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This template, often abbreviated as Template:Tlf, is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself.

Parameters

With the exception of alttext, 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.

Parameter	Action	Use with Template:T	Default active
brace	Include braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl/Template:Tl
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	Template:Tlg
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl, Template:Tl
code	Display output using HTML <code>...</code> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl
kbd	Display output using HTML <kbd>...</kbd> tags (monospaced font)	Template:Tlg
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl, Template:T, Template:T
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	Template:Tlg
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	Template:Tl
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl, Template:Tl, etc
|alttext=[text]	Use [text] as the label for the template link	Template:Tlg	Template:Tl

Unnamed (Positional)

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

Examples

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
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	template does not exist. Be aware with linking to non-existing templates, although desired.
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	ok template does exist
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	Unlimited parameters as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	template names are case-sensitive
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	first letter is case-insensitive though
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	Using Template:Tl before and after {{{1}}} parameter.
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	<code> style
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	plaincode style
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	<kbd> style
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	bold link/name
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	parameter/s in italics
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	all braces in link
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	inside braces in link
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	No reason you can't combine multiple parameter settings
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	Can combine named and anonymous parameters …
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	… in any order …
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	… even intermixed …
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	… with many different configurations.
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx
Template:Tlx	tlx	with no arguments, the current page name is substituted
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	= won't work
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	&#61; is okay
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	{{=}} is okay (see template equal sign)
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	sticky nowiki is okay
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	empty parameters work too, even at the end
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx	right to left okay

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
Template:Tlx	Template:Tlx

See also

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Tlg/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.