SID-00911: WebLeftBar at the edit page?

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	5.0.0	Perl version:	5.10.1
Category:	CategorySkin	Server OS:	Mac	Last update:	15 years ago

Hi, is it possible to show the WebLeftBar at every edit page?

I´m using the pattern skin.

Thx in advance!!!

-- RavenRwho - 2010-07-24

Discussion and Answer

Some pointers: To add the left bar to the edit screen, customize the "content" template definition of the edit template edit.pattern.tmpl, using a table layout or a float div layout. The left side should have this content, taken from viewleftbar.pattern.tmpl:

   * [[%BASEWEB%.%HOMETOPIC%][%ICON{"web-bg-small"}% <nop>%BASEWEB%]]
%INCLUDE{"%WEB%.WebLeftBar"}%

I recommend to overload the edit template, that is much cleaner than patching the existing template, e.g. you avoid upgrade headaches later on. See PatternSkinCustomization, PatternSkinCssCookbook.

Adding the sidebar has the disadvantage that it is much easier to navigate away from an edit page, possibly losing unsaved content.

-- PeterThoeny - 2010-07-24

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