avarab wrote:

(In reply to comment #0)

Please implement this in a similar fassion as [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]].

The reason I didn't do this when I implemented MediaWiki:Sidebar is that the
toolbox requires complex logic while the Sidebar doesn't, Some links are only
displayed on certain classes of pages, some are displayed differently when oldid
equals a certain thing etc. etc. It's not simple to represend that in a syntax
like the sidebar.

gangleri wrote:

made a workaround at
http://yi.wiktionary.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar

gangleri wrote:

(In reply to comment #1)

(In reply to comment #0)

Please implement this in a similar fassion as [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]].

The reason I didn't do this when I implemented MediaWiki:Sidebar is that the
toolbox requires complex logic while the Sidebar doesn't, Some links are only
displayed on certain classes of pages, some are displayed differently when oldid
equals a certain thing etc. etc. It's not simple to represend that in a syntax
like the sidebar.

Thanks Ævar for the comment!

Could we have a Toolbox *trailer* as [[MediaWiki:Toolboxtrailer]] which would be
appended to whatever the "complex logic" requires / generates? I know there a
lot of dependencies there depending on namespace, existence of pages etc.

best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]

robchur wrote:

What would you append there that you couldn't put in the regular navigation bar,
might I ask?

gangleri wrote:

(In reply to comment #4)

What would you append there that you couldn't put in the regular navigation bar,
might I ask?

See [[wiktionary:yi:MediaWiki:Sidebar]] which contains links to utilities / tools:
a) The first one "shraybmashinke

• שרײַבמאַשינקע" is quite powerfull because it includes a spelling checker,

different transliteration features, various character conversion tools and also
a .gif / .pdf generator.
b) The second one is also a typewriter.
c) A link to a list of additional utilities could be added as to many of the
links mentioned at the moment at [[wiktionary:yi:project:Guide_to_vikiverterbukh]]

These are *tools* and should not belong to *navigation*. As it is done now
[[MediaWiki:Toolbox]] apears twice.

best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]

robchur wrote:

*** Bug 7394 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

herd wrote:

With enhanced sidebar over-positioning possible the syntax could simply be (to append):

• TOOLBOX
  • my link|link text

One problem with this would be... you'd *have* to define "* TOOLBOX", which, if you want it to appear below something like the new collection extension portlet, can't be defined.

Pretty straightforward to do. We just need to do an array merge when we read mediawiki sidebar, rather than clobber it.

https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/blob/master/includes/skins/Skin.php#L1541

This would be useful for Russian Wikipedia apparently: https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_MediaWiki%3AGadgets-definition&diff=133102991&oldid=133102856

@Jdlrobson Initially, this was moved to the MW platform team but seems to be unowned, could please you clarify how the MW can be useful for this task?

@MSantos the owners of the code that would need to be changed here are unclear/ambiguous. My assumption is either the web team or mediawiki platform maintain this part of the codebase. I think we can worry about that if and once a patch exists or there's a pressing need to fix this. Does that make sense?

In T6086#9485971, @Jdlrobson wrote:

@MSantos the owners of the code that would need to be changed here are unclear/ambiguous. My assumption is either the web team or mediawiki platform maintain this part of the codebase. I think we can worry about that if and once a patch exists or there's a pressing need to fix this. Does that make sense?

Looks good to me. I'll move it on our board to reflect reality. Thank you so much!

Change #1034924 had a related patch set uploaded (by Sohom Datta; author: Sohom Datta):

[mediawiki/core@master] Allow Toolbox links to be configured from MediaWiki:Sidebar

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1034924

Thanks for the patch @sohom ! I've had a first pass of review and I'm reaching out to the MediaWiki platform team to see if they want to be involved in code review for this ticket. Thanks for your patience!

Change #1034924 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] skins: Allow Toolbox links to be configured from MediaWiki:Sidebar

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1034924

I made a few edits to https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar#Add_or_remove_toolbox_sections but that page seems very outdated - but perhaps sharing it on tech news will get it some more updates!