The default SharePoint content placeholders
Whenever you starting monkeying with the default Master Pages for Sharepoint 2007, you’re presented with a myriad of these “default” content placeholders.
Well now we know what each of the default content placeholders actually do. (The PlaceHolderMiniConsole was the one that lead me to finding this out.)
(below is taken from the site, copied here for your conveinance)
| Content placeholder | Description |
|---|---|
| PlaceHolderBodyAreaClass | Additional body styles in the page header |
| PlaceHolderBodyLeftBorder | Border element for the main page body |
| PlaceHolderBodyRightMargin | Right margin of the main page body |
| PlaceHolderCalendarNavigator | Shows a date-picker for navigating in a calendar when a calendar is visible on the page |
| PlaceHolderFormDigest | The “form digest” security control |
| PlaceHolderGlobalNavigation | The global navigation breadcrumb |
| PlaceHolderHorizontalNav | Top navigation menu for the page |
| PlaceHolderLeftActions | Bottom of the left navigation area |
| PlaceHolderLeftNavBar | Left navigation area |
| PlaceHolderLeftNavBarBorder | Border element on the left navigation bar |
| PlaceHolderLeftNavBarDataSource | Data source for the left navigation menu |
| PlaceHolderLeftNavBarTop | Top of the left navigation area |
| PlaceHolderMain | Main content of the page |
| PlaceHolderMiniConsole | A place to show page-level commands, for example, WIKI commands such as Edit Page, History, and Incoming Links |
| PlaceHolderNavSpacer | The width of the left navigation area |
| PlaceHolderPageDescription | Description of the page contents |
| PlaceHolderPageImage | Page icon in the upper-left area of the page |
| PlaceHolderSearchArea | Search box area |
| PlaceHolderSiteName | Site name |
| PlaceHolderTitleAreaClass | Additional styles in the page header |
| PlaceHolderTitleAreaSeparator | Shows shadows for the title area |
| PlaceHolderTitleBreadcrumb | Main content breadcrumb area |
| PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea | Page title shown immediately below the breadcrumbs |
| PlaceHolderTitleLeftBorder | Left border of the title area |
| PlaceHolderTitleRightMargin | Right margin of the title area |
| PlaceHolderTopNavBar | Top navigation area |
| PlaceHolderUtilityContent | Extra content at the bottom of the page |
| SPNavigation | Empty by default in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Can be used for additional page editing controls. |
| WSSDesignConsole | The page editing controls when the page is in Edit Page mode (in the browser, click Site Actions, and then click Edit Page) |