Extension:CiteDrawer

This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.
WikiTeq provides official support for MediaWiki LTS releases only. It may work with other MediaWiki releases.
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CiteDrawer
Release status: stable
Description Adds a floating drawer displayed at the bottom of the screen when user clicks on <ref> link
Author(s) Tosfostalk
Maintainer(s) WikiTeq team
Latest version 1.0.1
Compatibility policy For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki 1.39+
License MIT License
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  • $wgCiteDrawerEnableMobile
  • $wgCiteDrawerEnableDesktop
  • $wgCiteDrawerTheme
Quarterly downloads 5 (Ranked 132nd)
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The CiteDrawer extension eases user interaction with the Cite extension by introducing a floating drawer displayed at the bottom of the screen when a user clicks on a link.

This extension was created for WikiWorks.

Prerequisites

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  • Extension Cite needs to be installed, so this extension can work.

Installation

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  • Download and move the extracted CiteDrawer folder to your extensions/ directory.
    Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CiteDrawer
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'CiteDrawer' );
    
  •   Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

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This extension has 3 configuration parameters:

  • $wgCiteDrawerEnableDesktop which enables this extension to work on desktop devices. It is enabled by default, and if you don't want it, set parameter to false
  • $wgCiteDrawerEnableMobile which enables this extension to work on mobile. It is enabled by default, and if you don't want it, set parameter to false
  • $wgCiteDrawerTheme which is used for changing widget appearance. Options light and dark are available. Per default, this is dark.