Personal navigation
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The extension UserSideBar lets users create their personal sidebar navigation.
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Every logged-in user has their own UserSidebar. It is located in the left navigation as the Personal navigation tab (clipboard icon).
Default content[edit | edit source]
Initially, for users who haven't customized their personal sidebar, the navigation shows the following widgets:
- Pages visited (widget PAGESVISITED)
- My edits (widget YOUREDITS)
- Watchlist (widget WATCHLIST)
These widgets can be removed individually when a user customizes the sidebar.
Customizing the sidebar[edit | edit source]
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.
The syntax used to define the sidebar corresponds to the main MediaWiki sidebar (MediaWiki:Sidebar). Entries starting with a single star ("*") are considered menu headings or sections while entries with two stars ("**") are considered menu items.
* My favourite pages ** [[Wiki_Page1|Label]] ** [External_Page2 Label]
The sidebar can contain multiple sections. Also, users can use widgets to display predefined lists of pages, as described above. Widgets should be inserted as sections (with one star), like:
* WATCHLIST * My custom section ** [[Page1]] ...