Template:Outdent
For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character (:) to produce tabs; this template produces a connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent.
Usage
[edit]To outdent posts, insert the number of colons that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.
::::This is the previous post, indented 4 levels
{{Outdent|::::}} Start of a new post
displays as
- This is the previous post, indented 4 levels
Start of a new post
::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6}} Start of a new post
displays as
- This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
Start of a new post
You can also have the template automatically add a linked tag, by adding any second parameter (its specific value is discarded):
::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6|link}} Start of a new post
displays as
- This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
(outdent) Start of a new post
To not outdent all the way to the left margin, the outdent template itself can be indented using one or more colons:
::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
::{{Outdent|4}} Start of a new post
displays as
- This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
- Start of a new post
The template supports up to 20 colons as a parameter, but supports any given integer. Values above 40 may show a separated line though.
The default number of colons is 10. Do not use subst: with this template.
This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template". Users who would prefer not to see the template can add the following line to their custom CSS (Special:MyPage/common.css):
span.outdent-template { display: none; }