Forum:Languages widget

Maybe this is not supposed to be like this. Maybe it's because of the framework switch. But i'm not sure it already happened. But that is how i see the languages widget on all wikis now :

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/233/05062009070221.jpg http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/9060/05062009071626.jpg

Not a so bad thing since that way we can open links in new tab/window again. But, on some wikis, that thing can take up quite much space vertically. Could be good to set it on two columns like the toolbox. — TulipVorlax 11:21, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I prefer it this way, especially without the two columns. It's easier to use in my opinion. Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 11:56, 5 June 2009 (UTC)


 * What it needs is a bit of style... I proposed chaning the &lt;select&gt; with a drop-down menu using HTML elents like &lt;div&gt;, so they become clickable links that we can open in new window, accessible for people without JS, etc., but now there's no drop-down, just a plain list of links. With simple JS you can convert it to an HTML drop-down list. Also there's the option of styling it. For example, I like it to be like the monobook bullets:

font-size: 11px; }
 * 1) widget_103 .widget_contents {

list-style: square outside url(http://images.wikia.com/common/skins/monobook/bullet.gif); margin-left: 15px; padding:0; }
 * 1) widget_103 .widget_contents li {


 * There's also an option to make it "expandable" when the user hovers the mouse over it (caution: doesn't work for IE6):

height: 15px; overflow: auto; }
 * 1) widget_103 .widget_contents {

height: auto; }
 * 1) widget_103 .widget_contents:hover {
 * --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 14:53, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If it becomes like sort of monaco-sidebar menu would it be possible just to insert it at the bottom of the monaco-sidebar menu at the bottom?--
 * Including the languages in the sidebar? For me it won't be a good idea. I'd expect the sidebar remain the same on every page. Users probably wouldn't notice the change when a page has an interlanguage link. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 15:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)