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    "description": "The sidebar is a slot that replaces the content of the sidebar.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe cache of the side slot is automatically deleted when a page in the same namespace is created, added or deleted.\nSee \n\n\n\n\n\nThe components are by default collapsed until the medium screen by setting thetoggle attributecollapsed expanded-mdside slotdokuwiki sidebaconfiguration",
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====== Sidebar ======

===== About =====
The ''sidebar slot'' is a [[docs:theme:slot:slot|slot]] that replaces the [[:docs:theme:element:page-side|sidebar element]].

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===== Feature =====

==== Cache ====

The cache of the side slot is automatically deleted when a page in the same namespace is created, added or deleted.
See [[docs:cache:slot]]


==== Collapsed components by default on small screen ====


The components are by default collapsed until the medium screen by setting the [[:docs:animation:toggle|toggle attribute]] to ''collapsed expanded-md''

===== Configuration =====
==== sidebar ====

In Dokuwiki, the ''side slot'' is known as the sidebar. You can change the name of the side slot page with the [[doku>config:sidebar|dokuwiki sidebar]] [[docs:app:configuration|configuration]]