Options/Wiki/HTML

Controls the appearance of the Talk tab (right of Page tab):

XOWA shows a Talk tab just like any other MediaWiki wiki

However, the default wiki dumps (pages-articles) do not have the Talk namespace. In these situations, the Talk tab is non-functional.

Some users may object to the continual presence of a non-functional tab. As such, the following options have been provided:

• Hide : Hide the tab if the namespace is missing. This is non-standard MediaWiki behavior, but is not distracting.
• Show as red link : Show the tab with a red color. This is standard MediaWiki behavior, but some users may find the red link distracting.
• Show as blue link : Show the tab with a blue color. This is non-standard MediaWiki behavior. It is not distracting but some users may object to the presence of a non-functional link.

Choose one of the following.

• checked : to show XOWA menu in sidebar (has XOWA Main Page, About, Help, Page History, Bookmarks, Options
• unchecked : to hide XOWA menu in sidebar

Choose one of the following.

• checked : to show XOWA menu in sidebar (has XOWA Main Page, About, Help, Page History, Bookmarks, Options
• unchecked : to hide XOWA menu in sidebar

Enter a format for pages whose content is entirely source code:

Applicable pages include:

• MediaWiki:Common.css
• MediaWiki:*.js
• Module:*

The purpose of this option is to control the behavior of the pre when the page has source code with long lines. Example behaviors include:

• Horizontal scroll bar at bottom of html window: <pre>~{page_text}</pre>
• Horizontal scroll bar at bottom of pre: <pre style='overflow:auto'>~{page_text}</pre>
• Word-wrap: <pre style='white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;'>~{page_text}</pre>

See https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260 for more context

(obsolete): This setting controls whether or not the "alt" is actually inserted into the HTML. Compare that with "Show in html" which merely hides the already-inserted alt

Advanced users may want to disable this to reduce the size of the HTML. Regular users should use the "Show in html" option

Choose one of the following:

• checked : show alt text underneath caption (default. non-standard behavior, but recommended)
• unchecked : do not show alt text underneath caption (standard behavior)

EX: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet)

Choose one of the following:

• checked : if no alt attribute is specified, alt will use caption
• unchecked : if no alt attribute is specified, alt will be empty (check the HTML source)

Choose one of the following:

• checked : show alt text underneath caption (default. non-standard behavior, but recommended)
• unchecked : do not show alt text underneath caption (standard behavior)

EX: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_(planet)

Collapsible settings only apply to the current viewing of the page. This setting is not stored for each page.

For example, if you are viewing "Page_A", you set your table of contents (TOC) setting to unchecked (always show), and you click "hide":

• Click a link -> Press back -> TOC is shown, not hidden
• Exit XOWA -> Reopen XOWA -> Go to "Page_A" -> TOC is shown, not hidden

Saving the hide/show setting on a page by page basis will be supported in a future version, but probably not anytime soon.

All table of contents have a Show / Hide link. See Diagnostics/Javascript/Table_of_contents
Choose one of the following:

• checked : default to show collapsed
• unchecked : default to show expanded

Navigation boxes at the bottom of the article will often have a Collapse / Expand link. See Diagnostics/Javascript/Collapsible or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
Choose one of the following:

• checked : default to show collapsed
• unchecked : default to show expanded

Choose one of the following:

• checked : default to show collapsed
• unchecked : default to show expanded

NOTE: Affects following 2 types of boxes:

• Most navigation boxes at the side of the article which sometimes have a Show / Hide link. See Diagnostics/Javascript/NavFrame or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics
• Some navigation boxes at the bottom of the article which sometimes have a Show / Hide link. See https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth