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This page lists modules that ship with MediaWiki core by default. It reflects the current development version of MediaWiki and may vary from the latest stable release. For older modules, see the Migration guide.

The modules jquery and mediawiki together form the base environment ("startup") and are always present. They must not be declared as dependencies.

mediawiki

• JS Documentation

This is the MediaWiki base module. It initialises the mw global object.

mw.config

• JS Documentation

For a list of stable config keys to read from mw.config, see Manual:Interface/JavaScript.

// Check existence
if ( mw.config.exists( 'wgGlobalGroups' ) ) {
	// CentralNotice has registered this variable...
}

// Or just a plain access for comparison
// (no need to check exists first, it falls back to null)
if ( mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ) === 'ResourceLoader' ) {
	// Do stuff...
}

/* Access multiple ones for use throughout a larger code base
   Returns an array containing the variables requested.        */
var conf = mw.config.get([
	'wgServer',
	'wgPageName',
	'wgCanonicalSpecialPageName',
	'wgUserLanguage'
]);

if ( conf.wgCanonicalSpecialPageName === 'Blankpage' ) {
	// Do stuff...
}

mw.hook

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.22 r56762

• JS Documentation

A framework for registering and firing events in JavaScript (as opposed to doing everything on document ready). For example, the snippet below provides a message once the categories on a page load:

mw.hook( 'wikipage.categories' ).add( function ( $content ) {
	if ( mw.config.get( 'wgCategories' ).length === 0 ) {
		alert( 'Please add categories to this page' );
	}
} );

In user scripts and gadgets you can fire hooks/events prefixed by "userjs.". E.g.:

function MyScriptInit() {
	var simpleVariable = 'done';
	var objectPassed = { me: this };
	mw.hook( 'userjs.myScript.postInit' ).fire( simpleVariable, objectPassed );
}
//...

Then you subscribe to this event like so:

// here we receive both variables (but we skip them too)
mw.hook( 'userjs.myScript.postInit' ).add( function ( simple, objectPassed ) {
	//...
} );

hook execution order

Note that hooks are run in a sequence (and in place where they are fired).

function MyGadget() {
  var objectPassed = {
    abc: 'default'
  };
  this.objectPassed = objectPassed;
  console.log('before hooks', objectPassed)
  mw.hook('userjs.MyGadget.postInit').fire(objectPassed);
  console.log('after hooks', objectPassed)
}
mw.hook('userjs.MyGadget.postInit').add(function(objectPassed) {
  objectPassed.abc = 'changed in hook';
  console.log('inside a hook', objectPassed)
});

(function() {
  console.log('before init');
  var gadget = new MyGadget();
  console.log('after init', gadget.objectPassed)
})()

Above will result in following order:

1. before init
2. before hooks, Object { abc: "default" }
3. inside a hook, Object { abc: "changed in hook" }
4. after hooks, Object { abc: "changed in hook" }
5. after init, Object { abc: "changed in hook" }

mw.html

• JS Documentation

Helper functions for escaping and creating strings of HTML.

mw.loader

• JS Documentation

mw.loader.load

Load one or more modules, a script or a stylesheet. To load an external script or stylesheet, the URL must start with either "http://", "https://" or "//" (protocol-relative), or "/" (local path). Provide a MIME-type as second parameter (either "text/javascript" or "text/css"). If no MIME-type is provided, the default "text/javascript" is assumed. mw.loader creates an asynchronous request, if you need to run code that depends on a module, use mw.loader.using instead (which provides a callback). If you need a callback from an external script, use mw.loader.getScript (or jQuery.getScript).

Loader instructions represent the intent that a module by that name should be loaded. It will not load the same module a second time if it has already been loaded previously. This does not apply to scripts and stylesheets – they will be loaded each time, even if loaded previously. If a script defines window.Foo, you can use ( window.Foo !== undefined ) to check if that script has already been loaded.

// Module by name
mw.loader.load( 'oojs' );

// Multiple modules
mw.loader.load( [ 'oojs', 'mediawiki.Title' ] );

// Local gadget module. These must be defined in [[MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition]].
mw.loader.load( 'ext.gadget.Navigation_popups' );

// JavaScript page
mw.loader.load( 'https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-UTCLiveClock.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
mw.loader.load( 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );

// CSS stylesheet
mw.loader.load( 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Example/custom-foo.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css', 'text/css' );

// CSS stylesheet from wiki page using getUrl method
mw.loader.load( mw.util.getUrl( 'MediaWiki:Foo.css', { action:'raw' } )  + '&ctype=text/css' , 'text/css' );

// External stylesheet
mw.loader.load( 'https://wiki.example/mystyles.css', 'text/css' );

mw.loader.using

Load one or more modules, and execute a function once those modules are loaded. See JS Documentation

mw.loader.getScript

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.33 Gerrit change 487566

Load a script by URL. Returns a jQuery promise object which can be used to specify callbacks.

Example:

mw.loader.getScript( 'https://example.org/x-1.0.0.js' )
.then(
    function () {
        // Script succeeded. You can use X now.
    },
    function ( e ) {
        // Script failed. X is not available
        mw.log.error( e.message ); // => "Failed to load script"
    }
);

To get a single callback from multiple promises, use jQuery.when or Promise.all

$.when(
    mw.loader.getScript( 'https://example.org/x-1.0.0.js' ),
    mw.loader.getScript( 'https://example.org/y-2.0.0.js' )
)
.then(
    function () {
        // Both script succeeded. You can use X and Y now.
    },
    function ( e ) {
        // A script failed, and is not available
        mw.log.error( e.message ); // => "Failed to load script"
    }
);

mw.inspect

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.32

Shortcut for mw.inspect.runReports. Shows in the console a list of all ResourceLoader modules that are loaded on this page, sorted by the total size of each module's JavaScript, CSS, etc.

• JS Documentation

mw.log

• JS Documentation

Collection of methods to help log messages to the console.

mw.message

• JS Documentation

See also Manual:Messages API#Using messages in JavaScript

If the mediawiki.jqueryMsg module is loaded, the behaviour of this module changes significantly. See above link.

mw.now

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.23 Gerrit change 99547

Get the current time, measured in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 (UTC).

On browsers that implement the Navigation Timing API, this function will produce floating-point values with microsecond precision that are guaranteed to be monotonic. On all other browsers, it will fall back to using Date.

var totalTime, time = mw.now();
// some expensive code
totalTime = mw.now() - time;

mw.track

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.23 Gerrit change 99547

Track an analytic event.

This method provides a generic means for MediaWiki JavaScript code to capture state information for analysis. Each logged event specifies a string topic name that describes the kind of event that it is. Topic names consist of dot-separated path components, arranged from most general to most specific. Each path component should have a clear and well-defined purpose. Data handlers are registered via `mw.trackSubscribe`, and receive the full set of events that match their subscription, including those that fired before the handler was bound.

The WikimediaEvents extension demonstrates how to add a subscriber for the "timing" and "counter" topics (example).

var totalTime, time = mw.now();
// some expensive code
totalTime = mw.now() - time;
mw.track( 'timing.MediaWiki.foo.bar', totalTime );

mw.notify

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.20 Gerrit change 19199

• JS Documentation

Creates bubble notifications. Basic examples:

mw.notify( 'This is a notification.' ); // Send a plaintext notification
mw.notify( mw.message( 'some-message' ) ); // Use an i18n message to send a notification
mw.notify( $( '<span>This is an <u>HTML</u> notification.</span>' ) ); // Send an HTML notification with a jQuery instance (a DOM node also works)

mw.notify( 'Test', { title: 'Title!' } ); // Give the notification a title
mw.notify( 'Test', { autoHide: false } ); // Don't automatically hide the notification
mw.notify( 'Test', { tag: 'foobar' } ); // Send a notification tagged with a tag
mw.notify( 'Test 2', { tag: 'foobar' } ); // This one will replace the previous 'foobar' notification.

For available options, see Bubble notifications § API.

mediawiki.user

• JS Documentation

Module that represents information about the current user.

user.options

• Source code

mw.user.options

Contains the preferences of the user, or the defaults when logged out.

// Get a preference option and use it directly
alert( 'According to your preferences, your gender is ' + mw.user.options.get( 'gender' ) );

// Get several preferences and compare them
var opts = mw.user.options.get( [ 'diffonly', 'showhiddencats' ] );
if ( opts.diffonly === 0 && opts.showhiddencats === false ) {
	// User's preferences match
} else {
	// User's preferences don't match
}

This module is loaded asynchronously and may depend on a separate HTTP request for the user.defaults module. Always declare the relevant dependencies for your module, or use mw.loader.using().

mw.user.tokens

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.19 r88553

This contains an mw.Map object, pre-populated with tokens for use by #mediawiki.api.

mediawiki.api

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18.1 r105646

• JS Documentation
• Source code

This module provides the mw.Api constructor. The main methods of the mw.Api object are get(), post(), and ajax(). The mediawiki.api module (and its plugins) return a Promise – similar to jQuery.ajax (and its derivatives such as jQuery.get, jQuery.post and jQuery.getJSON).

Before MediaWiki 1.32 (Gerrit change 434179), the methods were part of separate modules named under mediawiki.api.*. These have been merged into the main module mediawiki.api, so you only have to depend on that module. The submodules have been deprecated with warnings. These submodules have been removed in MediaWiki 1.33.

Examples of methods that are available:

• mw.Api#edit - Edit an existing page.
• mw.Api#saveOptions - Changes one or more user preferences.
• mw.Api#watch - Add a given title (or titles) to the user's watchlist.

// Example
var api = new mw.Api();
api.watch( 'Page to watch' );

mediawiki.cookie

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.24 Gerrit change 120806

• JS Documentation: mw.cookie
• JS Documentation: $.cookie (jQuery plugin)

Cookie module that uses the same settings as the MediaWiki server-side configuration (except for wgCookieSecure).

Usage example:

mw.cookie.set( 'myCookie', 'some-value' );

var value = mw.cookie.get( 'myCookie' );

This module prepends the cookie names with $wgCookiePrefix (e.g. "enwikimyCookie=some-value").

Avoid accessing the same cookie in different ways, for example via mw.cookie and via $.cookie, because you may encounter issues if doing so.

See the API documentation for available options.

mediawiki.errorLogger

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.36 Gerrit change 655435

• JS Documentation

Stub for logging Javascript errors; always loaded. Provides a method for logging caught exceptions:

try {
    // ...
} catch ( e ) {
    mw.errorLogging.logError( e, 'my-component' );
}

Sends two kinds of #mw.track events:

• error_caught: this is where errors logged via logError go
• global_error: uncaught exceptions reported by the browser

By default nothing is done with these events; an mw.trackSubscribe handler can forward them to the appropriate logging API. See e.g. clientError.js in WikimediaEvents, or Sentry.

mediawiki.feedback

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.19

• JS Documentation
• Source code

User interface for collecting feedback, particularly on new features.

mediawiki.jqueryMsg

See also: Manual:Messages API#Using messages in JavaScript

• mediawiki.jqueryMsg

This module upgrades the mw.message parser to support basic wikitext localisation and formatting features. For example, mediawiki.jqueryMsg is required for plural and gender support, the int: magic word and links.

mediawiki.storage

• JS Documentation
• mediawiki.storage

Wrapper for HTML5 Web Storage (localStorage, and sessionStorage).

If you are migrating from $.jStorage, note that mw.storage.get() and mw.storage.set() only store string values. Use JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse() or parseInt/parseFloat accordingly when setting and getting non-string values. You may also use mw.storage.getObject() and mw.storage.setObject() (Gerrit change 506145) so that MediaWiki transparently interleaves a JSON serialization.

mediawiki.ui

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.22

• mediawiki.ui

(deprecated in 1.29) Please use OOUI instead. See the OOUI module names.

UI module developed as part of the Agora project. It defines mw-ui-* CSS styles. It is used in the Login and Create account forms and several extensions. It provides one appearance for Vector and another for the rest of the skins.

mediawiki.widgets

• JS Documentation

Module providing MediaWiki-specific OOUI widgets like user input widget or namespace input widget.

mediawiki.util

• JS Documentation
• mediawiki.util

addCSS

Adds a ‎<style> element to the HEAD and returns the CSSStyleSheet object.

The CSSStyleSheet object can be used to disable the CSS rules at any later time and re-enable them as well. This can be done through the 'disabled' attribute. When setting this to true, the rules no longer apply. When setting to false, the rules apply again.

See also W3 on CSSStyleSheet for more info.

// Add a simple stylesheet rule
mw.util.addCSS( '.plainlinks { color: green; }' );

// Add a rule and set a variable to the sheet
var myCssRules = mw.util.addCSS( '.plainlinks { color: green; }' );
$( '#myButton' ).click( function () {
	// When button is clicked, toggle the stylesheet from true to non-true (false), or from false to non-false (true)
	myCssRules.disabled = !myCssRules.disabled;
} );

addPortletLink

This function is ported from the legacy wikibits keeping it fully backwards compatible, with a few adjustments that support all core skins and with added support for a CSS-selector as nextnode. Note that it doesn't support MobileFrontend with the Minerva skin for logged-out users.

Only the first three arguments are required. In case you need to execute a custom function when the user clicks on a portlet, use the jQuery(...).on('click', .. ) on returned Element object to attach a callback that runs the code that should be executed.

See the mw.util documentation for details.

// First wait for mediawiki.util to load, and the page to be ready.
$.when( mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ), $.ready ).then( function () { 

	// General usage pattern:
	// mw.util.addPortletLink( portletId, href, text /* Optional: , id, tooltip, accesskey, nextnode */ );

	// Example: Add a link to mediawiki.org to the Tools area, above the "Special pages" link.
	var newElement = mw.util.addPortletLink(
		'p-tb',
		'https://www.mediawiki.org/',
		'Link to mediawiki.org',
		't-mworg',
		'Go to www.mediawiki.org',
		'm',
		'#t-specialpages'
	);

	// The old way of passing a DOM-node also works
	mw.util.addPortletLink(
		'p-tb',
		'https://www.mediawiki.org/',
		'Link to mediawiki.org',
		't-mworg',
		'Go to www.mediawiki.org',	
		'm',
		document.getElementById( 't-specialpages' )
	);

} );

Note about icons: The id will be used to construct an icon class in certain skins (for example mw-ui-icon-vector-gadget-cx-language in Vector). Callers are expected to add their own CSS in addition to calling addPortletLink if needed.

hidePortletLink

This function allows you to hide a portlet (menu) consistently across skins.

// First wait for mediawiki.util to load, and the page to be ready.
$.when( mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ), $.ready ).then( function () { 
	/// hide toolbox
	mw.util.hidePortlet( 'p-tb' );
} );

addSubtitle

// First wait for mediawiki.util to load, and the page to be ready.
$.when( mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ), $.ready ).then( function () { 
	mw.util.addSubtitle( 'Hello' );
	var sub = document.createElement('div');
	sub.textContent = ' world';
	mw.util.addSubtitle( sub );
} );

clearSubtitle

Usually called alongside addSubtitle when you want to refresh the subtitle contents. Given you can only add to the subtitle, you must clear its existing contents if you want to redraw.

// First wait for mediawiki.util to load, and the page to be ready.
$.when( mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util' ), $.ready ).then( function () { 
	mw.util.clearSubtitle();
} );

$content

A jQuery object for a page's overall content area regardless of the skin used. This is, for example, #content in the Vector-skin (before 1.20 it was #bodyContent).

This does not refer to the area where the page content goes. If you wish to work with that area of the page instead of the overall content area you should use $( '#mw-content-text' ) instead.

This property is populated on document ready. To use it, wait for $.ready and be sure to have a module dependency on mediawiki.util which will ensure your document ready handler fires after initialization.

Because of the lazy-initialised nature of this property, you are discouraged from using it.

/* Add some HTML to the page content */
mw.util.$content.append( '<h2>Lorem ipsum</h2><p>This section was just added to the bottom of the wiki page.</p>' );

/* Count number of tables in the page's content with a class of "wikitable" */
var $wikitablesInPage = mw.util.$content.find( 'table.wikitable' );

if ( $wikitablesInPage.length ) {
	alert( 'There are ' + $wikitablesInPage.length + ' wikitables on this page.' );
} else {
	alert( 'There are no wikitables on this page.' );
}

Here is a more advanced example involving loading in extra content with an AJAX request. Run this example on a page other than the main page.

/* Loads in main page (or any page for that matter) over AJAX (may be useful for Special:BlankPage) */

// Put a loading message on top of the page
mw.util.$content.prepend( '<p><em>Loading...</em></p><hr/>' );

// To get the article contents, use #mw-content-text instead.
$( '#mw-content-text' ).load( mw.util.getUrl( '' ) + ' #mw-content-text', function () {
	mw.notify( 'Load complete!' );
} );

getParamValue

This function returns the value of the specified URL parameter. By default it uses the current window's address. Optionally you can pass it a custom location.

It returns null if the parameter is not present. Returns an empty string("") if it was an empty parameter (such as /page.php?some=parameter&emptyparameter=&id=12

// Location: https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=ResourceLoader/Default_modules&action=edit&section=28
// Suppose we're editing a page section, this will return the number of the edit section
mw.util.getParamValue( 'section' ); /* returns '28'; */

// Extract a value from a custom url
// For example on a diff page where there is: "← Older edit" and you need the oldid of the previous edit
var oldid = mw.util.getParamValue( 'oldid', '//www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=ResourceLoader/Default_modules&diff=prev&oldid=365296' );
if ( oldid !== null ) {
	alert( 'The previous text version of this page has id: ' + oldid );
} else {
	alert( 'No "oldid" parameter found in the given address.' );
}

isIPv4Address

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18 r83202

This function returns bool for passed string is valid IPv4 Address or not.

// true
mw.util.isIPv4Address( '192.0.2.0' );

// false (range is invalid IPv4 Address)
mw.util.isIPv4Address( '192.0.2.0/24' );

// false
mw.util.isIPv4Address( 'string' );

isIPv6Address

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18 r83202

This function returns bool for passed string is valid IPv6 Address or not.

// true
mw.util.isIPv6Address( '2001:db8:a:0:0:0:0:0' );

// true
mw.util.isIPv6Address( '2001:db8:a::' );

// false (range is invalid IPv6 Address)
mw.util.isIPv6Address( '2001:db8:a::/32' );

// false
mw.util.isIPv6Address( 'string' );

rawurlencode

This function returns an encoded string in its raw form for use in urls.

var exFooUrl = 'http://example.org/foo/' + mw.util.rawurlencode( mw.config.get( 'wgPageName' ) );

For building query strings, you may want to use jQuery.param instead:

var query = {
	page: 'MyPage',
	value: mw.config.get( 'skin' ),
	action: 'foo'
};

var fooQuery = 'http://example.com/stuff.php?' + $.param( query );

wikiScript

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18 r88513

This function returns the location of a script on the current wiki. Much like wfScript in GlobalFunctions.php.

Parameters: str - Name of the script (e.g. 'api'), defaults to 'index'.

jQuery.getJSON( mw.util.wikiScript( 'api' ), {
	format: 'json',
	action: 'query',
	titles: 'Main Page',
	prop: 'revisions'
} ).done( function ( data ) {
	// data.query
} );

mediawiki.RegExp

MediaWiki versions:

1.26 – 1.35

(deprecated in 1.34)

See ResourceLoader/Migration guide § mediawiki.RegExp

mediawiki.Title

• JS Documentation
• mediawiki.Title

This sets the mw.Title constructor, which has several methods in its prototype. Basic example:

var t = new mw.Title( 'Image: foo_bar baz.jpg' );
t.getMain(); // "Foo_bar_baz.jpg"
t.getNamespaceId(); // 6
t.getNamespacePrefix(); // "File:"

mediawiki.Uri

• JS Documentation
• mediawiki.Uri

moment

• Upstream documentation: https://momentjs.com/

Moment.js can parse, manipulate, and format date-time timestamps. Localisation is automatically loaded and configured for the current user interface language.

var moment = require( 'moment' );

moment( '2011-04-01 09:00' ).format( 'LLLL' );
// "Friday, 1 April 2011 9:00 AM"

moment.version
//> "2.25.2"

oojs

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.23

• JS Documentation

OOjs is a libary that provides a consistent way of implementing object-oriented design in JS.

oojs-ui

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.23

• JS Documentation

OOUI is a user interface toolkit based on OOjs. Note that oojs-ui is just a legacy name for the module. See all the known OOUI module names.

jquery

• jquery

More information about jQuery's presence in MediaWiki, see jQuery. For more about jQuery in general and all its core functions, refer to https://api.jquery.com/

ResourceLoader provides jQuery as part of its base environment (the loader client uses jQuery internally), therefore this module is always loaded and should not (and in fact can not) be loaded through ResourceLoader (as dependency or otherwise).

jquery.chosen

• jquery.chosen

“Chosen is a jQuery plugin that makes long, unwieldy select boxes much more user-friendly.” — harvesthq.github.io

In fact, it turns a select into a combo box with autocomplete functionality by default but also supports grouping, and "tagging" (i.e. multiple values).

$( 'select' ).chosen( { /* options */ } );

jquery.client

• JS Documentation

A plugin that extracts information about the client's browser, layout engine, and operating system.

jQuery.client.profile

Here a few examples:

if ( $.client.profile().layout == 'gecko' && $.client.profile().platform == 'linux' ) {
	// This will only run on Gecko browsers (ie. Mozilla Firefox) on Linux.
}

if ( $.client.profile().name == 'msie' ) {
	// Only for good ol' Internet Explorer
}

// Shortcut
var prof = $.client.profile();
if ( prof.name == 'firefox' && prof.versionBase == '2' && prof.platform == 'win' ) {
	// Target Mozilla Firefox 2.x on Windows
}

Check jquery.client.js for possible values of browser names, layout engines and platforms.

jquery.color

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.17

• JS Documentation: $.colorUtil
• Source code

jquery.cookie

• JS Documentation

To use jQuery cookie methods, load the mediawiki.cookie module. It is recommended that you use mw.cookie interface as it automatically applies appropiate settings based onMediaWiki site configuration (such as domain, path, and retention).

This plugin allows you to set, get and delete cookies.

// Set cookie (simple, current page/path)
$.cookie( 'myName', 'Flower' );

// Set cookie (extra options)
$.cookie( 'myName', 'Flower', {
	expires: 7, // expires in 7 days
	path: '/' // domain-wide, entire wiki
} );

// Get cookie
var name = $.cookie( 'myName' );

// Delete cookie
// Deprecated since 1.2 please use $.removeCookie( 'foo' ) instead
$.cookie( 'myName', null );

$.removeCookie( 'foo' )

When deleting a cookie, you must use the same path and domain used when the cookie was set.

Note that when MediaWiki server-side code sets a cookie it usually prefixes it with the database name; this prefix is available to JavaScript code as the mw.config variable wgCookiePrefix.

Note that users will likely get separate cookies for /wiki/ and /w/ paths in page URLs if you do not specify the extra option { path: '/' } when setting a cookie.

jquery.i18n

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.26 Gerrit change 223201

• jquery.i18n

jquery.makeCollapsible

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18 r78914

See also Manual:Collapsible elements.

• JS Documentation
• jquery.makeCollapsible

Makes elements collapsible. It supports lots of variations such as:

Simple

Add "mw-collapsible" to an element (a <div> for example) with some content and save the page. The inner content of this element will be treated as collapsible content. Prepended to the element, before the collapsible content, is a toggle-link with a localized label (collapsible-expand, collapsible-collapse)

Initial state

Adding "mw-collapsed" as additional class will cause the element to be initially collapsed when the page is loaded.

Custom label

^{HTML5 only} Using the data-collapsetext and data-expandtext attributes one can define a custom text for the toggle labels added by the script. When added in wikitext these could be populated by a localized message like:
<div class="mw-collapsible" data-expandtext="{{int:show}}" data-collapsetext="{{int:hide}}">

Remote toggle

If you don't want the script to put the default toggle link (whether or not with a custom label) in your element, you can make one of your own. This could reside anywhere inside or outside the collapsible element. Its relationship to the collapsible element is detected by using an ID attribute with the prefix mw-customcollapsible and a corresponding class attribute with prefix mw-customtoggle for the collapsible element and the togglelink respectively.

Example: Simple collapsible div or table

Input:

{| class="wikitable"
! Foo
! Bar
|-
| Lorem
| Ipsum
|-
| More info
|<!--
-->
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%;"
! Head
! Top
|-
| Cell
| content
|-
| This table is collapsible
| Because it has the "mw-collapsible" class
|-
| It was initially hidden, because it
| had the "mw-collapsed" class
|}<!--
-->
|-
|}

<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible" style="width: 400px;">
This is text is collapsible. {{Lorem}}
</div>

Output:

Foo	Bar
Lorem	Ipsum
More info	Head Top Cell content This table is collapsible Because it has the "mw-collapsible" class It was initially hidden, because it had the "mw-collapsed" class

This is text is collapsible. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

---

Example: Hide the collapsible element by default, the toggle element resides outside of it

Input:

<div class="mw-customtoggle-myDivision" style="background:#e0e8ff">Click here to toggle the element</div>

<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-myDivision">
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible-content">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...</div>
</div>

<div class="mw-customtoggle-myDivision" style="background:#e8ffe0">Clicking will toggle it also!</div>

Output:

Click here to toggle the element

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...

Clicking will toggle it also!

For other live examples, see Test Wikipedia - Collapsing Testpage.

jquery.suggestions

• JS Documentation

jquery.spinner

• JS Documentation

jquery.tabIndex

(deprecated in 1.34)

• jquery.tabIndex

jquery.tablesorter

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.18 r86088

• jquery.tablesorter

jquery.textSelection

• JS Documentation
• Source code

mw.util.jsMessage( 'The selected text is "' + mw.html.escape( $( '#wpTextbox1' ).textSelection( 'getSelection' ) ) + '".' );

jquery.tipsy

(deprecated in 1.28)

• jquery.tipsy

The library will be available for the forseeable future, but overlaps with functionality within OOUI and provides a suboptimal experience to mobile users. Where jQuery.tipsy is being used, we encourage developers to inspect OOUI and feedback on how the library might be improved to support the usecase that jquery.tipsy provides.

Example page; jQuery project page

Option	Type	Possible values	Default	Description
gravity	string / call-back function	'nw' | 'n' | 'ne' | 'w' | 'e' | 'sw' | 's' | 'se' / $.fn.tipsy.autoNS | $.fn.tipsy.autoWE | pointer or anonymous	'n'	sets the positioning of the tooltip relative to the element
fade	bool	true | false	true	use fading effect (fadeIn / fadeOut)
title	string (an attribute) / call-back function	style, class, id, ..., function () { return 'some string'; }	title (or if not specified fallback-value; see below)	Which string to display as a "tool-tip"?
fallback	string	'valid string'		used if an element has no tooltip
html	bool	true | false	false	interpret the tooltip text as HTML
delayIn	number in ms	0, 1, 2, ...	0	How long to wait after onmouseover to show the tip?
delayOut	number in ms	0, 1, 2, ...	0	How long to wait after onmouseout to close the tip?
trigger	string	'focus' | 'manual' | 'hover'	hover	When to show the tooltip (useful for forms)
live	bool	true | false	false	dynamical add to selectors- see JQuery's live interpretation
offset	number in px		0	offset from tooltip to element
opacity	number (float)		1.0	opacity of the tooltip

mw.loader.using( 'jquery.tipsy', function () {
	$someObject.prepend(
		$( '<span>', {
			title: 'Some tipsy test title'
		} )
		.append( 'Hover here' )
		.tipsy( {
			option: 'value',
			option2: 'value2'
		} )
	);
} );

jquery.ui

(deprecated in 1.29) Please use OOUI instead.

For more information on and demos for jQuery UI, refer to http://jqueryui.com/

site

This module loads site scripts from the pages:

• MediaWiki:Common.js,
• and MediaWiki:Vector.js (depending on the current skin).

If $wgUseSiteJs is disabled by configuration, then the module is empty.

user

This module loads:

• User:<name>/common.js,
• User:<name>/vector.js (depending on current skin),
• MediaWiki:Group-user.js,
• MediaWiki:Group-<groupname>.js (for each group the current user is a member of, e.g. "sysop", "bureaucrat" etc.)

If $wgAllowUserJs is disabled by configuration, then the "User" sub pages are not included.

If $wgUseSiteJs is disabled by configuration, then the "MediaWiki:Group-" pages are not included.

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