This template should always be substituted (i.e., use
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This template, often abbreviated as {{}} , is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself. The code generated will be displayed inline. For a multi-line output, see {{tj }}.
Parameters With the exception of alttext , the named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default in most cases) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below ). Certain templates have the parameter "on" by default; see the main table for all alternate options.
Parameter
Action
Use withexample }}
Default active
Default (without accessory parameters)
{{example }}
brace
Include braces as part of the template link
{{example}} {{tlw }}/{{tn }}
braceinside
Include innermost braces as part of the template link
{{example} }
bold
Renders the template link/name in bold
{{example
{{tlb }}, {{tlxb }}
code
Display output using HTML < code > ...</ code > monospaced font )
{{example }}{{tlc }}, {{Template link expanded }}, etc.
italic
Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics
{{example |param }}
{{tlxi }}
kbd
Display output using HTML < kbd > ...</ kbd >
{{example }}
nolink
Don't render the template name as a link
{{example}}
{{tlf }}, {{tnull }}
nowrap
Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap ) in the output
{{example }}
nowrapname
Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)
{{example
plaincode
Uses < code style="border:none; background:transparent;"> ...</ code >
{{example }}{{tltss }}
subst
Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name
{{subst:example }}
{{tls }}, {{tlxs }}, etc
alttext=[text]
Replace [text] with the actual label to be displayed for the template link
{{Other }}
{{tla }}
_show_result
Will also display the result of the template
{{Min |7|-5}} → -5
_expand
Will add a link to the expanded template page
{{Min |7|-5}} [1]
Unnamed (Positional) This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below.
Examples Code Output Remarks {{ Uw-advert2 | Banner }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to Banner . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. Template:Banner does not exist. (Non-existent template is redlinked.) {{ Uw-advert2 | Abc }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to Abc . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. Template:Abc exists. {{ Uw-advert2 | abC }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to abC . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. Template names are case-sensitive {{ Uw-advert2 | abc }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to abc . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. (but the first letter is case-insensitive). {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. no parameters {{ Uw-advert2 | x1 | one }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one one parameter {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | one | two }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one two parameters {{ Uw-advert2 | x3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x3 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . 1 ten parameters {{tlg|convert|<nowiki>14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us</nowiki>}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to convert . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . 14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us Unlimited parameters, as one < nowiki > ...</ nowiki > string . {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | | two | | }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Empty parameters are discarded. {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | code = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. <code> style {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | plaincode = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. plaincode style {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | kbd = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. <kbd> style {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | bold = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. bold link/name {{ Uw-advert2 | x1 | one | italic = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one parameter(s) in italics {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | nolink = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | subst = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | brace = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. all braces in link {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | braceinside = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. inside braces in link {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | alttext = x0 link }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. {{ Uw-advert2 | x0 | bold = on | code = on | brace = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x0 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. Combine multiple parameter settings. {{tlg|x1|{{spaces}}one{{spaces}}}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to abc . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one Using {{spaces }} before and after a parameter. {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | bold = on | code = on | one | two }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one Can combine named and anonymous parameters ... {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | one | two | bold = on | code = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one ... in any order ... {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | one | code = on | two | bold = on | three }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one ... even intermixed ... {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | one | code = on | two | bold = on | three | italic = on }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one ... with many configurations. {{tlg|x1|x=u}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. = won't work {{tlg|x1|x=u}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . x=u = is okay {{tlg|x1|x{{=}}u}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . x=u {{=}} is okay (see Template:= ) {{tlg|x1|x<nowiki>=</nowiki>u}} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x1 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . x=u Sticky nowiki is okay. {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | 3 = two | 2 = one }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . one Right-to-left is okay
{{ Uw-advert2 }} Uw-advert2 With no arguments, it emits the current page name without braces. {{ Uw-advert2 | x2 | 3 = one | 4 = two }} File:Information orange.svg Please do not add promotional material to OODA WIKI, as you did to x2 . While objective prose about beliefs, organisations, people, products or services is acceptable, OODA WIKI is not a vehicle for soapboxing, advertising or promotion . Thank you. Null parameter stops parsing.
See also General-purpose formatting
Other formatting templates With utility links
Template Example output Use {{strong Important! To indicate <strong> importance, seriousness, or urgency instead of just simple typographical boldfacing {{strongbad "Never use ..." Same as {{strong}} but in red {{stronggood "Only use ..." Same as {{strong}} but in green {{em "An emphatic phrase " To indicate <em> stress emphasis (not just purely typographical italicization like for book titles or foreign terms) {{var strPrefix To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction {{var serif strIllustratePrefix (see {{var}} above) {{tld {{DEFAULTSORT:Y, X}} To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code {{para |year=2008 To display template parameters with or without values {{param {{{title|alt}}} To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above {{tjp | selfref = yes To display template parameters with colors (as they would appear in the {{tj }} and {{tji }} templates) {{param value ··2·blanks·fore·and·aft·· To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character. {{tlx {{Template |1 |2 |...|10 }} To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code {{tji {{ hatnote | Hello | selfref = yes | category = no }} To showcase with colors in horizontal format the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators {{tag "The < img > ...</ img > To render HTML elements ("tags") in prose {{code codett "Ensure the alt= parameter ..." To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use < code > ...</ code > codett }} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod Template loop detected: Template:Tls {{small|small text}} To wrap example code in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> Template loop detected: Template:Tls {{large|large text}} To wrap example code in <kbd><nowiki>...</nowiki></kbd> {{syntaxhighlight [this is a block template] ( or {{sxhl }} ) Wrapper for < syntaxhighlight > ...</ syntaxhighlight > {{deprecated code "Do not use < blink> ( or {{dc }} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2 }} variant uses strike-through (< blink > {{dcr }} uses red (< blink> {{pre [this is a block template] For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text {{tj [this is a block template] To showcase with colors and multiple lines (vertical format) the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators {{quote [this is a block template] For block quotations (only – never for non-quotations) {{block indent [this is a block template] For indented blocks of material; visually identical to {{quote }} but without quote markup {{kbd user input To indicate user input {{key press Ctrl +x To indicate specific-keystroke input, including combinations {{key top Left shift Similar; includes more symbols, but does not directly support combinations {{button Don't save To indicate a button in a user interface {{samp example output To indicate sample or example output
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