Template:Sidebar
- The following documentation is located at Template:Sidebar/doc. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
This template is intended as a metatemplate for sidebar templates (vertically-aligned navigation (navbox) templates usually positioned on the right-hand sides of pages) in the same spirit as {{Infobox}}
for infobox templates and {{Navbox}}
for navbox templates.
{{Sidebar with collapsible lists}}
adds collapsibility to a Sidebar's sections, i.e. the means to show or hide sections by clicking links beside their headings.
Usage
{{{topimage}}} |
{{{pretitle}}} |
{{{title}}} |
---|
{{{image}}} |
{{{above}}} |
{{{heading1}}} |
{{{content1}}} |
{{{heading2}}} |
{{{content2}}} |
{{{heading3}}} |
{{{content3}}} |
................ |
{{{heading35}}} |
{{{content35}}} |
{{{below}}} |
Parameters with infrequent use omitted.
{{sidebar | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | outertitle = | topimage = | pretitle = | title = | image = | headingstyle = | contentstyle = | heading1 = | content1 = | heading2 = | content2 = | heading3 = | content3 = ... | heading35 = | content35 = }}
Parameters
No parameters are required unless {{navbar}}
links (V - T - E) are to appear at the bottom of the sidebar, in which case the |name=
parameter is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).
Principal
Parameter | Explanation |
---|---|
|name=
|
The sidebar's name, i.e., the name following "Template:" in the page's name. Required for the {{navbar}} links at the bottom of the sidebar to function correctly, unless these are omitted (see |navbar= at the bottom of this table). It is recommended to use {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this field.
|
|outertitle=
|
Use to place a title for the sidebar immediately above the sidebar. |
|topimage=
|
Use to place an image at the top of the sidebar, i.e., above any |title= included.Full wikisyntax expected (i.e., |
|pretitle=
|
Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title. |
|title=
|
Use to place a title for the sidebar at the top of the sidebar (immediately below the |topimage= , if used).
|
|image=
|
Use to place an image between the |title= (if used) and first section.As with |
|headingstyle=
|
Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings. To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use |
|contentstyle=
|
Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content. To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use |
|heading1= |
First section's heading (if needed). |
|content1= |
First section's content (required). |
|heading2= |
Second section's heading (if needed). |
|content2= |
Second section's content (if needed). |
|heading3= |
Third section's heading (if needed). |
|content3= |
Third section's content (if needed). |
...... etc ...... | |
|heading35= |
Currently, the last possible section heading and/or content (if needed). |
|content35=
|
Other parameters
Parameter | Explanation |
---|---|
|above=
|
Corresponds to |above= offered by {{Navbox}} .
|
|
Microformat classes for the corresponding parameters. |
|below=
|
Use to, e.g., add one or more portal links to the bottom of the template (by default in bold). |
|
Use to alter default CSS styling for the corresponding parameters. |
|cellspacing=
|
Use to amend the default cellspacing set for the infobox-class table with which the sidebar is built. |
|cellpadding=
|
Ditto the default cellpadding. |
|navbar= (or |tnavbar= )
|
Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the {{navbar}} links appearing at the bottom of the sidebar.
|
|navbarfontstyle= (or |tnavbarfontstyle= )
|
Use to specify the font style used by the navbar at the bottom of the sidebar (see {{navbar}} for options available).
|
Handling long links
{{Normalwraplink}}
may be used to handle links that should wrap within the sidebar or otherwise need to be made to wrap in order to prevent the sidebar becoming too wide. Use {{Normalwraplink|longlinkname}}
, where |longlinkname
is the long link without its square brackets.
Use the |wraplinks=true
parameter to turn link wrapping off for the whole template.
Full blank syntax
(omitting sections 4 to penultimate)
{{Sidebar | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | bodyclass = <!--or class--> | bodystyle = <!--or style--> | width = | cellspacing = | cellpadding = | outertitle = | outertitleclass = | outertitlestyle = | topimage = | topimageclass = | topimagestyle = | topcaption = | topcaptionstyle = | pretitle = | pretitleclass = | pretitlestyle = | title = | titleclass = | image = | imageclass = | imagestyle = | caption = | captionstyle = | above = | aboveclass = | abovestyle = | headingclass = | headingstyle = | contentclass = | contentstyle = | heading1style = | heading1 = | content1style = | content1 = | heading2style = | heading2 = | content2style = | content2 = | heading3style = | heading3 = | content3style = | content3 = <!--etc.--> | heading35style = | heading35 = | content35style = | content35 = | below = | belowclass = | belowstyle = | navbar = <!--or tnavbar--> | navbarstyle = <!--or tnavbarstyle--> | navbarfontstyle = <!--or tnavbarfontstyle--> | wraplinks = true/false }}