Template:View
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{{Navbar}}
provides a small "view · talk · edit" navigation bar. It is primarily used for content-heavy templates and other transcluded content blocks, so that the content inside the template or block is more easily editable Template:Lang where it was found, without having track it down through examining transclusion code. Template:Tnull's extremely high use rate and consequent protection level are because it is integrated as a feature into numerous navigation box and infobox templates used in millions of articles. It is also a regular feature of many internal-use templates and tables of the Wikipedia, Help, and Template namespaces.
Usage
General
When one of the following examples is placed inside a given template (or block of content used for selective transclusion), it adds basic navbar navigational functionality:
{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|mini=y}}
{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|plain=y}}
{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|fontstyle=color: green; font-style: italic;}}
{{subst:PAGENAME}}
will be substituted with the page name of the real location of the content when parsed by the servers. For example, {{navbar|Navbar/doc}}
gives:When used in content that is selectively transcluded but which is also used as-is in its original location, this template should be wrapped in Template:Xtag markup, so that it only appears when transcluded.
Font size and weight
Font-size is 88% when used in a topical navbar template or in plain text, and 100% when nested in a navbox or infobox (because those templates' text size is already reduced; the "100%" is relative to the surrounding template's own content, not that of the entire page). The |fontstyle=
parameter can be used to adjust font size as needed (e.g. to reduce font size even more when the template is used inside a block element with a large font size). Do not abuse this to make excessively small text (i.e. less than 85% of the normal page text), since that causes accessibility problems for many readers.
In a topical navbar, the weight is "normal"; when nested in a navbox or infobox, it inherits the style of the surrounding content. The middot bullets are bold for better visibility.
Block level element
The template generates block-level markup with <div>...</div>
tags, and therefore, any surrounding markup cannot include <span>...</span>
tags, which would cause a div-span-flip lint error.
Examples
Required parameters
{{navbar|Template Name}}
– the template name is required.
Optional parameters
Options | Parameters | Produces... | "Shortcut" template |
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Basic | {{navbar|Template Name}} |
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Different text | {{navbar|Template Name|text=This template:}} |
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Without "This box:" text | {{navbar|Template Name|plain=y}} |
{{view}} | |
Short version | {{navbar|Template Name|mini=y}} |
{{v}} | |
With brackets | {{navbar|Template Name|brackets=y}} |
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With font styling examples (span) | {{navbar|Template Name|fontstyle=color: green; font-style: italic;}} |
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With whole-template styling examples (div) | {{navbar|Template Name|style=float:right; background: Beige; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid;}} |
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History, move, and watchlist links | {{navbar|template=Template Name|e|t|h|m|w}} |
Note that to show the history, move, and watchlist links, |template=
needs to be set to the template value specifically. Individual values can be left out of this list, e.g. {{navbar|template=Template Name|h|m|w}}
will only show the view, history, move, and watchlist links.
Shortcut templates
The mini=y
and plain=y
parameters can be avoided by using the {{v}}
or {{view}}
templates, respectively, instead.
{{view}} and {{v}} also support changing the shown links, for example only view and edit, or only view and talk:
Code | Result |
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template=view/doc}}</syntaxhighlight> | |
template=view/doc|talk}}</syntaxhighlight> | |
template=view/doc|talk|edit}}</syntaxhighlight> | |
template=v/doc}}</syntaxhighlight> | Template:V |
template=v/doc|t}}</syntaxhighlight> | Template:V |
template=v/doc|t|e}}</syntaxhighlight> | Template:V |
Notes
Navbar is contained within a <div>...</div>
in order to accommodate a horizontal unnumbered list. This means it cannot be placed inside a <span>...</span>
or other inline element, because the HTML Tidy extension will 'fix' situations where it finds block elements inside inline elements.
Prepackaged
- {{Navbar-header}}
- Positions on the right edge of the line, often used in non-collapsible navbox heading.
- {{Navbar-collapsible}}
- For use in conjunction with collapsible tables, floats opposite of the [hide]/[show] feature.
See also
- {{Ed}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags, specifically for templates only
- {{Ed right}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags and aligned to right of page, specifically for templates only
- {{Edit}} — plain-style edit link, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
- {{Edit section}} — edit link surrounded by <div> tags by default which can specify which section to edit on a page, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
- {{Vedit}} — plain-style edit link which edit with the Wikipedia:VisualEditor, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
Templates with view, talk and edit links:
- {{Navbar}} — navigation bar with configurable caption and view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
- {{View}} — navbar-style view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
- {{VTE}} & {{V}} — navbar-style V·T·E links (i.e. view·talk·edit links in short forms), specifically for templates only
Other internal link templates, including:
- {{Talk}} – plain talk link
- {{Watch}} – plain link that adds the page to your watchlist
- Category:Internal template-link templates
Template | Collapsible | Header color | Image | Groups | Style (body) parameter/s |
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{{Navbox}} | collapsible | navbox | Left/right of body | Yes | Yes |
{{Navbox with collapsible groups}} | collapsible | navbox | Left/right of body and/or in each list | Yes | Yes |
{{Navbox with columns}} | collapsible | navbox | Left/right of columns | No | Yes |
Type | CSS classes | JavaScript | Collapses when | Custom initial state |
Nesting |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Collapsible tables | mw-collapsible | Defined in Common.js | 2 or more autocollapse on page | Yes | Yes |
TemplateData
TemplateData for View
When placed inside a given template, it adds navbar navigational functionality
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Template Name | 1 | The name of the template, so links work correctly
| String | required |
Different text | text | Allows custom text to replace the default 'this box'
| String | optional |
Without 'This box:' text | plain | Removes 'This box'
| Number | optional |
Short Version | mini | Shortens text to V T E
| Number | optional |
with brackets | brackets | adds brackets before and after the links
| Number | optional |
Font color | fontstyle | Allows you to change the color of the font (in the format color:green)
| String | optional |
To float to the side | style | Allows the template to float to the side (format=float:right)
| String | optional |