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}}'s 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:

|brace= 

Include braces as part of the template link.

|braceinside= 

Include innermost braces as part of the template link.

|bold=, |boldlink=, |boldname= 

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=, |italics= 

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	Remarks
{{tlg|Termometro}}	{{Termometro}}	Template:Error template does not exist. Be aware with linking to non-existing templates, although desired.
{{tlg|ok}}	{{button}}	Button template does exist
m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us</nowiki>}}	{{convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}}	Unlimited parameters as one <nowiki>…</nowiki>
{{tlg|Template}}	{{Template}}
{{tlg|templatE}}	{{templatE}}	template names are case-sensitive
{{tlg|template}}	{{template}}	first letter is case-insensitive though
{{tlg|template|code=on}}	{{template}}	<code> style
{{tlg|template|plaincode=on}}	{{template}}	plaincode style
{{tlg|template|kbd=on}}	{{template}}	<kbd> style
{{tlg|template|bold=on}}	{{template}}	bold link or name
{{tlg|template|one|italic=on}}	{{template|one}}	parameter/s in italics
{{tlg|template|nolink=on}}	{{template}}
{{tlg|template|subst=on}}	{{subst:template}}
{{tlg|template|brace=on}}	{{template}}	all braces in link
{{tlg|template|braceinside=on}}	{{template}}	inside braces in link
{{tlg|template|alttext=x0 link}}	{{x0 link}}
{{tlg|template|bold=on|code=on|brace=on}}	{{template}}	Multiple parameter settings can be combined.
{{tlg|x1|one}}	{{x1|one}}
{{tlg|x2|one|two}}	{{x2|one|two}}
{{tlg|x2|bold=on|code=on|one|two}}	{{x2|one|two}}	Can combine named and anonymous parameters …
{{tlg|x2|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}	{{x2|one|two}}	… in any order …
{{tlg|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three}}	{{x2|one|two|three}}	… even intermixed …
{{tlg|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three|italic=on}}	{{x2|one|two|three}}	… with many different configurations.
{{tlg|x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}	{{x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}
{{tlg|x4|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11}}	{{x4|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|…}}	up to 10 parameters, then …
{{tlg|x5|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10&#124;11}}	{{x5|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11}}	&amp;#124; for more
{{tlg}}	{{Template:Tlg/doc}}	with no arguments, the current page name is substituted
{{tlg|x1|x=u}}	{{x1}}	{{=}} won't work
{{tlg|x1|x&#61;u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	&amp;#61; is okay
{{tlg|x1|x{{=}}u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	{{=}} is okay
{{tlg|x1|x<nowiki>=</nowiki>u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	sticky nowiki is okay
{{tlg|x2||two||}}	{{x2||two||}}	empty parameters work too, even at the end
{{tlg|x2|3=two|2=one}}	{{x2|one|two}}	right to left okay

Wrapping of long names (default)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|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=on)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|nowrap=on|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=on)

Markup	Renders as
{{tlg|nowrapname=on|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}}