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| Thread title | Replies | Last modified |
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| an alternative implementation | 0 | 21:57, 19 April 2012 |
| Some comments, +prototype | 4 | 22:11, 7 April 2012 |
so an alternative implementation is available (and actually also enabled by default, so used by anons also) on hewiki for some time now (it's available as a gadget since feb 2012, and is on by default after some user feedback since march). for actual implementation please see he:Mediawiki:Gadget-CiteTooltip.js. it uses jquery.tipsy, so if you want to use it, add dependency for jquery.tipsy in your gadget-definition page. it also contains some code to deal with RTL vs. LTR cite-notes. if your wiki does not support cite-notes directionality, it can be simplified a bit. קיפודנחש (talk) 21:57, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Interesting idea. I've made a sort-of working version at User:Yair rand/ReferenceTooltips.
A few points:
- In cases where the reference is very close to the reference section (both on the screen at the same time), duplicating the reference content in the tooltip probably isn't the best option. Maybe just give the reference the "targeted" color, or otherwise draw attention to it?
- This could get very annoying when users are just using their mouse to read through the text quickly, and the tooltips keep popping up...
Would it be a okay if I just went ahead and proposed that Reference Tooltips be enabled (maybe first as just a gadget) on a Wikipedia, or would I be messing up some kind of official WMF process that ends in a much better version of RT being added straight into Mediawiki (or something like that)?
Go right ahead. It's not an official project; just something I threw together one day.
Reference Tooltips is now available as a gadget on the English Wikipedia. :)
