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SharePoint default.master page placeholders

Source: http://grounding.co.za/blogs/brett/archive/2007/11/22/sharepoint-default-master-page-placeholders.aspx

 

Placeholder Description
1 PlaceHolderGlobalNavigation The global navigation
2 PlaceHolderGlobalNavigationSiteMap The global navigation breadcrumb.  This is a nested placeholder.
3 PlaceHolderSiteName Site name
4 PlaceHolderSearchArea Search box area
5 PlaceHolderTopNavBar Top navigation area
6  PlaceHolderHorizontalNav Top navigation menu for the page.  This control is nested inside the PlaceHolderTopNavBar
7  WSSDesignConsole The page editing controls when the page is in Edit Page mode (in the browser, click Site Actions, and then click Edit Page)
8  SPNavigation Empty by default in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Can be used for additional page editing controls such as in a publishing portal.
9  PlaceHolderPageImage Page icon in the upper-left area of the page
10  PlaceHolderTitleLeftBorder Left border of the title area
11  PlaceHolderTitleBreadcrumb Main content breadcrumb area
12  PlaceHolderPageTitleInTitleArea Page title shown immediately below the breadcrumbs
13  PlaceHolderMiniConsole A place to show page-level commands, for example, WIKI commands such as Edit Page, History, and Incoming Links
14  PlaceHolderTitleRightMargin Right margin of the title area
15 PlaceHolderTitleAreaSeparator Shows shadows for the title area
16 PlaceHolderLeftNavBarDataSource Data source for the left navigation menu
17  PlaceHolderCalendarNavigator Shows a date-picker for navigating in a calendar when a calendar is visible on the page
18  PlaceHolderLeftNavBarTop Top of the left navigation area
19  PlaceHolderLeftNavBar Left navigation area
20  PlaceHolderNavSpacer The width of the left navigation area
21  PlaceHolderLeftNavBarBorder Border element on the left navigation bar
22  PlaceHolderBodyLeftBorder Border element for the main page body
23  PlaceHolderPageDescription Description of the page contents
24  ContentPlaceHolder Main content of the page
25  PlaceHolderBodyRightMargin Right margin of the main page body
26  PlaceHolderFormDigest The "form digest" security control
27  PlaceHolderUtilityContent Extra content at the bottom of the page
28  PlaceHolderBodyAreaClass Additional body styles in the page header
29  PlaceHolderTitleAreaClass Additional styles in the page header

One able to identify the placeholders, the next step is to understand the default content that is rendered inside of each placeholder, followed by each application and site page and the placeholders they use.