Template:Tag/doc

The {{tag}} template provides a quick way to mention an XML‐ or HTML‐style tag in a preformatted way.

Usage

{{tag|tagname|type|content=text|attribs=attributes and values}}

Parameters

|1=tagname

The XML/HTML tag’s name (e.g. code, ref).

|2=type

To indicate which of the tag’s types is/are presented:

(pair) (default)

A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. <div>…</div>). To suppress the ellipsis (...) between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter.

open

An open/start tag (e.g. <span>).

close

A close/end tag (e.g. </span>).

empty or single or void

An empty element, formed with a single self‐terminating tag (e.g. <hr />); in HTML5 these are now known as “void” elements, though “empty” is the more common term.

|content=

Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.

|attribs=

Attributes and values to be included as part of an open/start tag.

|wrap=yes

Disable nowrap for long samples.

|link=yes

Link to the element’s entry at the HTML element article, e.g.:

{{tag|bold|link=yes}} produces <bold>…</bold>

This is only for HTML elements; the page is hard‐coded, so it cannot be used for, e.g. XML elements from a particular schema. If desired, a feature for specifying the link page can be added.

Examples

Markup	Renders as
{{tag|ref}}	<ref>…</ref>
{{tag|ref|content=}}	<ref></ref>
{{tag|ref|content=hello}}	<ref>hello</ref>
{{tag|span|content=foo}}	<span>foo</span>
{{tag|span|open}}	<span>
{{tag|span|open|content=hello}}	<span>hello
{{tag|span|close|content=hello}}	hello</span>
{{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}	<span>hello</span>
{{tag|ref|open|attribs=group="note"}}	<ref group="note">
{{tag|references|single}}	<references />
{{tag|br|single}}	<br />
{{tag|!--|content=comment}}	<!--comment-->
{{tag|math|attribs=chem}}	<math chem>…</math>
{{tag|a|attribs=href="https://en.wikipedia.org/"|content=English Wikipedia}}	<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/">English Wikipedia</a>

See also

• {{para}} - provides a similar service for template tags.