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This template, often abbreviated as {{tlc}}, 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 Template:Ifsubstalttext, 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 with {{example}}	Default active
	Default (without accessory parameters)	Template:Tlg
brace	Include braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg	{{tlw}}/{{tn}}
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold	Template:Tlg	{{tlb}}, {{tlxb}}
code	Display output using HTML <code>...</code> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg	{{tlc}}, {{Template link expanded}}, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics	Template:Tlg	{{tlxi}}
kbd	Display output using HTML <kbd>...</kbd> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	Template:Tlg	{{tlf}}, {{tnull}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	Template:Tlg
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)	Template:Tlg
plaincode	Uses <code style="border:none; background:transparent;">...</code>	Template:Tlg	{{tltss}}
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	Template:Tlg	{{tls}}, {{tlxs}}, etc
alttext=[text]	Replace [text] with the actual label to be displayed for the template link	Template:Tlg	{{tla}}
_show_result	Will also display the result of the template
_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

Note

On the source sister projects, en.wikipedia and Meta, X0, X1, X2, ..., X9 are sandbox templates for experimentation on involved templates that need be in template space. An auto-cleansing software facility exists that might be used to duplicate the facility on other Sister projects.

Code	Output	Remarks
Template:Tji	{{Banner}}	Template:Banner does not exist. (Non-existent template is redlinked.)
Template:Tji	{{Abc}}	Template:Abc exists.
Template:Tji	{{abC}}	Template names are case-sensitive
Template:Tji	{{abc}}	(but the first letter is case-insensitive).
Template:Tji	{{x0}}	no parameters
Template:Tji	{{x1|one}}	one parameter
Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two}}	two parameters
Template:Tji	{{x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}	ten parameters
{{convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}}	Unlimited parameters, as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string.	Template:Tji
{{x2|two}}	Empty parameters are discarded.	Template:Tji
{{x0}}	<code> style	Template:Tji
{{x0}}	plaincode style	Template:Tji
{{x0}}	<kbd> style	Template:Tji
{{x0}}	bold link/name	Template:Tji
{{x1|one}}	parameter(s) in italics	Template:Tji
{{x0}}		Template:Tji
{{x0}}		Template:Tji
x0	all braces in link	Template:Tji
x0	inside braces in link	Template:Tji
{{x0}}		Template:Tji
x0	Combine multiple parameter settings.	{{abc| one }}
Using {{spaces}} before and after a parameter.	Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two}}
Can combine named and anonymous parameters ...	Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two}}
... in any order ...	Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two|three}}
... even intermixed ...	Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two|three}}
... with many configurations.	{{x1}}	= won't work
{{x1|x=u}}	&#61; is okay	{{x1|x=u}}
{{=}} is okay (see Template:=)	{{x1|x=u}}	Sticky nowiki is okay.
Template:Tji	{{x2|one|two}}	Template:Align
Template:Tji	tlc	With no arguments, it emits the current page name without braces.
Template:Tji	{{x2}}	Null parameter stops parsing.

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

See also

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Tlg/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.