RefToolbar
refers to a series of
JavaScript
/
jQuery
scripts that help editors add citation templates to articles. It works in conjunction with the
MediaWiki
extension
WikiEditor
. The Reftoolbar implementation is scattered across several scripts (see, for example,
this
,
this
or
this
prefix search). The newest version,
RefToolbar 2.0
is turned on by default for new users.
Originally an opt-in
Wikipedia Gadget
, Reftoolbar was moved to a site-wide script
on February 25, 2011
, and to an opt-out gadget
in April 2014
.
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[2]
It comes in two versions, depending on the settings at
Preferences
?→
Editing
?→ Editor
.
VisualEditor
[
edit
]
Note that RefToolbar is not used in
VisualEditor
. If you are logged in and your toolbar looks like this:
then you are using the rich-text VisualEditor.
VisualEditor also has a similar
Cite
button, but this is NOT RefToolbar. It instead uses an autofilling
citoid
service. If you want to learn how to use that Cite menu, please refer to the
VisualEditor user guide
.
You can switch between visual editing and source editing (where RefToolbar is used) using the pencil icon.
Default
[
edit
]
The default for all users, logged in or not, is
WikiEditor
or Wikitext Editor, that includes
refToolbar 2.0.
Click on the version number for more information about each refToolbar implementation (
Cite
item
on right
in all them):
In 2.0, clicking in the Cite menu, you can choose: the template (
{{
cite web
}}
,
{{
cite news
}}
,
{{
cite book
}}
or
{{
cite journal
}}
, they are not automatically filled, so you must fill them ),
named references
and
error check
.
Table headings are abbreviations of the names seen at
Preferences
?→
Editing
:
- Enable enhanced...
will say
Enable the editing toolbar
.
The
RefToolbar style
column indicates the widget that activates the cite mechanism.
Before 2017, there were three versions of Refoolbar: 1.0, 2.0a and 2.0b. Version 2.0a was removed on June 14, 2017, since it was no longer needed.
You can also do a "subpages with prefix searches" to find other related pages, in particular
MediaWiki
and
Wikipedia
namespace searches are useful.
This image file is found at
commons:File:Wikipedia reftoolbar dependency graph.svg
.