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]

• Link highlights: Add an underline to redirect and disambiguation links  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-LinkHighlights.css
• Hide all notices: Don't display any notice boxes on content pages  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-HideAllNotices.css
• 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.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• 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

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, ⧼skinname-onyx⧽.
  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.
• Enable switchable content tabs on the wiki  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-TabSystem.js, Gadget-TabSystem.css
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Light theme toggle for supported dark skins  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-LightToggle.js
  Available on the ⧼skinname-onyx⧽ skin.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Night theme toggle for supported skins  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-DarkToggle.js, Gadget-DarkToggle.css
  Available on the following skins: Nimbus, Minerva, Timeless.
  Enabled for everyone by default.
• Style the MediaWiki user interface green  (View description | Export)
  Uses: Gadget-GreenUI.css
  Available on the following skins: Minerva, Timeless, ⧼skinname-onyx⧽.
  Enabled for everyone by default.