Wikipedia talk:Tools/Navigation shortcuts

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This functionality is now implemented by default. See Help:Customizing toolbars for more.

Bug reports

Doesn't work for me

I am using the vector skin. I added {{subst:navshortcuts}} to my common.js, but nothing happened, even after hard refresh and purge. Please help. I know the best wiki (talk) 15:02, 28 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like Template:navshortcuts got deleted, and apparently this is not the first time. I guess whatever was on that page was not clear enough about the fact that it is in fact meant to be substed? Perhaps the author should just host it in their userspace? —SamB (talk) 19:39, 10 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Feature requests

Special pages

Can somehow pages not in "wiki" directory be added to sidebar? For example, list of your subpages: http://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Special:Prefixindex&from=<User name>&namespace=2? Súrendil 17:58, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

External links in sidebar

It would be nice that also external links like http://... would work in Navigation shortcuts. By the way, nice tool now I need to find out how to remove unwanted parts from the sidebar. --84.156.79.115 (talk) 16:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Navi shortcuts on top

I've played a little with Navi shortcuts and found out how to remove the boring standard elements and put Navi shortcuts on top of the sidebar. Such a thing could be extended and controlled by a global variable where users can choose between diffrent options. --84.156.93.137 (talk) 11:47, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

function shortcutsMain ()
{
  var sidecol = document.getElementById ('column-one');

  for (var i = 0; i < shortcutsLinks.length; i++)
    if (shortcutsLinks[i]['links'].length > 0)
      sidecol.insertBefore (
        shortcutsMakePortlet (shortcutsLinks[i]['name'], shortcutsLinks[i]['links']),
        document.getElementById('p-interaction')
      );
  sidecol.removeChild(document.getElementById('p-interaction'));
  sidecol.removeChild(document.getElementById('p-navigation'));

}

German WP

For use in german wikipedia the strings panel and column-one must be replaced with mw-panel and portal --Biezl (talk) 15:35, 26 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

vector bug

just an info:

"panel" should be changed to "mw-panel" to make it work with vector skin at User:Jsimlo/shortcuts.js at

   if (skin == 'vector') {
       var sidecol = document.getElementById ('panel'); // <-------- put 'mw-panel' here
   } else {
       var sidecol = document.getElementById ('column-one');
   }

--birdy _{(:> )=|} 14:50, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Query strings

Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 127#Special:WhatLinksHere currently discusses a change [1] which means that query strings no longer work. They worked before although it may not have been a deliberate feature. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:31, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2024 and does this still work?

Tried to place it here and I am getting no changes... https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/User:Doc_James/common.js

Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 12:43, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

From what I can tell, this functionality is now implemented by default (rather than requiring a user script). See Help:Customizing toolbars. – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 19:37, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks yes that worked. Trying to figure out how to pull in a Q from Wikidata and thus have links to the Wikidata item in my sidebar... Help_talk:Customizing_toolbars This almost solves that. Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 20:25, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]