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. Gadget deployment statistics are available
here.
Gadget legend:
(D): These gadgets are enabled by default
(E): These gadgets use code from external (third party) systems not subject to the WMF Privacy Policy
(S): These gadgets use code from WMF sister projects, managed by that project's administrators
(U): These gadgets use code maintained by a single user
(S) After rolling back a user's edit, automatically open their contributions page. (Note: Incompatible with the "Show a confirmation prompt when clicking on a rollback link" appearance preference). (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-modrollback.js Requires the following right: rollback.
(D)Reference Tooltips: hover over inline citations to see reference information without moving away from the article text (does not work if "Navigation popups" is enabled above) (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js,
Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022), MonoBook, Timeless, Modern, Cologne Blue. Enabled for everyone by default.
(D) (This loads the
base style for the watchlist. Please do not disable this option.) (
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Gadget-WatchlistBase.css Requires the following right: viewmywatchlist. Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022), MonoBook, Modern. Limited to namespace Special. Enabled for everyone by default.
(D) Display green collapsible arrows and green bullets for changed pages in your watchlist, page history and recent changes (unavailable with the improved Watchlist user interface) (
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WatchlistBase,
Gadget-WatchlistGreenIndicators.css Requires the following right: viewmywatchlist. Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022). Limited to namespace Special. Enabled for everyone by default.
Peer gadgets are ignored, because this is a styles-only gadget. Set type=general to override.
(D) Display green collapsible arrows and green bullets for changed pages in your Watchlist, History and Recent changes (unavailable with the improved Watchlist user interface) (
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Export) Uses:
WatchlistBase,
Gadget-WatchlistGreenIndicatorsMono.css Requires the following right: viewmywatchlist. Available for the following skins: MonoBook, Modern. Limited to namespace Special. Enabled for everyone by default.
Peer gadgets are ignored, because this is a styles-only gadget. Set type=general to override.
Peer gadgets are ignored, because this is a styles-only gadget. Set type=general to override.
(D) Subtle update marker: Tone down the "Changed since last visit" indicator on history pages. (By default it renders as a green-filled bar, enabling this gadget changes it to green text.) (
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Gadget-SubtleUpdatemarker.css Requires the following right: viewmywatchlist. Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022), MonoBook, Modern. Enabled for everyone by default.
(D)refToolbar: add a "cite" button to the editing toolbar for quick addition of commonly used citation templates (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-refToolbar.js Limited to the "" page action. Enabled for everyone by default.
(D) Show radio buttons to switch between views of certain content, such as some maps (
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Gadget-switcher.js Enabled for everyone by default.
Use a black background with green text (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-Blackskin.css Available for the following skins: MonoBook, Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022).
Vector classic typography (use only sans-serif in Vector skin) (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-VectorClassic.css Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022).
Core styling for dark mode gadget (Use the
dark mode toggle gadget above to control this feature) (
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Export) Uses:
Gadget-dark-mode.css Available for the following skins: Vector legacy (2010), Vector (2022), MonoBook, Modern, MinervaNeue, Timeless. This gadget supports loading via URL with ?withgadget query parameter.