Template:User sandbox+

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User help
Install
Seed article in user space
Locate seeded article
Edit article
Move completed article to main space Extras Add hover highlighting

Prepare an editathon
Start building editathon's article library inside instructor's personal sandbox
Setup editathon library's missing article templates
Edit (more) a library's article template
Make editathon library globally visible (temporarily) Extras Remove editathon library from instructor's sandbox Enhance main library with missing editathon's article templates

Usage

Place wiki code (examples just below), on top of user's sandbox page:

{{ user sandbox+                     }}
{{ user sandbox+ | lib = Editathon_X }} - declare editathon article template library
{{ user sandbox+ | no_sandbox  = yes }} - start writing directly to article space
{{ user sandbox+ | code        = yes }} - start page on wikicode editor  
{{ user sandbox+ | custom      = yes }} - enable user custom article template palette

Combination

{{ user sandbox+ | lib = Medicine | no_sandbox = yes }}

Project pages table


Template	Explanation
user sandbox+
Template:User sandbox+	base template that detects space (i.e. main / user / user sub-sandbox), edit mode or not, and page creation origin space, and adapts functionality in central sandbox of user it displays a list of sub-sandboxes of the user and gives the option to click'n'create sub-sandboxes in a user sub-sandbox it gives the option to foolproof click'n'move the sandmoxed page to article space in main (article) space it hides itself if the host pages was originally created in user space it displays in creation messagebox if the page was started directly in main space
Template:User sandbox+/doc	template documentation
Template:User sandbox+/preload	default page content for creation of user's main sandbox
Template:User sandbox+/create	handles new page creation centrally embeds help adapts creation mode and functionality according to parameters given
Template:User sandbox+/new page instructions (ve)	instructions during page creation, for VE
Template:User sandbox+/new page instructions (ce)	instructions during page creation, for CE
Template:User sandbox+/flush page	instructions to hide a sub-sandbox form central sandbox list is enabled inside a sub-sandbox it should be replaced by a button that makes the page a redirect, putting text on its top, using prependtext as wiki code editing is not user friendly for newbies or non-computer-literate better yet, if moving a page from other spaces to user space was forbidden for non admins, sandbox (and only sandbox) page delete might be good to be allowed in user space
Template:User sandbox+/move page to article	foolproof move of a user sandbox to main (article) space is enabled inside a sub-sandbox after move, the page is not displayed any more in the user's central sandbox list leaves a redirect behind - moving a page from user space to other spaces should have the option not to leave a redirect behind
article templates
Template:Article templates/group
Template:Article templates/create	page creation from library of article templates if page template does not exist (is only declared) it prompts for its creation first also prompts for help page creation of article template, to provide support for delayed substitution merge of two templates
Template:Article templates/lcreate	page creation from library of article templates by using a "red link" Page creation is directed to user's sandbox space by default but can be also directed to main space or elsewhere
Template:Article templates/preload	preload for article templates generation (preloads for article types)
Template:Article templates/empty page	preload for creating an empty page
Template:Article templates/generic article	preload for creating a generic article
Template:Article templates/generic article (codeedit)	preload for creating a generic article in code editor code editor is enabled with code=yes parameter in {{user sandbox+}}
Template:Article templates/libraries/preload	preload for libraries generation
Template:Article templates/libraries/main	main library
Template:Article templates/libraries/user palette preload	preload for generating user custom palette of article templates
Template:Article templates/libraries/user available list	displays list of available templates to be used in user's palette includes user's custom page templates.
assistive
Template:Collapse-mobile	collapsible functionality, original from meta, without show/hide that displays well in mobiles, even if always expanded
Template:Help-collapsible	collapsible help functionality, supporting nested help levels
Template:Smallbox-mobile	tiny message box, for inline use, that does not hide in mobile view
optical help
Template:Key press	library to display keyboards buttons and combinations
Template:Blue button
Template:User sandbox+/hoverhighlight.js	contains .js code for hover highlighting support used as preload for user's common.js (creation link resides in bottom of help)
useful mediawiki pages
MediaWiki:Sandboxlink-preload-pagename	select default sandbox while creating user's sabdbox. if page content = Template:User sandbox+/preload then user sandbox+ becomes the default user's sandbox. options for selecting sandbox type can be provided inside for future reference
MediaWiki:Sandboxlink-editintro-pagename	message to display while user's sandbox is being created.
other
Template:User sandbox+/translations
Template:Article templates

Hover highlighting support: add to Mediawiki:Common.js

$('.hover-bgc').hover( function() {
    $(this).attr("data-hover-bgc-original", $(this).css("background-color"));
    var parentSpec = $(this).parent('.hover-bgc-parent').attr('data-hover-bgc-child');
    var newColor = ((typeof parentSpec !== typeof undefined) && (parentSpec !== false)) ? parentSpec : $(this).attr('data-hover-bgc');
    $(this).css({ "background-color" : newColor});
}, function() {
    $(this).css({ "background-color" : $(this).attr('data-hover-bgc-original') });
});

Template:Article templates/libraries/XXXX

Template:Article templates/XXXX

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:User sandbox+ in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for User sandbox+

Add this to your sandbox subpage to turn it into a workstation for making new articles/drafts from a library of premade template articles. User Sandbox+ is a tool for drafting or publishing new articles, and accessing and starting new subpages to your user sandbox. It also gives you easy access to a list of template articles/pages which provides a framework to build off of, rather than starting with a blank page.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	no description	Unknown	optional
2	`2`	no description	Unknown	optional
No sandbox?	`no_sandbox`	"yes" or "no" for directly starting the new article in – and saving it to – Mainspace, rather than saving it as a draft in Userspace under sandbox. Default no	Boolean	optional
Code?	`code`	"yes" or "no" for starting a new article in Source Edit mode rather than Visual Edit mode. Default no	Boolean	optional
Library	`lib`	Name of the library you want to load on your Sandbox+ menu. Preloads "main" by default. List of library names can be found in Template:Article_templates/libraries	Content	suggested
Custom palettes?	`custom`	"yes" or "no" for enabling the display of the button for customizing the Sandbox+ menu.	Boolean	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:User sandbox+/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.