User:Zocky/LanguageLinks.js
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/* * LanguageLinks.js * * Changes the text of language links in the sidebar, * by replacing the name of the language with the code * of the language and the name of the linked page, * changing the language box into an ersatz multi-lingual * dictionary. * */ // wait for everything to load addOnloadHook(function() { // get the language portlet langs = document.getElementById('p-lang'); // proceed only if the language portlet exists if(langs) { // get the links var lnks=langs.getElementsByTagName('a'); // start building the replacement table var html = '<table style="font-size:90%;width:100%">'; // cycle through all the links for (var i=0;i<lnks.length;i++) { lnk=lnks[i]; // FF vs. IE 6 href = document.addEventListener ? lnk.href : lnk.href.replace(/\/wiki\/(.*)$/,'') + '/wiki/' + escape(lnk.href.replace(/^.*?\/wiki\//,'')); // extract the language code and the page from the URL var page=href.replace(/^.*?\/wiki\//,'').replace(/_/g,' '); var lang=href.replace(/(^http:\/\/|\..*$)/g,''); // prepare new text // If pointing to the main page on another wiki, use the // long language name, otherwise use the linked page's name. var text = page == '' ? lnk.innerHTML : decodeURIComponent(page); // for short language codes, make one row in the table if (lang.length<4) { html += '<tr><td style="width:2.5em" valign="top"><tt title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + lang + ':</tt></td>' + '<td valign="top"><a href="'+href+'" title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + text +'</a></td></tr>'; } // for long language codes, make two rows else { html += '<tr><td valign="top" colspan="2"><tt title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + lang + ':</tt></td></tr>' + '<tr><td></td><td valign="top"><a href="'+href+'" title="'+lnk.innerHTML+'">' + text +'</a></td></tr>'; } }; // end of the loop // finish the table html += '</table>'; //insert it into the first div in the portlet langs.getElementsByTagName('div')[0].innerHTML=html }; });

