MediaWiki:Functions.js

/* taking stuff from SWGames.wikia, which in turn took stuff from Wookiepedia. So contact Wookiepedia tech support if things break down d-: -PanSola */

/*  */

/*   This file is a collection of reusable functions from Wookieepedia.

/*   This global variable specifies if client-side persistent storage is available. Currently, only Firefox 2 supports this specification. On Wookieepedia, this global storage is used to store information about which infoboxes are hidden. window.storagePresent = (typeof(globalStorage) != 'undefined');

/*   Stores the (unmodified) page title. function storePageName {   window.pageName = getFirstHeading.childNodes[0].nodeValue.trim; }

/*   Adds a trim method to string variables. String.prototype.trim = function { return this.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ""); };

/*   Searches an array for an element and returns its index, or -1 if it's not in the array. function arrayFind(array, value) {   for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {       if(array[i] == value) return i;   } return -1; }

/*   Removes the first occurrence of an element in an array, if it is there. function arrayRemove(array, value) {   var i = arrayFind(array, value); if(i != -1) array.splice(i, 1); }

/*	the ContentLoader class to encapsulate "creative differences" with XHR Usage: - construct a ContentLoader object: var loader = new ContentLoader; - set necessary state parameters (via fields); e.g. loader.myvar = 'mytext'; - set the callback: loader.callback = myfunc; - send the request: loader.send(url, postdata = null, contentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); (if postdata isn't null or omitted, POST is used, otherwise GET) - the callback function is called when the content is loaded - the ContentLoader object is this - the raw response data is this.text - the XML DOM object, if any, is this.document function ContentLoader {   this.cache = true; }

ContentLoader.prototype.enableCache = function(caching) {   this.cache = (caching == null) ? true : this.cache; }

ContentLoader.prototype.createRequest = function {	if(typeof(XMLHttpRequest) != 'undefined') {		return new XMLHttpRequest; }	else if(typeof(ActiveXObject) != 'undefined') {		return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }	return null; }

ContentLoader.prototype.send = function(url, postdata, contentType) {	var method = (postdata == null) ? 'GET' : 'POST'; this.request = this.createRequest; this.request.open(method, url);

if(!this.cache) this.request.setRequestHeader( "If-Modified-Since", "Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT" );

var request = this.request; var loader = this; if(postdata == null) {	   if(contentType == null) contentType = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'; request.setRequestHeader('Content-type', contentType); }	var f = function {   	if(request.readyState == 4) {   		loader.text = request.responseText; loader.document = request.responseXML; request = null; loader.request = null; loader.callback; }   }	this.request.onreadystatechange = f;	this.request.send(postdata); } /*	end ContentLoader

/*   Source: http://www.dustindiaz.com/getelementsbyclass/ getElementsByClass, which complements getElementById and getElementsByTagName, returns an array of all subelements of node that are tagged with a specific CSS class (searchClass) and are of the tag name tag. If tag is null, it searches for any suitable elements regardless of the tag name. Example: getElementsByClass('infobox', document.getElementById('content'), 'div') selects the same elements as the CSS declaration #content div.infobox function getElementsByClass(searchClass, node, tag) {	var classElements = new Array;

if(node == null) node = document;

if(tag == null) tag = '*';

var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag); var elsLen = els.length; var tester = new ClassTester(searchClass);

for(i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {		if(tester.isMatch(els[i])) {			classElements[j] = els[i]; j++; }	}	return classElements; }

function ClassTester(className) {   this.regex = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)"); }

ClassTester.prototype.isMatch = function(element) {   return this.regex.test(element.className); } /*   end getElementsByClass

/*   Returns the parameter as it appears in the query string. Equivalent to $_GET[p] in PHP. function queryString(p) {   var re = RegExp('[&?]' + p + '=([^&]*)'); var matches;

if(matches = re.exec(document.location)) {       try {           return decodeURI(matches[1]); }       catch(e) { } }

return null; } /*   end temporary per-page unique CSS (Splarka)

/*   Dynamically load a combobox's content by pagename (e. g. Template:Stdsummaries) The page should be of the same format as http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Stdsummaries function requestComboFill(id, page) {   var loader = new ContentLoader; loader.comboID = id; loader.callback = onComboDataArrival; loader.send('/index.php?title=' + page + '&action=raw&ctype=text/plain'); }

function onComboDataArrival {   fillCombo(this.text, this.comboID); }

function fillCombo(text, comboid) {   var combo = document.getElementById(comboid); var lines = text.split("\n");

for(var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++) {       var value = lines[i].indexOf("-- ") == 0 ? lines[i].substring(3) : ""; var option = document.createElement('option'); option.setAttribute('value', value); option.appendChild(document.createTextNode(lines[i])); combo.appendChild(option); } } /*   end combo fill code

/*   Loads the current source of the page "pagename" (as stored in the database) and inserts it at the cursor position function doPreload(pagename) {   var loader = new ContentLoader; loader.callback = onPreloadArrival; loader.send('/index.php?title=' + pagename + '&action=raw&ctype=text/plain'); }

function insertAtCursor(myField, myValue) {   //IE support if (document.selection) {       myField.focus; sel = document.selection.createRange; sel.text = myValue; }   //MOZILLA/NETSCAPE support else if(myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {       var startPos = myField.selectionStart; var endPos = myField.selectionEnd; myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos) + myValue + myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length); }   else {       myField.value += myValue; } }

function onPreloadArrival {   insertAtCursor(document.getElementById('wpTextbox1'), this.text); } /*   end preload code

/*   Returns h1.firstHeading (the page title element). function getFirstHeading {   var elements = getElementsByClass('firstHeading', document.getElementById('content'), 'h1'); return (elements != null && elements.length > 0) ? elements[0] : null; }

/*   Returns the element's nearest parent that has the specified CSS class. function getParentByClass(className, element) {   var tester = new ClassTester(className); var node = element.parentNode; while(node != null && node != document) {       if(tester.isMatch(node)) return node; node = node.parentNode; }   return null; }

/*   Makes the image on the search form, if one is present, point to the search page instead of the Wikia main page. function rewriteSearchFormLink {   var links = document.getElementById('searchform').getElementsByTagName('a'); if(links.length > 0) links[0].href = "/index.php?title=Special:Search&adv=1"; }

/*   Replaces  with the name of the user browsing the page. Requires copying Template:USERNAME. function substUsername {   var userpage = document.getElementById('pt-userpage'); if(!userpage) return; var username = userpage.firstChild.innerHTML; var spans = getElementsByClass('insertusername', document.getElementById('content'), 'span');

for(var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) {       spans[i].innerHTML = username; } }

/*   Performs dynamic hover class rewriting to work around the IE6 :hover bug (needs CSS changes as well) function rewriteHover { var gbl = document.getElementById("hover-global");

if(gbl == null) return;

var nodes = getElementsByClass("hoverable", gbl);

for (var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) { nodes[i].onmouseover = function { this.className += " over"; }   nodes[i].onmouseout = function { this.className = this.className.replace(new RegExp(" over\\b"), ""); } } }

/*   to call in onload hooks function initFunctionsJS {   storePageName; }

/* */