Template:Tlg

{{Template:Tlg}}

Documentation

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{{tlg}} (abbreviating "[t]emplate [l]ink (with) [g]eneral (options)") is a generalised version of the {{tl}} ("template link") template. It can be used to replace or implement {{tl}} and related templates such as {{tlb}}, {{tlx}}, etc.

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 (see Examples below):

Parameter	Action	As in
brace	Include braces as part of the template link
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	{{tlw}}
bold boldlink boldname	Renders the template link/name in bold	{{tlb}}, {{tlx}}, etc.
code	Display output using HTML [[HTML element#code|Template:Tag]] tags (monospaced font)	{{tlc}}, {{tlx}}, etc.
plaincode	Uses Template:Tag
kbd	Display output using HTML [[HTML element#kbd|Template:Tag]] tags (monospaced font)	{{tltt}}, {{tltt2}}, etc.
italic italics	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italic/s	{{tlxi}}
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	{{tlf}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	{{tlp}}, {{tlf}}, etc.
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	{{tls}}
|alttext=[text]	Use [text] as the label for the template link	{{tla}}

Unnamed (Positional)

{{tlg}} may take up to ten unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below.

Examples

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Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{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)

Code	Output
{{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)

Code	Output
{{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}}

See also

Template:Template-linking templates