Are you familiar with the Popups extension?
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Popups
I wonder if with some adjustments this could be made to meet your needs?


On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 at 19:14 Victor Porton <[email protected]> wrote:

> I want a small popup to be displayed when I hover over a link to a
> certain namespace.
>
> Note that the popup has nothing to do with the page to which it links.
>
> So for example, I want a link to A:X and when I hover the mouse over it
> I want to display B:X in a small popup (where A and B are namespaces).
>
> Note that B:X is a short page, it should be displayed in the popup
> completely (not just its announce or description).
>
> Note also that I need the popup to be "stable" enough, so that I could
> move the mouse (without the tooltip disappearing) and click a link in
> the tooltip.
>
> ---
>
> I am considering to write a new extension for this myself. But first I
> want to consult its syntax and API.
>
> For me personally the best mode of functionality is the following:
>
> In LocalSettings.php write an associative array mapping of namespaces:
> A=>B, etc. Then make popups for ALL links to objects in A (on every
> page which links to namespace A).
>
> However, other users may want different API and syntax, for example:
>
> <span popup="B:X">[[A:X|X]]</span>
>
> Please discuss with me which APIs and syntaxes should be available.
>
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> Victor Porton - http://portonvictor.org
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