MediaWiki:Gadget-searchFocus.js

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The following documentation is located at MediaWiki:Gadget-searchFocus.js/documentation. ^[edit]

This script is a part of the searchFocus gadget (edit definitions)

Description (edit): Focus the cursor in the search bar on loading the Main Page. (code)

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects

// {{documentation}}
// Imported from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-searchFocus.js as of June 4, 2009

if (mw.config.get( "wgPageName" ) === "Wiktionary:Main_Page") {
	$( document ).ready(function() {
		document.getElementById("searchInput").focus();
	});
}