Template:Tls/doc

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It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 25,000 pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

{{Tls/doc}} is a variant of {{Tl}} for templates which should be substituted without any parameters. For substituted templates with parameters, try {{Tlsx}}.

Usage[edit source]

{{Tls|template name}}

Example[edit source]

Code	Result
`{{Tls\|x4}}`	{{subst:x4}}

External links[edit source]

Template:Tls/doc at Wikipedia, the free Terran encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Link templates[edit source]


Page Type	Normal Link	Longer Link	Usage Link
Template	Template:ltb	Template:lt	General:{{tlg}} Normal: {{tl}} Code:`{{tlx}}`
File	Template:lfb	Template:lf	Template:fl
User	Template:lub	Template:lu	Template:ul
Category	Template:lcb	Template:lc	Template:cl
Module	Template:lmb	Template:lm	Template:ml
Wikipedia	Template:lwb	Template:lw
Portal	Template:lpb	Template:lp
Book	Template:lb2	Template:lb
Article	Template:lab	Template:la

General-purpose formatting[edit source]

Other formatting templates[edit source]

Code example	Effect	Notes
`{{tl2\|Hatnote\|lang=fr}}`	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
`{{tlu\|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}`	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
`{{demo\|<nowiki>{{Hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}}</nowiki>}}`	{{hatnote\|lang=fr\|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
`{{xpd\|Hatnote\|Some hatnote text}}`	`"{{hatnote\|Some hatnote text}}"` gives " Some hatnote text " [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
`{{elc\|Template:Hatnote}}` `{{elc\|Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote}}`	`[[Template:Hatnote]]` `[[Template:Hatnote\|Hatnote]]`	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
`{{mli\|Bananas\|hello}}` `{{mlix\|BananasArgs\|hello\|Fred}}`	{{#invoke:Bananas\|hello}} `{{#invoke:BananasArgs\|hello\|Fred}}`	Counterparts to {{tl}} and {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
`{{para\|title\|<var>book title</var>}}`	`\|title=book title`	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
`{{sclx\|LASTING}}`	`[[WP:LASTING]]`	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a [[WP:CODE\|TAG]] tag.
`{{tag\|ref}}` `{{xtag\|templatedata}}`	TAG `<templatedata>`	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing

With utility links[edit source]

Code example	Effect
`{{lts\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote `(`Edit Discussion links Page history`)`
`{{t links\|Hatnote}}`	Hatnote (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test) · Module:hatnote
`{{tfd links\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (edit · talk · history · links · logs · subpages · delete)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:hatnote (backlinks edit)
`{{tltt\|Hatnote}}`	`{{Hatnote}}`
`{{tetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} links talk view
`{{tsetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{subst:Hatnote}} links talk view
`{{ti\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk · links · edit)
`{{tic\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
`{{tlt\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
`{{ttl\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
`{{twlh\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ `{{tlg}}` options¹ →	N/A	`nolink=yes`	`subst=yes`	`braceinside=yes`	`alttext=Foo` `2=Foo`
normal	DEFAULT	`{{tlg}}`¹ `{{tl}}` `{{tlp}}`² `{{tlu}}`³	`{{tlf}}`²	`{{tls}}` `{{tlsp}}`	`{{tn}}`	`{{tla}}`
`code`	`code=yes`	`{{tl2}}` `{{tlx}}` `{{tlxu}}`³	`{{tlc}}`² `{{tld}}`² `{{tnull}}`	`{{tlxs}}`	N/A
monospace `kbd`	`plaincode=yes`⁴ `kbd=yes`⁵	`{{tltt}}`⁵ `{{tltt2}}`⁵	N/A	`{{tltts}}`⁵ `{{tltts3}}`⁵ `{{tltss}}`⁶	N/A
bold	`bold=yes`	`{{tlb}}`	N/A
`bold+code`	`bold=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxb}}`
`italic+code`	`italic=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxi}}`
¹ `{{tlg}}` is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options. ² Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside TAG tags. ³ Allows links to templates in any namespace. ⁴ `{{tlg\|plaincode=yes}}` uses [[HTML element#code\|TAG]]. ⁵ Displays monospaced font using [[HTML element#kbd\|TAG]] tags (changed from [[HTML element#tt\|TAG]] for HTML 5 compliance). ⁶ Displays monospaced font using TAG.

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