Working With the BT Yahoo! Sidebar

Getting Started With the Sidebar

The Sidebar appears on one side of your Browser window. It appears on the right side by default.

No matter where you are on the Internet, the Sidebar gives you access to all your favourite BT Yahoo! Online services, such as BT Yahoo! Mail, BT Yahoo! Messenger, or BT Yahoo! Photos. Each service is displayed as a Sidebar module. You can display the Sidebar on either side of your Browser window.

You can select up to six Sidebar modules to display on the Sidebar at a time. All Sidebar modules have two views—a collapsed, or mini-module view, and an expanded, or active module view. Only one Sidebar module can be active, or expanded, at a time. (For a complete description of each Sidebar module's functionality in each view, refer to the individual Sidebar module tutorials.)

Each Sidebar module, in its active or expanded state, offers an option menu that allows you to further customise the Sidebar module and perform various actions specific to its content. To display the option menu, click the >> button at the top of the active Sidebar module.

You can close and reopen the Sidebar.

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Here's How

Open your Browser, and sign in to BT Yahoo! Online.

Tip: If the Sidebar is not visible, click the Sidebar button in the top-right corner of the Browser window.
Close the Sidebar by clicking the Sidebar button located in the upper-right corner of the Browser window. Open the Sidebar by clicking the same button. (Alternatively, you can select Hide or Show from the Sidebar menu.)

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Changing the Sidebar's Size and Location

What's Next

You can change the width of the Sidebar and move it to the other side of the window.

Help Topics

For further help or to contact us, please go to bt.yahoo.com/help.

Words to Know

Active module: the module currently displayed in the active content area of the BT Yahoo! Sidebar.
Mini-module: an application module that can be displayed in the BT Yahoo! Sidebar.
Module: a small version of a BT Yahoo! Online service that can be displayed in the active content area of the BT Yahoo! Sidebar.
Sidebar: a customisable area in the BT Yahoo! Browser or Internet Explorer where you can display information or applications that you use often, such as BT Yahoo! Mail, BT Yahoo! Messenger, and BT Yahoo! Photos.