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Toggle Sidebar
DescriptionShow/hide the toolbar
Toggle Sidebar adds an button in the sidebar to show/hide the sidebar. Only meant to be used with Vector (the default skin) for now.
Author(s)User:BrandonXLF
StatusWorking
First releasedMarch 10, 2020
SourceToggleSidebar.js (git)
GitHub repositorywikipedia-user-scripts

Toggle Sidebar adds an button in the sidebar to show/hide the sidebar. Only meant to be used with Vector (the default skin) for now.

Installation

importScript('User:BrandonXLF/ToggleSidebar.js'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/ToggleSidebar.js]]
  • Alternatively, use the following instead of the above:
mw.loader.load('/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/ToggleSidebar.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/ToggleSidebar.js]]
  • To install on other wikis (for instance, globally in your global.js on the Meta-Wiki), use the following code:
mw.loader.load('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/ToggleSidebar.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
  • After installing reload the page and clear your cache

Variables

Optionally, add any of the code snippets below to the JS file you installed the script in (eg. your common.js file) to change the settings for this script. For best compatibility, put them above the code that is used to load the script.

  • window.hidesidebar = true; – Only hide by default
  • window.hidesidebar = false; – Do not hide by default (default)
  • window.hidesidebar = "editing"; – Only hide when editing

Comments/Bugs

Comments are welcome on my talk page, be sure to indicate that you're talking about this script in the title. I would really like any suggestion to make the script run better.