Editing Help:Preferences (section)

== Gadgets ==
:{{myprefs|Gadgets|Details|[[Wikipedia:Gadget#Currently installed gadgets]]}}
Gadgets are the software contributed by users, not the software that runs Wikipedia, and so you'll see the group names ''Editing'' and ''Appearance'' are the same as the tab names on the preferences page. If you see tabs on the preferences page your web-browsers already has JavaScript enabled. The gadgets go through an authoritative process before they appear on the list. There are gadgets for, browsing, editing, appearance and for compatibility. A general overview of the select gadgetry available there is as follows.

;Browsing
* Language translating
* Media files, search results, and diffs
* Twinkle admin tools for the advancing editor
* [[WP:Teahouse|Teahouse]] for the new editor question
* Mousing over or hovering over an inline citation to read it

;Editing
* Citation modifying/expediting/proving
* Colorizing wikitext; Character toolsets
* Categorizing; Reviewing new articles; Filing disputes
* The Wiki Editor, WikEd, and WikEdDiff

;Appearance
* Editing the introductory section.
* Admin tools; Changing and adding to page layouts and controls
* Displaying diffs, or animations, or your very own local time on all timestamps
* Enabling an external search engine for searching Wikipedia
* Show the assessed class of an article, ''Featured'', ''A, B, C'', etc.
* Justifying paragraphs

;Compatibility
* Font and JavaScript support

;Advanced
* Regular expression tools
* Tracking software bugs
* Patrolling recent changes

See much more customization available in the pages in the ''[[#See also|See also]]'' section, such as a ''search and replace'' dialog that understands JavaScript regular expressions.