MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition provides the content of the Gadgets tab of Special:Preferences (also visible at Special:Gadgets). This interface message or skin may also be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net. The page forms part of the MediaWiki interface, and can only be edited by administrators and interface editors. To request a change to the page, add ((edit fully-protected)) to this page, followed by a description of your request. Consider announcing discussions you add here at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) to bring more people to the discussion.

How the links work Example: * exlinks[ResourceLoader|dependencies=mediawiki.util]|exlinks.js Loads the DEFINITION/identifier in preferences from MediaWiki:Gadget-exlinks and then loads the SCRIPT from MediaWiki:Gadget-exlinks.js once the module "mediawiki.util" is available. Full Documentation at mw:Extension:Gadgets Helpful multi-page edit links in Special:Gadgets Wikipedia:Database reports/User preferences#Gadgets

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

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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[reply]

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

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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[reply]

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

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[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[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[reply]

I have filed phab:T217606 already for this. Izno (talk) 17:27, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[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[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[reply]

One related thing to note, the pref searcher works with the gadget desciptors now. — xaosflux ^Talk 18:34, 25 December 2023 (UTC)Reply[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[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[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[reply]

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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[reply]

Added. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 16:21, 4 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Very cool module. Galobtter (talk) 01:12, 5 January 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]