User:The Transhumanist/NewLoadList.js

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// <syntaxhighlight lang="javascript">

/*

(Script under development - not yet functional)

NewLoadList = Create New Load List

What it does: Overwrites current load list with a new one.

When completed,
this script will

Brief comments are provided within the sourcecode below. For extensive explanatory 
notes on what the source code does and how it works, see the Script's workshop on 
the talk page.

*/

// ============== Set up ==============

// Start off with a bodyguard function to reserve the aliases mw and $

( function ( mw, $ ) {

    // we can now rely on mw and $ within the safety of our “bodyguard” function, to mean 
    // "mediawiki" and "jQuery", respectively

    // ============== ready() event listener/handler ==============
    // below is jQuery short-hand for $(document).ready(function() { ... });
    // it makes the rest of the script wait until the page's DOM is loaded and ready

    $(function() {
        
        // ============== activation filters ==============
        // Only activate on Vector skin

        if ( mw.config.get( 'skin' ) === 'vector' ) {

            // Run this script only if "Editing " is not in the page title

            if (document.title.indexOf("Editing ") === -1) {

                // End of set up
            
                // =================== Prep work =====================
                
                // Variable declarations, etc., go here

                // ================= Core program ================= 

                $( function() {

                    // BODY OF PROGRAM GOES HERE

                    // Create linked menu item

                    var portletlink = mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', '#', 'Create Load List', 'nw-ld-list', 'Create new load list over the old one');

                    // Bind click handler

                    $(portletlink).click( function(e) {
                        e.preventDefault();

                        // Do some stuff when clicked...

                    } );

                } );
            }
        }
    } );
}( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );

// </syntaxhighlight>