RefToolbar refers to a series of JavaScript/jQuery scripts that help editors add citation templates to articles. It works in conjunction with the MediaWikiextensionWikiEditor. The Reftoolbar implementation is scattered across several scripts (see, for example, this, this or this prefix search). The newest version, RefToolbar 2.0 is turned on by default for new users.
Note that RefToolbar is not used in VisualEditor. If you are logged in and your toolbar looks like this:
then you are using the rich-text VisualEditor.
VisualEditor also has a similar Cite button, but this is NOT RefToolbar. It instead uses an autofilling citoid service. If you want to learn how to use that Cite menu, please refer to the VisualEditor user guide.
You can switch between visual editing and source editing (where RefToolbar is used) using the pencil icon.
Default
The default for all users, logged in or not, is WikiEditor or Wikitext Editor, that includes refToolbar 2.0.
Click on the version number for more information about each refToolbar implementation (Cite item on right in all them):
More information Enable enhanced..., RefToolbar version ...
Table headings are abbreviations of the names seen at Preferences→ Editing:
Enable enhanced... will say Enable the editing toolbar.
The RefToolbar style column indicates the widget that activates the cite mechanism.
Before 2017, there were three versions of Refoolbar: 1.0, 2.0a and 2.0b. Version 2.0a was removed on June 14, 2017, since it was no longer needed.
Related scripts
MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition — this defines the module "ext.gadget.refToolbar" (loaded for everybody), responsible by loading the appropriated components of the RefToolbar, such as the module "ext.gadget.refToolbarBase"
MediaWiki:Gadget-refToolbar.js — this is the main script that generates the editing window and is where RefToolbar gets included
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Wikipedia:RefToolbar, and is written by contributors.
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