Extension:ShowMe

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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ShowMe Release status: stable
Implementation	Tag
Description	Shows or hides selected elements on the page
Author(s)	Ike Hecht (tosfostalk)
Maintainer(s)	WikiTeq team
Latest version	0.2.0 (11 July 2021)
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.35, 1.39
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Hooks used ParserFirstCallInit
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 132nd)
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The ShowMe extension allows inserting a drop down or unordered list into pages, that will show different elements on the page depending on which option is selected.

This extension was created for WikiWorks.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ShowMe 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/ShowMe
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ShowMe' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Usage

Use the <showme> tag. It has an optional name parameter, which can set the name and id of the <select> element. Each line between the tags should contain an option. It must consist of the text to be shown, followed by a pipe, followed by the class name of an element (or elements) on the page which should be shown when this option is selected. While one option is selected, the elements corresponding to all other options become hidden. To avoid flashing of elements that are supposed to be hidden, you can optionally add style="display: none;" to every option other than the first.

Examples

Dropdown

<showme type="dropdown">
Text for Option 1|opt-1
And another option|opt-2
</showme>
<div class="opt-1">
Some text shown when clicking the first option.
</div>
<div class="opt-2" style="display: none;">
Here goes the text shown for the second option.
</div>

Unordered list

<showme type="ul">
Text for Option 1|opt-1
And another option|opt-2
</showme>
<div class="opt-1">
Some text shown when clicking the first option.
</div>
<div class="opt-2" style="display: none;">
Here goes the text shown for the second option.
</div>

Gallery

• 
  Screenshot of extension with first option selected
• 
  Screenshot of this extension with second option selected