Wikipedia:User script sandbox/Installation

To install the user script sandbox user script, add the following code to your skin.js or common.js page:

mw.loader.load( "//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:PleaseStand/userScriptSandbox.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript" );

Bypass your browser's cache if you need to, and then go to Project:User script sandbox to edit the contents of your local sandbox, which are not saved to a wiki page. Note that the script will not work on older browser versions such as Internet Explorer 6 or 7 because those browser versions do not support Web storage. To make this script work in wikis other than Wikipedia, copy the contents of Project:User script sandbox into a page with the same name in your wiki's Project: namespace; the editor will be available on that page.

This script's source code is at User:PleaseStand/userScriptSandbox.js, as PleaseStand is its current maintainer. Be sure to leave a message if you like the script, have suggestions for improvement, or simply want to use it elsewhere.

Alternative version

A semi-experimental fork of the script is located at User:Kephir/gadgets/jssand.js. It adds the Ace editor and a confirmation dialog before closing the page with unsaved changes. Install it with this line:

mw.loader.load( "//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Kephir/gadgets/jssand.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript" ); // [[User:Kephir/gadgets/jssand.js]]