Extension:LinkSuggest

This extension does not seem to work properly with MW 1.20+

MediaWiki extensions manual

LinkSuggest Release status: beta
Implementation	Search
Description	Provides the user with article title suggestions as they type a link in wikitext.
Author(s)	Inez Korczyński Bartek Łapiński Łukasz Garczewski Maciej Brencz Jesús Martínez Novo Jack Phoenix
Latest version	1.6
MediaWiki	1.16+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial GetPreferences
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The LinkSuggest extension suggests links to editors on edit view (?action=edit).

This extension should be compatible with ResourceLoader.

Installation

• Download and extract the file(s) in a directory called LinkSuggest in your extensions/ folder. If you're a developer and this extension is in a Git repository, then instead you should clone the repository.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/LinkSuggest/LinkSuggest.php";

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Known bugs

1. Bug #28335 — link suggestion box is misplaced on Internet Explorer 9

Related extensions

• Link Suggest - adds an AJAX search bar to find links in an additional text box. No autocompletion.
• QuickLink - Improved version of the above.