User:Writ Keeper/Scripts/SearchNamespace.js
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// Allows the user to select a namespace to search in from the corner search bar
prefixString =
"<option >Article:</option>\n <option>Article talk:</option>\n <option>Wikipedia:</option>\n <option>Wikipedia talk:</option>\n <option>User:</option>\n <option>User talk:</option>\n<option>WikiProject:</option>\n <option>WikiProject talk:</option>\n<option>Category:</option>\n <option>Category talk:</option>\n<option>Template:</option>\n <option>Template talk:</option>\n <option>Book:</option>\n <option>Book talk:</option>\n<option>Help:</option>\n <option>Special:</option>";
$(document).ready(function()
{
//retrieve existing elements that we're going to use
searchBar = document.getElementById("searchInput");
searchButton = document.getElementById("searchButton");
searchForm = document.getElementById("searchform");
searchDiv = document.getElementById("simpleSearch");
if ( !searchDiv || !searchBar ) return; // mobile skin.
//create new elements that we're going to insert
prefixList = document.createElement("select");
hiddenInput = document.createElement("input");
//initialize new elements
prefixList.id = "prefixList";
prefixList.innerHTML = prefixString;
hiddenInput.id = "hiddenInput";
hiddenInput.name = "search";
hiddenInput.type = "hidden";
//insert new elements
searchBar.parentNode.insertBefore(hiddenInput, searchBar);
searchDiv.parentNode.insertBefore(prefixList, searchDiv);
//modify old ones
searchForm.onsubmit = createSearchTerm;
searchForm.style.marginTop = "0px";
searchBar.removeAttribute("name"); //since we're no longer using the search bar to submit the search terms directly
searchDiv.style.display = "inline-block";
prefixList.style.marginTop = ".8em";
prefixList.tabIndex = searchBar.tabIndex;
});
//onsubmit handler; concatenates prefixList and searchBar and inserts into hidden input prior to submission
function createSearchTerm(e)
{
//retrieve used elements
hiddenInput = document.getElementById("hiddenInput");
prefixList = document.getElementById("prefixList");
searchBar = document.getElementById("searchInput");
//do the work (handling special cases)
if(prefixList.value == "Article:")
{
hiddenInput.value = "" + searchBar.value;
}
else if(prefixList.value == "Article talk:")
{
hiddenInput.value = "" + "Talk:" + searchBar.value;
}
else if(prefixList.value == "WikiProject:")
{
hiddenInput.value = "" + "Wikipedia:WikiProject " + searchBar.value;
}
else if(prefixList.value == "WikiProject talk:")
{
hiddenInput.value = "" + "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject " + searchBar.value;
}
else
{
hiddenInput.value = "" + prefixList.value + searchBar.value;
}
}