PatternSkin CSS Cookbook

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Hide the left bar

Use the USERSTYLEURL variable. No, the variable is not used only for users; the order in which variables are read ensures that topic variables always take precedence over user variables. So, write a USERSTYLEURL in a topic.

Follow these steps:

1. Create a new topic, for instance HideLeftBar? . You may also want to use a central place for styles - in that case, you can choose TWikiPreferences or a new topic TWiki.CustomStyles? or something. I'll use the last one for the example below.
2. In that topic, attach a css file (see attached example). Use the file that matches your TWiki installation (current is Cairo).
3. In the topic where you wish to hide the left bar, write * Set USERSTYLEURL = %PUBURL%/TWiki/CustomStyles/hideleftbar_Cairo.css

See for an example: Sandbox.NotoDisplayLeftBarOnWebHomeforAllUsersTest with the attached css, and Sandbox.ShowNotoDisplayLeftBarOnWebHomeforAllUsersTest? to view the result.

-- ArthurClemens - 06 Oct 2005