LanguageSearch

Information

Type

JavaScript

Release status

Stable

Description

Search utility for interlanguage link dropdowns.

Author(s)

MACH-59330

Scope

Personal

Updated

November 12, 2023

Code

Language support

LanguageSearch allows users to filter the interlanguage dropdown by searching for a specific language. It mirrors the Universal Language Selector Wikimedia project and particularly their search filtering functionality. Languages can be filtered by the following criteria:

ISO language code (see list)
English name of language
Localised (native) name of language
Set of aliases in related languages

The script depends on a configuration file at MediaWiki:Custom-LanguageSearch/registry.json. You are welcome to add your language if it is supported by Fandom's fork of MediaWiki.

Installation

Notes

This script is stable at this time, but may be expanded to support better filters:
- regional filtering
- directional filtering
- language script classification
The script depends on CSS-based filtering, which may not work on legacy browsers. Please report any bugs with Unicode support in the talkpage.

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