Help:Inputbox

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The inputbox extension is a MediaWiki extension by Erik Möller to add predefined HTML forms to wiki pages. It was originally created for the purpose of adding a Create an article box to Wikinews. It requires MediaWiki 1.5 and an extensions script (see Installation below).

General syntax

Inputboxes are constructed like this:

 <inputbox>
 type=box type
 parameter1=value
 parameter2=value
 </inputbox>

The type parameter is mandatory. All other parameters are optional.

Box types

Type	Description	Example
type=search	Generates a search box with a width of 50 characters. The button labels can be specified, see below; the defaults are MediaWiki:Tryexact and MediaWiki:Searchfulltext. The text field specifies the search criteria.
type=create	Allows creating a new page. Note especially the preload= and editintro= options below. The button label can be specified, see below; the default is MediaWiki:Createarticle. The text field specifies which page is to be edited.
type=comment	Add one or more sections to an existing page, or create a page, with an edit summary that is automatically the same as the (first) new section header. The button label can be specified, see below; the default is MediaWiki:Postcomment; note that this message is also used in the sidebar of the old "Standard" skin. The text field specifies which page is to be edited.

Parameters

Parameter Scope	Description	Example
bgcolor= All types	Sets the table background color (HTML color values). Do not use quotes.	<inputbox> type=search bgcolor=#eeeeff </inputbox> produces:
width= All types	Sets the width of the inputbox in characters.	<inputbox> type=create width=6 </inputbox> produces:
default= All types	Default text to put in the inputbox.	<inputbox> type=comment default=User talk:Eloquence </inputbox> produces:
preload= comment, create	The text of the page under this title will be loaded into the blank editbox when a new page is created. Enter the title of a non-existent page in the example inputbox, and click "Create" to test this effect.	<inputbox> type=create preload=Template:Standard content for new page </inputbox> produces:
editintro= comment, create	The text of the page under this title will be added, as instructions, before the submission form for new pages or comments. Enter the title of a non-existent page in the example inputbox, and click "Create" to test this effect.	<inputbox> type=create editintro=Template:Instructions </inputbox> produces:
buttonlabel= All types	This label will be used for the main button of the form.	<inputbox> type=comment buttonlabel=Add new rumor </inputbox> produces:
searchbuttonlabel= search	This label will be used for the "Search full text" button of the search form.	<inputbox> type=search searchbuttonlabel=Dig deeper </inputbox> produces:

Applying create to an existing page simply gives the edit page. In that case editintro and preload are ignored.

Caveats

• Variables, parameters, and templates are not allowed in values of parameters of inputbox; see Template talk:Inputbox demo.

Installation

1. Download and save the file inputbox.php to the extensions folder of your MediaWiki installation.
2. Open and edit the LocalSettings.php file by adding the following line near the bottom:

require_once("extensions/inputbox.php");

NOTE: Make sure that it is still above the closing php tag so that it looks like this:

require_once("extensions/inputbox.php");
?>

Examples

• Template talk:New city in Morocco.
• w:Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#User talk inputbox

Wikiquote-specific content

Edit this Wikiquote- and subject-specific template

Links to other help pages

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External Links

• Special page on the Wikipedia

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