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lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-Reference+Tooltips&action=page&filter=&action_source=translate_page" title="Special:Translate">Translate this page</a></div><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages noprint navigation-not-searchable" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-pt-languages-label">Languages:</div><ul class="mw-pt-languages-list"><li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/id" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Reference Tooltips/id (14% translated)" lang="id" dir="ltr">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/de" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="Tooltip für Einzelnachweise (100% translated)" lang="de" dir="ltr">Deutsch</a></li> <li><span class="mw-pt-languages-ui mw-pt-languages-selected mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" lang="en" dir="ltr">English</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/vi" class="mw-pt-progress 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href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/ru" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Reference Tooltips/ru (2% translated)" lang="ru" dir="ltr">русский</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/fa" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="جعبه یادکرد (56% translated)" lang="fa" dir="rtl">فارسی</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/gu" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--low" title="Reference Tooltips/gu (2% translated)" lang="gu" dir="ltr">ગુજરાતી</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/zh" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="参考文献提示工具 (100% translated)" lang="zh" dir="ltr">中文</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/ja" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--complete" title="参照ツールチップ (100% translated)" lang="ja" dir="ltr">日本語</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reference_Tooltips/nan" class="mw-pt-progress mw-pt-progress--med" title="Tsham-khó bûn-hiàn Tooltips (23% translated)" lang="nan" dir="ltr">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li></ul></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reference_Tooltips_reworked.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Reference_Tooltips_reworked.png/400px-Reference_Tooltips_reworked.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Reference_Tooltips_reworked.png 1.5x" data-file-width="424" data-file-height="236"/></a><figcaption>A <b>reference tooltip</b>; the hand-shaped cursor is hovering over a footnote link '[19]'. The Reference tooltip displays the footnote contents without requiring a click, or even scrolling down to footnote 19.</figcaption></figure><p>The <b>Reference Tooltips</b> is a gadget that shows <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Cite" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Cite">footnotes</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Cite" title="Help:Cite"> </a></span> when you hover over them. </p><p>A hint appears right on the line, without the need to scroll down the page. </p><p>This feature is enabled by default on many wikis and users can disable it by accessing the feature's options, which sets a cookie; logged-in users can disable it permanently in the <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets" title="Special:Preferences">Gadgets tab of Special:Preferences</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="About" data-mw-thread-id="h-About"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-About"></span>About<span data-mw-comment-end="h-About"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: About"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The script was originally developed by <a href="/wiki/User:Yair_rand" title="User:Yair rand">User:Yair rand</a> in 2012 and reworked by <a href="/wiki/User:Jack_who_built_the_house" title="User:Jack who built the house">User:Jack who built the house</a> in 2019. To install the gadget in your wiki, you need to transfer the following files there: </p> <ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js" class="extiw" title="w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js">w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css" class="extiw" title="w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css">w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.css</a></li> <li>Add the line <code>ReferenceTooltips[ResourceLoader|default|type=general|dependencies=mediawiki.cookie,jquery.client]|ReferenceTooltips.js|ReferenceTooltips.css</code> to <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition" title="MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition">MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition</a><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_menu.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_menu.png/400px-Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_menu.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_menu.png 1.5x" data-file-width="525" data-file-height="401"/></a><figcaption>The options menu</figcaption></figure></li> <li>Create a description for the gadget to be displayed in the user preferences by editing MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips on your wiki; copy-paste the content from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips" class="extiw" title="w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips">w:MediaWiki:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips</a>, or create your own if you wish</li></ul> <p>The gadget will then be loaded by default on the wiki. </p><p>For the normal functioning of the script, the following <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets#Options" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets">dependencies</a> are necessary: mediawiki.cookie, jquery.client. <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets" title="Special:MyLanguage/Extension:Gadgets">Extension:Gadgets</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Extension:Gadgets" title="Extension:Gadgets"> </a></span> must also be loaded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rationale" data-mw-thread-id="h-Rationale-About"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Rationale-About"></span>Rationale<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Rationale-About"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rationale"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Currently, Wikimedia sites list all references at the bottom of the article. For large articles, especially those with many references, this is sub-optimal. Checking an article's references requires several traversals over the entire length of the article, during which time the reader will often lose their place. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hypotheses" data-mw-thread-id="h-Hypotheses-About"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Hypotheses-About"></span>Hypotheses<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Hypotheses-About"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Hypotheses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This is a general usability feature. It is hypothesized that readers will be more likely to visit references if they are immediately accessible without having to traverse the entire page length. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_workflow" data-mw-thread-id="h-Current_workflow-About"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Current_workflow-About"></span>Current workflow<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Current_workflow-About"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current workflow"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In articles, a statement is referenced with a super-scripted, internal page link. Clicking on this link will take the user to the bottom of the page to the whole reference list. The specific reference is then highlighted. The user then clicks the link there and the referenced external link is opened. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="User_experience" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_experience"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_experience"></span>User experience<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_experience"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: User experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_nested_tooltips_animation.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_nested_tooltips_animation.gif/400px-Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_nested_tooltips_animation.gif" decoding="async" width="400" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Reference_Tooltips_reworked_-_nested_tooltips_animation.gif 1.5x" data-file-width="401" data-file-height="136"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>When the user hovers their mouse over the super-scripted citation link in an article, a tooltip appears above that includes the reference footnote. The user can then move their mouse into the hover and click on the link(s) there to open the external references. </p><p>Clicking on the super-scripted reference link behaves as normal (the user is brought to the reference list). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="JavaScript_and_tablet_considerations" data-mw-thread-id="h-JavaScript_and_tablet_considerations-User_experience"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-JavaScript_and_tablet_considerations-User_experience"></span>JavaScript and tablet considerations<span data-mw-comment-end="h-JavaScript_and_tablet_considerations-User_experience"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: JavaScript and tablet considerations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This feature requires JavaScript. Browsers with JavaScript disabled will not have this feature. </p><p>This feature may not be usable with tablets and other touch screen interfaces without eliminating the current "click takes you to the reference list" behavior. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Settings" data-mw-thread-id="h-Settings-User_experience"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Settings-User_experience"></span>Settings<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Settings-User_experience"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reference_Tooltips&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Settings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To edit this gadget's settings, hover over a citation so that the tooltip appears, then click on the gear icon. You can set the following options: </p> <ul><li>Whether the tooltip appears on hover or on click</li> <li>Delay before the tooltip appears (by default 200 milliseconds)</li> <li>Whether to show a tooltip for abbreviations inside <code class="mw-highlight" style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="p">‎<</span><span class="nt">abbr</span><span class="p">></span></code> tags. 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