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{{Template:Template link general}}
This template uses Lua: |
This template is used to provide stylized formatting of links to templates without actually using the template itself. The output it generates will be an inline element.
Parameters
[edit]With the exception of |alttext=
, the named parameters are binary switches that are either omitted (the default, in most cases) or activated by being assigned a value (such as "on", "yes", "true", "1", etc.) and may be included in any order (see the main table and § Examples section below).
Parameter | Action | Use with {{Kilometer|42}} |
---|---|---|
None | Default (without accessory parameters) | {{Kilometer|42}} |
brace
| Include braces as part of the template link | {{Kilometer}}|42 |
braceinside
| Include only innermost braces as part of the template link | {{Kilometer}}|42 |
bold
| Render the template link/name in boldface | {{Kilometer|42}} |
code
| Display output inside HTML <code>…</code> tags (using a fixed-width font and subtle highlighting) | {{Kilometer|42}}
|
italic
| Display template parameters in italics | {{Kilometer|42}} |
kbd
| Display output inside HTML <kbd>…</kbd> tags (fixed-width font without highlighting) | {{Kilometer|42}} |
nolink
| Don't render the template name as a link to itself | {{Kilometer|42}} |
nowrap
| Prevent the presence of any line breaks (text wrapping) in the output | {{Kilometer|42}} |
nowrapname
| Prevent text wrapping from occurring in the template name only, allowing parameters to wrap as needed | {{Kilometer|42}} |
plaincode
| Wraps output in HTML <code style="background: transparent; border: none;">…</code> tags (semantically different from kbd parameter, but visually indistinguishable)
| {{Kilometer|42}}
|
subst
| Displays template substitution (prefixing the template name with subst:) | {{subst:Kilometer|42}} |
alttext=[text]
| Replace the linked template's name with [text] | {{Other|42}} |
_show_result
| Will also display the result of the template call being demonstrated | {{Kilometer|42}} → 42 km (26 mi) |
_expand
| Will add a link to the expanded template page | {{Kilometer|42}} |
a
| Will add an asterisk before the template code to match the wikitext syntax for unordered (bulleted) lists | * {{Kilometer|42}} |
Unnamed (Positional)
[edit]This template can take any number of unnamed parameters following the name of the template being linked to and will show them as parameters in the template call; see Examples below.
Examples
[edit]Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.
Code | Output | Remarks |
---|---|---|
{{Template link general|anCHor}}
| {{anCHor}} | Template names are case-sensitive… |
{{Template link general|anchor}}
| {{anchor}} | …but the first letter is case-insensitive. |
{{Template link general|Time|12:00PM|12:00AM}}
| {{Time|12:00PM|12:00AM}} | Two parameters |
{{Template link general|Anchor|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}
| {{Anchor|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}} | Ten parameters |
{{Template link general|Convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}}
| {{Convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}} | Unlimited parameters, as a single unnamed parameter containing a <nowiki>…</nowiki> string |
{{Template link general|Anchor|two}}
| {{Anchor|two}} | Empty parameters are discarded |
{{Template link general|Anchor|code=on}}
| {{Anchor}}
| <code> style |
{{Template link general|Anchor|plaincode=on}}
| {{Anchor}}
| plaincode style |
{{Template link general|Anchor|kbd=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | <kbd> style |
{{Template link general|Anchor|bold=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | Boldface template name link |
{{Template link general|Anchor|italic=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | Parameter(s) in italics |
{{Template link general|Anchor|nolink=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | nolink style |
{{Template link general|Anchor|subst=on}}
| {{subst:Anchor}} | Template substitution style |
{{Template link general|Anchor|brace=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | All braces as part of link |
{{Template link general|Anchor|braceinside=on}}
| {{Anchor}} | Only inner pair of braces linked with name |
{{Template link general|Anchor|alttext=Anchor link}}
| {{Anchor link}} | Custom linked template name |
{{Template link general|Anchor|bold=on|code=on|brace=on}}
| {{Anchor}}
| Combining multiple parameter switches |
{{Template link general|Anchor|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}
| {{Anchor|one|two}}
| Combining named (for formatting) and unnamed/positional (example) parameters |
{{Template link general|Quote|''e{{=}}mc²''|author{{=}}Albert Einstein}}
| {{Quote|e=mc²|author=Albert Einstein}} | Two parameters, with escaped equality symbols (= ) in a parameter value
|
{{Template link general|Anchor|x=u}}
| {{Anchor|x=u}} | The decimal HTML entity for the equality symbol (= ) is another way to show parameters with values
|
{{Anchor}}
| {{Anchor}} | Beware the accidental null parameter; they stop parsing at the point they're encountered |
Code | Output |
---|---|
Wrapping of long names (default) | |
{{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}}
| {{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}} |
Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on) | |
{{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}}
| {{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}} |
Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on) | |
{{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}}
| {{Long template name that would wrap to a new line|Long value for the 1st parameter that would also get wrapped}} |