device settings  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-AutoDarkMode.css
• Link highlights: Add an underline to redirect and disambiguation links  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-LinkHighlights.css
• KopPad theme: Apply a KopPad look to the MonoBook skin  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-KopPad.css
  Available on the MonoBook skin.
• Wide Vector: Always show the wide version of the Vector skin  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-WideVector.css
  Available on the Vector skin.
• Wide Timeless: Hide the right sidebar from the Timeless skin on desktop  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-WideTimeless.css
  Available on the Timeless skin.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Show categories at the bottom of the page on Timeless desktop  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-TimelessCategories.css
  Available on the Timeless skin.
  Enabled for everyone by default.

Tools    [View description]

• Syntax highlighter: Make syntax stand out colorfully in the edit box  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-SyntaxHighlighter.js, Gadget-SyntaxHighlighter.css
  Works on the "edit" page action.
• Tab override: Allow the tab character to be entered in the edit box  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-TabOverride.js
  Works on the "edit" page action.
• Purge tab: Quickly purge the server-side cache for a given page  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-PurgeTab.js
• HotCat: Tool to easily add, remove, and modify page categories  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-HotCat.js, Gadget-HotCat.css
  

  Requires the following right:

  • edit
• MultiUpload: Enable uploading multiple files in desktop mode  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-MultiUpload.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • autoconfirmed

Helper scripts    [View description]

• Pikan: Analyzer that reports problems with wiki articles  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Pikan-core.js, Gadget-Pikan-pikipedia.js
  Works on the "edit" page action.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• PikipediaUpload: Add a guided experience to the upload form  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-PikipediaUpload.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • upload
  Enabled for everyone by default.

Patrolling    [View description]

• Patrol entire page: Add a toolbox link to patrol all edits to a page  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-PatrolEntirePage.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • patrol
• Patrol from here: Add a link to patrol from the current diff  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-PatrolFromHere.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • patrol
• Add a list of popular pages to Special:RecentChanges  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-RcPopularPages.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • patrol
• Consistently place the patrol link on diff & file pages  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-PatrolLinks.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • patrol

April Fool's Day    [View description]

• Patapedia (2017): The Patapon encyclopedia that anyone can edit  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Patapedia.css
  Available on the following skins: Vector, MonoBook, Timeless.
• Hocotate Freight (2022): Storefront enhancements by the Hocotate ship  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-HocotateFreight.css
  Available on the following skins: Vector, MonoBook, Timeless.

Hidden    [View description]

• Some CSS fixes for responsive desktop skins  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ResponsiveDesktop.css
  Available on the following skins: MonoBook, Timeless, Vector 2022.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Require confirmation before performing rollback on mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ConfirmRollbackMobile.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • rollback
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Add a drop-down menu for Special:CheckUser reasons  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-CheckUserMenu.js
  

  Requires the following right:

  • checkuser
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Minerva skin theme applied to both desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Minerva.css
  Available on the Minerva skin.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Timeless skin theme applied to both desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Timeless.css
  Available on the Timeless skin.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Highlight wiki staff user links with a different color per group  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-StaffHighlights.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Responsive CSS applied to both desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ResponsiveStyle.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• CSS styling and responsive support for the main page  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-MainPageStyle.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Navigation template support for desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-NavboxStyle.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• CSS applied to all skins on both desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-GlobalStyle.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• JavaScript loaded for all skins on both desktop and mobile  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-GlobalScript.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Enable JavaScript countdown timers on the wiki  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Countdown.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Automatically resize YouTube videos if they're too large to fit the page width  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-VideoResizer.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Enable clicking on explain text to toggle its content on touch devices  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-ExplainTooltips.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Add an option to Special:RecentChanges to automatically refresh the page  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-RecentChangesRefresh.js
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• JavaScript loaded for all skins on the mobile site  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-MobileScript.js
  Available on the following skins: Minerva, Timeless.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• CSS applied to all skins on the mobile site  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-MobileStyle.css
  Available on the following skins: Minerva, Timeless.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• CSS applied to both the Vector and Vector 2022 skins  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-SharedVector.css
  Available on the following skins: Vector, Vector 2022.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Style the MediaWiki user interface green  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-GreenUI.css
  Available on the following skins: Vector, Vector 2022, Minerva, Timeless.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Enable switchable content tabs on the wiki  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Switchable.js, Gadget-Switchable.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Enable hideable table columns on the wiki  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-Hideable.js, Gadget-Hideable.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.