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Gadgets
From A Storehouse of Knowledge
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 [Edit]
- Navigation popups: Previews of article plus editing functions popup when hovering the mouse over links. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-popups.js, Gadget-navpop.css
User-interface [Edit]
- UTC Live Clock puts a clock showing UTC (GMT) time in the top-right corner. Clicking the clock purges the server cache. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-UTCLiveClock.js - Other history tab puts a tab for the history of talk pages on non-talk pages and vice versa. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-other-history.js
Editing [Edit]
- AjaxPreview allows simpler previews of edits. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-AjaxPreview.js - Edit top adds an [edit] link for the first section of a page. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-edittop.js
Display [Edit]
- US-format_dates turns on display of US-format dates in lieu of English-format dates. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-USDates.css - Hide_date_ordinal_indicators hides the ordinal indicators in dates. [Edit]
Uses: Gadget-HideOrd.css
