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Sometimes you might want to use preview. For example, [[Special:Prefixindex]] won't work with <code>&action=render</code>. To get rid of the unnecessary menus you could submit <tt><nowiki>{{Special:Prefixindex/somepage}}</nowiki></tt> for a preview and get a "clean" list (nevertheless, it's better to use API for prefix index)

==ImplementationsSee also==

===Code===

;User scripts

:* [[m:User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Ajax framework|Comprehensive AJAX framework]] (by [[user:Pathoschild|Pathoschild]])

:* [[User:TheFearow/simpleajax.js|AJAX editing]] (by [[user:TheFearow|TheFearow]])

:* [[User talk:Alex Smotrov/qpreview.js|Ajax preview]] (by [[user:Alex Smotrov|Alex Smotrov]])

:* [[User talk:Alex Smotrov/wlunwatch.js|Ajax unwatch from watchlist]] (by [[user:Alex Smotrov|Alex Smotrov]])

:* Various code with AJAX

:** [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|Navigation popups]]

:** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Twinkle|Twinkle]] (some code in [[User:AzaToth/morebits.js]], and good examples of AJAX are in the bottom of [[User:AzaToth/twinklespeedy.js]])

===; Mediawiki===

:* [{{SERVER}}/skins-1.5/common/ajax.js ajax.js] - some support functions

:* [{{SERVER}}/skins-1.5/common/ajaxwatch.js ajaxwatch.js] - watch/unwatch

:* [{{SERVER}}/skins-1.5/common/upload.js upload.js] - licenses preview on [[Special:Upload]]

:* Internal and disabled code

:** [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/AjaxFunctions.php?view=markup AjaxFunctions.php] has 2 main functions:

:**: wfAjaxWatch - server part of ajaxwatch.js

:**: wfSajaxSearch - disabled on WMF projects. If it was enabled, [{{SERVER}}/skins-1.5/common/ajaxsearch.js ajaxsearch.js] would be responsible for the client side. Also see [[mw:Manual:$wgAjaxSearch]].

:** [[mw:Manual:Live preview|Live preview]] ([{{SERVER}}/skins-1.5/common/preview.js preview.js])

===UserscriptsAlternatives===

* [[IFrame]]s are an obsolete older method (see [[User:TheFearow/ajax.js|a small untested library]] by [[user:TheFearow|TheFearow]])

* [[m:User:Pathoschild/Scripts/Ajax framework|Comprehensive AJAX framework]] (by [[user:Pathoschild|Pathoschild]])

* URL parameters: a script can call itself on a different by adding a custom URL parameter to the address bar. It can then check the address bar on every page load, and run code depending on the values of the custom headers. See [[User:Lupin/autoedit.js|an example unmaintaned library]] by [[user:Lupin|Lupin]]).

* [[User:TheFearow/simpleajax.js|AJAX editing]] (by [[user:TheFearow|TheFearow]])

* [[User talk:Alex Smotrov/qpreview.js|Ajax preview]] (by [[user:Alex Smotrov|Alex Smotrov]])

* [[User talk:Alex Smotrov/wlunwatch.js|Ajax unwatch from watchlist]] (by [[user:Alex Smotrov|Alex Smotrov]])

* Various code with AJAX

** [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|Navigation popups]]

** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Twinkle|Twinkle]] (some code in [[User:AzaToth/morebits.js]], and good examples of AJAX are in the bottom of [[User:AzaToth/twinklespeedy.js]])

==Misc==

Some alternatives to XMLHttpRequest:

* [[IFrame]]: almost nobody uses this, but if you're interested, here's a small library: [[User:TheFearow/ajax.js]] (Warning: Untested)

* URL actions: this is not Ajax at all, but this method is also widely used for one-click-do-all scripts. 1st part of the script goes to another page using additional "dummy" URL parameters (not recognized and so ignored by Mediawiki). 2nd part of the script analyzes that URL and then does something. Because of the way MediaWiki redirects after edits, cookies may also be used to transfer data and instructions. An example library (unmaintaned) can be found at [[User:Lupin/autoedit.js]]