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/*Adds a confirmation dialogue to the Watchlist Reset button
https://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=Misplaced Pages:Village_pump_(technical)&oldid=746997333#Watchlist:_.22Are_you_sure_you_want_to_mark_all_pages_as_visited.3F.22
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* as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
* of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
* A copy of the GPL is available at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.txt
/* ############################################################################
$(function() {
$watchlistReset = $('#mw-watchlist-resetbutton');
$watchlistReset.css('display', 'inline'); //already hidden in css
$watchlistReset.on('click', function(event) {
if (!confirm('Are you sure you want to mark all pages as visited?' )) {
event.preventDefault();
}
});
}); ############################################################################ */
/* Using ] */
mw.loader.using(, function() {
$watchlistReset = $('#mw-watchlist-resetbutton');
$watchlistReset.css('display', 'inline'); //if already hidden in css; recommended
var messageDialog = new OO.ui.MessageDialog();
var windowManager = new OO.ui.WindowManager();
$('body').append(windowManager.$element);
windowManager.addWindows();
$watchlistReset.submit(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
windowManager.openWindow(messageDialog, {
title: 'Confirm',
message: 'Mark all pages as visited?',
actions: },
{ action: 'reset', label: 'Confirm', flags: }]
}).then(function(opened) {
opened.then(function(closing, data) {
if (data && data.action === 'reset') {
/* Uses ] to reset the watchlist without refreshing the page */
// Code adapted from ]
new mw.Api().post({
action: 'setnotificationtimestamp',
entirewatchlist: '',
token: mw.user.tokens.get('editToken')
}).done(function() {
$('.mw-changeslist-line-watched').removeClass('mw-changeslist-line-watched').addClass('mw-changeslist-line-not-watched');
});
}
});
});
});
});