Template:Tlg/doc

The template {{tlg}} (abbreviating “[t]emplate [l]ink (with) [g]eneral (options)”) is a generalised “template link” template.

Parameters

Named

With the exception of alttext, {{tlg}} named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order:

|bold= 

Renders the template link/name in bold.

|code= 

Display output using HTML <code>…</code> tags (monospaced font)

|plaincode= 

Use <code style="border:none; background:transparent;">…</code>.

|kbd= 

Display output using HTML <kbd>…</kbd> tags (monospaced font).

|italic= 

Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italic.

|nolink= 

Don’t render the template name as a link.

|nowrap= 

Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output.

|nowrapname= 

Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed).

|subst= 

Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name.

|alttext 

Use text as the label for the template link.

Unnamed (positional)

{{tlg}} may take up to ten unnamed parameters accompanying the template link (or name).

Examples

Markup	Renders as	Notes
{{tlg|Template}}	{{Template}}	“Template” template does exist.
{{tlg|templatE}}	{{templatE}}	The template names are case‐sensitive.
{{tlg|template}}	{{template}}	The first letter is not case‐sensitive though.
{{tlg|template|code=on}}	{{template}}	Use <code> style.
{{tlg|template|plaincode=on}}	{{template}}	Use plaincode style.
{{tlg|template|kbd=on}}	{{template}}	Use <kbd> style.
{{tlg|template|bold=on}}	{{template}}	Display link or name in bold.
{{tlg|template|one|italic=on}}	{{template|one}}	Display parameters in italics.
{{tlg|template|nolink=on}}	{{template}}	Do not link the template name presented
{{tlg|template|subst=on}}	{{subst:template}}
{{tlg|template|alttext=template link}}	{{template link}}
{{tlg|template|bold=on|code=on|brace=on}}	{{template}}	Multiple parameter settings can be combined.
{{tlg|template|one}}	{{template|one}}
{{tlg|template|one|two}}	{{template|one|two}}
{{tlg|template|bold=on|code=on|one|two}}	{{template|one|two}}	Named and unnamed parameters can be combined…
{{tlg|template|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}	{{template|one|two}}	… in any order…
{{tlg|template|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three}}	{{template|one|two|three}}	… even intermixed…
{{tlg|template|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three|italic=on}}	{{template|one|two|three}}	… with many different configurations.
{{tlg|template|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}	{{template|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}
{{tlg|template|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11}}	{{template|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|…}}	Up to 10 parameters, then ellipsis.
{{tlg}}	{{Template:Tlg/doc}}	With no arguments, the current page name is substituted
{{tlg|template|x=u}}	{{template}}	Equals sign “=” won’t work
{{tlg|template|x&#61;u}}	{{template|x=u}}	&amp;#61; Unicode is okay
{{tlg|template|x{{=}}u}}	{{template|x=u}}	{{=}} template is okay
{{tlg|template|x<nowiki>=</nowiki>u}}	{{template|x=u}}	<nowiki>…</nowiki> tag is okay
{{tlg|template||two||}}	{{template||two||}}	Empty parameters work, even at the end.

Wrapping of long names (default)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|nolink=yes|long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{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=yes)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|nowrap=yes|nolink=yes|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (|nowrapname=yes)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|nowrapname=yes|nolink=yes|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}