Wikipedia:Reference desk/tools

Tool mockups

These are mockups of possible tools- if you have interest in it, ask the author to make it into a script.

Navigation

• Fixed nav box by froth^t
  • This removes the otherrd and giveback boxes, and "fixes" the desk navigation to the window, so when you scroll, the nav box doesn't move onscreen. It covers up quite a bit of text if you're trying to read the desk so I gave up on this one. No Internet Explorer support, sorry, it's pretty weird code. I'd have nice icons showing Firefox/IE/Opera, but you know, a blue 16x16 lowercase e is microsoft's property, and a tiny fox hugging a blue dot, explicitly released for all noncommercial use, is not "sufficiently free" for the mediawiki foundation's conscience. >.>
• Fast links by froth^t (implemented)
  • This leaves the header as it is, and adds a quick-and-dirty link box to the left, centered in the portlets column. Reads "CSMHLEM", each letter linking to its reference desk.

User scripts

Navigation

These are javascript tools that have been implemented- they're not just mockups. To use them, add the given code to Special:Mypage/monobook.js. These should be interoperable- you can use any combination or all of them if you want.

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Fast links by froth^t (mockup available)

• This leaves the header as it is, and adds a quick-and-dirty link box to the left, centered in the portlets column. Reads "CSMHLEM", each letter linking to its reference desk.
• Code:

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
            + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Froth/refdeskmod.js' 
            + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');

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Classic nav box by froth^t (screenshot available)

• Since most of the time you're at the bottom of a ref desk, you may want trans-desk navigation down there. This adds the "classic" style horizontal nav bar to the bottom of the reference desk. AFAIK this is only possible with a user script; that's why it's here.
• Code:

document.write('<script type="text/javascript" src="' 
            + 'http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Froth/refdeskmodv2.js' 
            + '&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript&dontcountme=s"></script>');