Template:Sidebar/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Sidebar. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template uses Lua: Module:Sidebar (sandbox)

This template is a metatemplate for the creation of sidebar templates, i.e. boxes that are vertically aligned navigation templates. Sidebars, like infoboxes, are usually positioned on the right-hand side of a page.

{{Sidebar with collapsible lists}} is a version of {{Sidebar}} that adds collapsibility to its sections, i.e. the means to show or hide sections by clicking links beside their headings.

Templates using the classes class=navbox ({{navbox}}) or class=nomobile ({{sidebar}}) are not displayed on the mobile web site of English Wikipedia. Mobile page views account for approximately 66% of all page views (90-day average as of January 2024^[update]).

Note that MOS:LEAD discourages the placement of sidebars in the lead section of articles.