User:Alex 21/script-categoriessort.js
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$(function($) {
mw.loader.using( ['mediawiki.util'] ).then( function () {
var portletlink = mw.util.addPortletLink('p-tb', '#', 'Sort categories');
$(portletlink).click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
// Determine if we need to go to the editing page.
var loc = window.location.href;
if (loc.indexOf('action=edit') < 0 && loc.indexOf('action=submit') < 0) {
alert("Go to the edit page to use this script.");
} else {
// Get textbox value
var wpTextbox1 = document.getElementById('wpTextbox1');
var wpTextbox1_V = wpTextbox1.value;
// Categories to check
var category = "[[Category:";
var categoryA = category+"A ";
var categoryThe = category+"The ";
var categoryEponymous = category+mw.config.get("wgTitle");
// Get the text up to the start of the categories, and then all of the text with the categories.
var categoriesStart = wpTextbox1_V.indexOf(category);
var textBeforeCategories = wpTextbox1_V.substr(0, categoriesStart).trim();
var textWithCategories = wpTextbox1_V.substr(categoriesStart).trim();
// Categories should be on new lines, so split by new line, sort alphabetically with a few checks, then join again with new lines.
// Checks: eponymous categories are listed first; categories are sorted without preceding "The"
var splitCategories = textWithCategories.split("\n");
splitCategories.sort(function(a, b) {
if (a.substr(0, categoryEponymous.length) == categoryEponymous) return -1e8;
if (b.substr(0, categoryEponymous.length) == categoryEponymous) return 1e8;
if (a.substr(0, categoryThe.length) == categoryThe) a = a.replace(categoryThe, category);
if (b.substr(0, categoryThe.length) == categoryThe) b = b.replace(categoryThe, category);
if (a.substr(0, categoryA.length) == categoryA) a = a.replace(categoryA, category);
if (b.substr(0, categoryA.length) == categoryA) b = b.replace(categoryA, category);
return a.localeCompare(b);
});
textWithCategories = splitCategories.join("\n");
// Merge pre-category text back with the sorted and joined category text, place back in textbok and add summary.
wpTextbox1.value = textBeforeCategories+"\n"+textWithCategories+"\n";
document.getElementById('wpSummary').value += "Sorted categories alphabetically via [[User:Alex 21/script-categoriessort|script]].";
document.getElementById('wpMinoredit').checked = true;
}
});
});
});