Template:Template link general

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This template, often abbreviated as {{tlg}}, 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	Template:Tlg	Template:Banner does not exist. (Non-existent template is redlinked.)
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	Template:Abc exists.
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	Template names are case-sensitive
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	(but the first letter is case-insensitive).
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	no parameters
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	one parameter
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	two parameters
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	ten parameters
Template:Tlg	Unlimited parameters, as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string.	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	Empty parameters are discarded.	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	<code> style	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	plaincode style	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	<kbd> style	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	bold link/name	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	parameter(s) in italics	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg		Template:Tji
Template:Tlg		Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	all braces in link	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	inside braces in link	Template:Tji
Template:Tlg		Template:Tji
Template:Tlg	Combine multiple parameter settings.	Template:Tlg
Using {{spaces}} before and after a parameter.	Template:Tji	Template:Tlg
Can combine named and anonymous parameters ...	Template:Tji	Template:Tlg
... in any order ...	Template:Tji	Template:Tlg
... even intermixed ...	Template:Tji	Template:Tlg
... with many configurations.	Template:Tlg	= won't work
Template:Tlg	&#61; is okay	Template:Tlg
{{=}} is okay (see Template:=)	Template:Tlg	Sticky nowiki is okay.
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	Template:Align
Template:Tji	tlg	With no arguments, it emits the current page name without braces.
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg	Null parameter stops parsing.

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tji	Template:Tlg

See also

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