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*Common.js allows for a user to add an "&withJS=MediaWiki:__.js" to a URL in order to view that page with a custom JS file that normally does not load for you (untested, so this documentation may be incorrect). | *Common.js allows for a user to add an "&withJS=MediaWiki:__.js" to a URL in order to view that page with a custom JS file that normally does not load for you (untested, so this documentation may be incorrect). | ||
* | *If the user is on the Main Page, the browser is told to focus on the go/search box so that they can immediately start typing a search term or page name. | ||
* | *Next, if the user is on the advanced search page, [[MediaWiki:Common.js/search.js]] is imported to modify the page by adding a dropdown menu that lets one pick another search engine besides the barely-useable built-in one. | ||
*Various fixes for Internet Explorer. | |||
*Hover tables are added next, which can display a description of the table cell being pointed to. They are demonstrated, in their unfinished state, [[User:Iritscen/HoverTableDemo|here]]. | *Hover tables are added next, which can display a description of the table cell being pointed to. They are demonstrated, in their unfinished state, [[User:Iritscen/HoverTableDemo|here]]. | ||
*Next is an even more unfinished feature called hover GIFs, which are GIFs that only animate when hovered over. | *Next is an even more unfinished feature called hover GIFs, which are GIFs that only animate when hovered over. This is accomplished by swapping between a still image and a GIF. However, this method does not work as currently coded because it merely changes the suffix of an image between .gif and .jpg; since images are stored in various "random" sub-directories on the server, the entire path for both images would need to be hardcoded in order to perform a successful swap. These paths could be supplied using an approach similar to the hover table class "hovertable_descrip" if one was determined to make this feature work. | ||
*The | *The NavFrame class from Common.css is used to create the collapsible tables upon which [[Template:Divhide|divhide]] boxes are built. | ||
* A function called ModifySidebar() is made available for customizing the items listed in the sections on the left of all wiki pages. See Iritscen's [[User:Iritscen/vector.js|custom JS page]] for a sample usage. | * A function called ModifySidebar() is made available for customizing the items listed in the sections on the left of all wiki pages. See Iritscen's [[User:Iritscen/vector.js|custom JS page]] for a sample usage. | ||