KidzSearch Encyclopedia:NavFrame

Documentation for dynamic navigation boxes.

Dynamic navigation boxes use a combination of CSS and Javascript to make collapsible navigation boxes. The technical parts comprise style sheet declarations in MediaWiki:Common.css, and Javascript code in MediaWiki:Common.js.

Example (click "show" or "hide" to see the good bits):

How to use

NavFrame divs

The basic concept here is to use the div element within a Wiki article's markup code to identify certain content (which we'll call the "details" here) that we want the user to be able to "show" or "hide". The markup code used to achieve this effect comprises three main classes: NavFrame, NavHead, NavContent. The default behavior of this code will initially "show" the details, as well as a link to "hide" the details. To reverse the default behavior, so that the details are initially hidden, the NavContent element can be declared with style="display:none;".

Simple example

You will need to create three div elements:

<source lang="html4strict">

[... This is the title of your collapsible content ...]

   [... The content you want to hide goes here ...]

</source>

[... This is the title of your collapsible content ...]

[... The content you want to hide goes here ...]

To initially hide the content do this:

<source lang="html4strict">

[... This is the title of the hidden content ...]

   [... This content is initially hidden ...]

</source>

[... This is the title of the hidden content ...]

[... This content is initially hidden ...]

Mixed classes example

You can even apply other classes along with these, making a more styled design rather than if you were to use the standard classes:

<source lang="html4strict">

[... This is the title; it does not have to be plain text, you can get creative here ...]

   [... The content you want to hide goes here ...]

</source>

[... This is the title; it does not have to be plain text, you can get creative here ...]

[... The content you want to hide goes here ...]

Collapsible tables

More information: en:Wikipedia:Collapsible tables

The initial state of any collapsible content can be controlled using a "collapsible table", because it also allows a table with only one element with content, and a header.

Limitations

Currently, the three Nav* classes apply styles of their own. When mixing classes, this causes some of the Nav styles to override other styles (in the above example, NavFrame is overriding the styles from .messagebox.standard-talk).

This limitation does not affect collapsible tables.

Accessibility

All browsers from Internet Explorer 5.5 and on (IE5.5/6/7, Firefox, Safari / KHTML, Opera 8/9, etc.) that support JavaScript will properly collapse the elements.

Internet Explorer 5 and browsers which do not support JavaScript will render the elements without the [hide/show] links and will not collapse them.

Templates

• Template:Hidden

Navigation templates comparison

	Collapsible	Header color	Image	Groups	Style (body) parameter/s	Examples
{{Navbox}}	collapsible	navbox	Left/right of body	Yes	Yes	{{Solar System}} {{Governance of Greater London}}
{{Navbox with collapsible groups}}	collapsible	navbox	Left/right of body and/or in each list	Yes	Yes	{{Tetrapodomorpha}}
{{Navbox with columns}}	collapsible	navbox	Left/right of columns	No	Yes	{{Current U.S. Senators}} {{Historical regions of the Czech Republic}}

Collapsible attributes

Type	CSS classes	JavaScript	Collapses when	Custom initial state	Nesting
Collapsible tables	collapsible	Defined in Common.js	2 or more autocollapse on page	Yes	Yes