Extension:SearchBoxes for MediaWiki

Copyright (C) Dror S. & Kol-Zchut Ltd. Loosely based on Extension:InputBox by Erik Möller.

This MediaWiki extension supplies two types of Bootstrap3-themed search forms:

• 'standard' - a simple inline search form
• 'white' - a different design with a white background

Caveats

This extension is very much Kol-Zchut (WikiRights) centric right now. It assumes the presence of Boostrap 3 as well as Skin:Helena (unpublished) along with its global LESS variables.

Usage

This is a tag extension: . The following options are available:

• 'type': 'standard' (default) / 'white'
• 'placeholder': a placeholder text for the inputbox
• 'default': default text in the input box (will hide the placeholder if specified)
• 'buttonlabel': text for the search button. 'Search' by default.
• 'labeltext': label for the input field.
• 'id': an id attribute for the form. Currently unspecified behavior.
• 'category': a category to filter by. Passed to the search form as "incategory:".
• 'dir': 'rtl' / 'ltr'. Allows to override the form's default direction.
• 'internal': 'yes' / 'no' (default) - whether to use 'Special:Search' even if Extension:WRGoogleSearch is on.
• 'mobile': 'yes' (default) / 'no' - whether to show the form in mobile resolutions (basically Bootstrap's 'hidden-xs')
• 'fancybutton': 'yes' / 'no' (default) - whether to use Bootstrap's 'btn-default' class
• 'elementsize': 'small'/'normal' (default)/'large' - translated into Bootstrap 'input-group-lg/sm'.
• 'hiddenbuttonlabel': 'yes'/'no' (default). Hide the button label (except from screen readers); Bootstrap 'sr-only'.
• 'widthclasses': Allows the use of any Bootstrap grid options: col-(xs|sm|md|lg)-1..12. e.g.: 'col-sm-12 col-md-8 col-lg-6'.
• 'inline': 'yes'/'no' (default) - place the form inline.
• 'inputlength': this is equivalant to the HTML "size" attribute. The default of 0 means "ignored".

Example

<searchbox>
	placeholder=Find information about your rights
	buttonlabel=Search!
	category=rights
	internal=yes
	mobile=no
</searchbox>

Dependencies

Require MediaWiki >= 1.24.

Installation

See the regular installation instructions for MediaWiki extensions.

Configuration

None at this point.