The Reference Previews feature shows a preview of a footnote when you hover over its footnote marker. This feature is part of the MediaWiki extension Popups , which is used for Page Previews .
The Reference Previews feature aims to fulfill a wish from the German-speaking community's Technical Wishlist and is developed by WMDE's Tech team, with support from the WMF’s Web team. The design for this feature has been developed by the WMF. More information can be found on the main project page on Meta.
Reference Previews display a preview of the footnote as it appears at the bottom of the page. Within the preview, any and all footnote content (text, images, tables, …) can be displayed. At the top of the pop-up, the reference type is displayed. Reference Previews were designed to create an experience consistent with Page Previews, so that all pop-ups have the same design, regardless of whether you are hovering over a page link or a footnote marker.
Reference Previews and Page Previews next to each other.Interactions
The preview functionality relies on JavaScript. If you don't have JavaScript activated, there is no hover effect, and footnote markers remain simple jump marks.
Reference Previews will be activated by default for everyone (logged-in users, logged-out/anonymous users, readers of a wiki).
Please note: If you use the Reference Tooltips or Navigation Popups gadget – either because it’s a default gadget on your wiki or because you enabled it individually – you won’t see Reference Previews. If you disable the gadget, you can see Reference Previews.
Exposed reference types[edit]At the top of each pop-up, Reference Previews prominently indicate what kind of source is being referenced. We currently define six reference types:
Each reference is defined by CSS classes, e.g., <cite class="journal">
for journal references. These classes are set in the <cite>
element in a reference's content. References without cite tags and classes (e.g., plain <ref>
tags) are displayed as "Reference".
To assign a reference type:
cite
class. The English cite
templates, for example this one, specify the cite
class already, and derivations of these templates are used in many wikis. Other templates can also be updated to do so.<cite>
class directly into a <cite>
tag, like so: <ref><cite class="book">reference content</cite></ref>
.testwiki
): 28 February 2019<ref>
and <references />
tagsReference Previews
Page Previews
The software messages for this feature can be translated on translatewiki.net. Any help is much appreciated!
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