MediaWiki talk:Gadgets-definition

Gadget usage

• Special:GadgetUsage

data 20180520

Gadget	Number of users	Active users
charinsert	Default	Default
collapsibleTables	Default	Default
dynamicLayoutOverrides	Default	Default
Easy_LST	Default	Default
PurgeTab	Default	Default
Site	Default	Default
WSexport	Default	Default
TemplatePreloader	717	35
HotCat	652	37
UTCLiveClock	438	29
popups	437	20
edittop	367	16
ocr	367	52
RegexMenuFramework	360	20
HideFundraisingNotice	328	25
refToolbar	287	11
dictLookup	285	8
addsection-plus	266	10
mark-proofread	211	21
Fill_Index	206	29
specialchars	201	10
BookMaker	183	10
ContrastReducer	171	10
robot	171	22
userMessages	169	6
NopInserter	153	21
WhatLeavesHere	150	7
pr_test_layout	135	5
altindex	131	6
markblocked	123	6
ShowMessageNames	116	5
pilcrowMarkers	109	15
DefaultSummaries	102	8
Font-Awesome	101	6
collapseElements	81	4
DebugMode	76	4
PopCategoryDisplay	57	1
CollapsibleNav	56	4
BugStatusUpdate	49	2
CurIDLink	35	2
FlatSidebar	32	2
CleanDeleteReasons	15	2
dynamicNavBars[1]	9	0
massdelete	8	6

1. removed 20180520

Remove unneeded dependencies from FlatSidebar and CollapsibleNav

{{edit protected}} The gadgets definition currently lists…

• FlatSidebar[ResourceLoader|top|dependencies=jquery.cookie,jquery.tabIndex,jquery.throttle-debounce|skins=vector]|FlatSidebar.js|FlatSidebar.css
• CollapsibleNav[ResourceLoader|top|dependencies=jquery.cookie,jquery.tabIndex,jquery.throttle-debounce|skins=vector|type=general]|CollapsibleNav.js|CollapsibleNav.css

…(my emphasis) as dependencies, but neither gadget actually uses the jquery.throttle-debounce library (none of them call either of $.debounce() or $.throttle()), so the dependency is incorrect.

In addition to being wasteful and contributing to poor performance for all users, jquery.throttle-debounce is in the process of being deprecated (see phab:T213426) with the net result that it is generating a deprecation warning message in the javascript console. The dependency (the bolded bit) should therefore be removed. --Xover (talk) 08:08, 23 October 2019 (UTC)

Krinkle has removed this and an equally unused dependency on jquery.tabIndex. --Xover (talk) 06:56, 26 October 2019 (UTC)

JavaScript enabled in the Site gadget

@Inductiveload: Are you aware that enabling JS for the Site gadget also disables it completely for users without JavaScript enabled (e.g. users of ancient browsers and security-minded users who explicitly disable JS), and delays the styles’ loading even for users with JS enabled? I don’t know what this gadget does, but for a gadget named “Site” I assume that the CSS is not only for content created by the JS. Please consider using a peer gadget to keep the styles work as before. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 21:26, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

@Tacsipacsi: I was not aware of that. I've made it a peer gadget called Site-styles. It seems to work for me with JS off, can you please check it? Thank you for the heads up, much appreciated.

FYI, the Site gadget now also contains the JS which produces the page footers, which has just been moved out of Mediawiki:Common.js. Inductiveload—talk/contribs 21:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

Marking as default the gadgets that recent(ish)ly became so

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Namely adding |default to MoreMenu and notext. — Alien333 ( what I did
why I did it wrong ) 22:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

@Alien333: Both are already default. Xover (talk) 10:11, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Well then this is the wrong page to make this request: at preferences, they're not shown as default. — Alien333 ( what I did
why I did it wrong ) 17:15, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

@Alien333: Hmm. They were missing the (manually added) "(D)" tag in the description (fixed now). Was that what you meant? So far as I know there are no other indications that a given Gadget is default or not in #prefsection-gadgets. Xover (talk) 18:19, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

That was it, yes. Given it's about the only place most users get to know whether it's default, I thought it good to update it. — Alien333 ( what I did
why I did it wrong ) 18:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Actually, there are two special pages, both linked from the header of the preferences page, which tell the default status: Special:Gadgets says “Enabled for everyone by default” for default gadgets, and Special:GadgetUsage reports Default instead of the usage count. Of course, it’s pretty confusing if some default gadgets have this (D) while others not; but it’s not the only way to find out whether a gadget is default. —Tacsipacsi (talk) 23:29, 5 September 2024 (UTC)