Manual:Hooks/BaseTemplateToolbox
 | This feature was removed from MediaWiki core in version 1.37.0 (after being deprecated in 1.35.0). Please see SidebarBeforeOutput for an alternative way to use this feature. |
| BaseTemplateToolbox | |
|---|---|
| Available from version 1.18.0 (r77893, codereview) Removed in version 1.37.0 (Gerrit change 708593) Called by BaseTemplate when building the toolbox array and returning it for the skin to output. | |
| Define function: | public static function onBaseTemplateToolbox( BaseTemplate $baseTemplate, array &$toolbox ) { ... }
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| Attach hook: | In extension.json:
{
"Hooks": {
"BaseTemplateToolbox": "MediaWiki\\Extension\\MyExtension\\Hooks::onBaseTemplateToolbox"
}
}
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| Called from: | File(s): SkinTemplate.php |
| Interface: | BaseTemplateToolboxHook.php |
For more information about attaching hooks, see Manual:Hooks.
For examples of extensions using this hook, see Category:BaseTemplateToolbox extensions/en.
This hook was deprecated in MW 1.35, and removed in MW 1.37. In its place, you can use either of the following hooks:
- SkinBuildSidebar - respects caching; only called when a page is recreated
- SidebarBeforeOutput - ignores caching; called on every page load
Details
You can add items to the toolbox while still letting the skin make final decisions on skin-specific markup conventions using this hook.
- BaseTemplate $baseTemplate - The BaseTemplate base skin template.
- array &$toolbox - An array of toolbox items, see BaseTemplate::getToolbox and BaseTemplate::makeListItem for details on the format of individual items inside of this array.