4.2 User menu

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Users can customize their personal navigation menu. The mega menu can be opened by clicking on the profile picture in the top toolbar.


==Customizing the menu==
==Overview==
The user menu consists of two sections: Customizable links and Personal tools. Only the customizable links can be edited.
Users can customize their personal navigation menu. The mega menu can be opened by clicking on the profile picture in the top toolbar. The user menu consists of two sections: Customizable links and Personal tools. Only the customizable links can be edited.
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[[File:Manual:usermenu.png|alt=user menu|thumb|user menu|center|650x650px]]
By default, the menu shows the following information:
By default, the menu shows the following information:
*Pages visited (widget PAGESVISITED)
*Pages visited (widget PAGESVISITED)
*My edits (widget YOUREDITS)
*My edits (widget YOUREDITS)
*Watchlist (widget WATCHLIST)


These widgets can be removed individually when a user customizes the sidebar.
These widgets can be removed individually when a user customizes the sidebar.


==Customizing the sidebar==
==Visual edit mode==
To customize the content of this sidebar, click on ''Edit sidebar'' at the bottom of the sidebar after hovering over any menu item. This opens the page ''User:<username>/Sidebar''.  
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'''Click''' ''Edit user menu'' to switch to edit mode.


The syntax used to define the sidebar corresponds to the main MediaWiki sidebar (<nowiki>MediaWiki:Sidebar</nowiki>). Entries starting with a single star ("*") are considered menu headings or sections while entries with two stars ("**") are considered menu items.
 
'''To add a new menu heading:'''
 
#'''Click''' ''Add new element.''
#'''Enter''' the text for your menu header. In a multilingual wiki, you can also enter a [[mediawikiwiki:Help:System_message|message key]].
 
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== <span class="mw-headline">Adding links in source editing mode</span> ==
The syntax used to define the sidebar corresponds to the [[Manual:Extension/BlueSpiceDiscovery/Main navigation|main navigation]]. Entries starting with a single star ("*") create menu headings or sections while entries with two stars ("**") create links.
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<pre>
* My favourite pages
* My bookmarks
** [[Wiki_Page1|Label]]
** Wiki_Page1|Label
** [External_Page2 Label]
** https://externallink.com|Label
</pre>
</pre>


The sidebar can contain multiple sections.
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Also, users can use widgets to display predefined lists of pages, as described above. Widgets should be inserted as sections (with one star), like:
<pre>
* WATCHLIST
* My custom section
** [[Page1]]
...
</pre>{{Box Links-en|Topic1=[[Reference:BlueSpiceUserSidebar]]}}
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[[Category:Personalization]]
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 20 March 2023

Overview

Users can customize their personal navigation menu. The mega menu can be opened by clicking on the profile picture in the top toolbar. The user menu consists of two sections: Customizable links and Personal tools. Only the customizable links can be edited.

user menu
user menu

By default, the menu shows the following information:

  • Pages visited (widget PAGESVISITED)
  • My edits (widget YOUREDITS)

These widgets can be removed individually when a user customizes the sidebar.

Visual edit mode

Visual menu editor is available from BlueSpice 4.2.

Click Edit user menu to switch to edit mode.


To add a new menu heading:

  1. Click Add new element.
  2. Enter the text for your menu header. In a multilingual wiki, you can also enter a message key.



Adding links in source editing mode

The syntax used to define the sidebar corresponds to the main navigation. Entries starting with a single star ("*") create menu headings or sections while entries with two stars ("**") create links.

* My bookmarks
** Wiki_Page1|Label
** https://externallink.com|Label

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