Add a hook for showing sidebar sections

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/EVENTS.txt b/EVENTS.txt
index 4b8260b3c..d9634325d 100644
--- a/EVENTS.txt
+++ b/EVENTS.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ StartShowLaconicaScripts: Showing Laconica script links (use this to link to a C
 EndShowLaconicaScripts: End showing Laconica script links
 - $action: the current action
 
+StartShowSections: Start the list of sections in the sidebar
+- $action: the current action
+
+EndShowSections: End the list of sections in the sidebar
+- $action: the current action
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 0628dc70d..ce92addf5 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -524,12 +524,16 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
      *
      * @return nothing
      */
+
     function showAside()
     {
         $this->elementStart('div', array('id' => 'aside_primary',
                                          'class' => 'aside'));
         $this->showExportData();
-        $this->showSections();
+        if (Event::handle('StartShowSections', array($this))) {
+            $this->showSections();
+            Event::handle('EndShowSections', array($this));
+        }
         $this->elementEnd('div');
     }