Global gadgets

Global gadgets are gadgets that are designed and ready to be used in any wiki (Wikimedia or not) and in any language.

Examples

• MiniEdit enables quick and simple edits without leaving the page
• OWIDPopup embeds interactive charts from Our World in Data
• Vivarium produces an interactive instance of Conway's Game of Life
• Formicarium produces an interactive instance of Langton's ant
• ExcerptTree enables navigation of excerpt trees
• DownloadPDF enables printing or downloading a specified set of pages
• InlineSearch allows to search the wiki and display the results in a wiki page

Best practices

• Host the global gadget code (JavaScript and CSS) at MediaWiki.org, by defining a hidden gadget with the "Global-" prefix.
  • Example: MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-MiniEdit.js and MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition#global-gadgets
• In the wikis where the gadget will be enabled, define a local gadget that loads the global code and sets any local configuration.
  • Example: w:es:MediaWiki:Gadget-MiniEdit.js
• Write some documentation at MediaWiki.org. Wikis that enable the gadget locally may produce their own local documentation.
  • Example: MiniEdit (global documentation) and w:es:Wikipedia:MiniEdit (local documentation)

See also

• Template gadgets - Gadgets that implement or extend template functionality
• Global modules - Lua modules designed and ready to be used in any wiki