Template:Tlg/doc

This template, often abbreviated as {{tlg}}, is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself. The code generated will be displayed inline. For a multi-line output, see {{tj}}.

Parameters

With the exception of Template:Mono, the named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default in most cases) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below). Certain templates have the parameter "on" by default; see the main table for all alternate options. If a row renders identically to a previous row, it means the current template does not support that option and {{tlg}} needs to be used instead.

Parameter	Action	Use with {{example}}	Default active
	Default (without accessory parameters)	Template:Tlg
brace	Include braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg	{{tlw}}/{{tn}}
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold	Template:Tlg	{{tlb}}, {{tlxb}}
code	Display output using HTML <code>...</code> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg	{{tlc}}, {{Template link expanded}}, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics	Template:Tlg	{{tlxi}}
kbd	Display output using HTML <kbd>...</kbd> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	Template:Tlg	{{tlf}}, {{tnull}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	Template:Tlg	{{tlp}}
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)	Template:Tlg
plaincode	Uses <code style="border:none; background:transparent;">...</code>	Template:Tlg	{{tltss}}
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	Template:Tlg	{{tls}}, {{tlxs}}, etc
alttext=[text]	Replace [text] with the actual label to be displayed for the template link	Template:Tlg	{{tla}}
_show_result	Will also display the result of the template	Template:Tlg
_expand	Will add a link to the expanded template page	Template:Tlg
a	will add an asterisk before the template code	Template:Tlg

Unnamed (Positional)

This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below.

Examples

Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.

Note

On the source sister projects, en.wikipedia and Meta, X0, X1, X2, ..., X9 are sandbox templates for experimentation on involved templates that need be in template space. An auto-cleansing software facility exists that might be used to duplicate the facility on other Sister projects.

Code	Output	Remarks
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Template:Banner does not exist. (Non-existent template is redlinked.)
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Template:Abc exists.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Template names are case-sensitive
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	(but the first letter is case-insensitive).
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	no parameters
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	one parameter
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	two parameters
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	two parameters, assigned values
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	ten parameters
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Unlimited parameters, as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Empty parameters are discarded.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	<code> style
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	plaincode style
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	<kbd> style
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	bold link/name
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	parameter(s) in italics
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	all braces in link
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	inside braces in link
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Combine multiple parameter settings.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Using {{spaces}} before and after a parameter.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Can combine named and anonymous parameters ...
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	... in any order ...
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	... even intermixed ...
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	... with many configurations.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	= won't work
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	&#61; is okay
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	{{=}} is okay (see Template:=)
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Sticky nowiki is okay.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Template:Align
{{tlg}}	tlg	With no arguments, it emits the current page name without braces.
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg	Null parameter stops parsing.

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
{{tlg}}	Template:Tlg

See also

General-purpose formatting

• ¹ {{tlg}} is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
• ² Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
• ³ Uses monospace font but not <code>...</code>.
• ⁴ Allows links to templates in any namespace.

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{tlu|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Template:Tlu	Supports linking to any namespace
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	Template:Xpd	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code

With utility links

Code example	Effect
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Template:T links
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Tfd links
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tltt|Hatnote}}	Template:Tltt
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{ Hatnote }} links talk view
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Ti
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Tic
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	Template:Tlt
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Twlh