Template:VTE

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The VTE template invokes the {{navbar}} template with the parameter mini set to 1.

For more information, see Template:Navbar/doc, which has been transcluded below for convenience.

Template:Navbar/doc

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Uses Lua:

Module:Navbar

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{{Navbar}} provides a small "view · talk · edit" navigation bar. It is primarily used for content-heavy templates and other transcluded content blocks, so that the content inside the template or block is more easily editable Template:Lang where it was found, without having track it down through examining transclusion code. {{Navbar}}'s extremely high use rate and consequent protection level are because it is integrated as a feature into numerous navigation box and infobox templates used in millions of articles. It is also a regular feature of many internal-use templates and tables of the Wikipedia, Help, and Template namespaces.

Usage

General

When one of the following examples is placed inside a given template (or block of content used for selective transclusion), it adds basic navbar navigational functionality:

{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|mini=y}}

{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|plain=y}}

{{navbar|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|fontstyle=color: green; font-style: italic;}}

The {{subst:PAGENAME}} will be substituted with the page name of the real location of the content when parsed by the servers. For example, {{navbar|Navbar/doc}} gives:

If the page is moved or renamed the substituted text will need to be updated accordingly. Alternatively, you can use {{#invoke:params|self}} instead of {{subst:PAGENAME}} to keep track of the current location of the transcluded page:

{{navbar|{{#invoke:params|self}}|mini=...|plain=...|...}}

When used in content that is selectively transcluded but which is also used as-is in its original location, this template should be wrapped in <includeonly>...</includeonly> markup, so that it only appears when transcluded.

Font size and weight

The font-size is 88% when used in a topical navbar template or in plain text, and 100% when nested in a navbox or infobox (because those templates' text size is already reduced; the "100%" is relative to the surrounding template's own content, not that of the entire page). The |fontstyle= parameter can be used to adjust the font size as needed (e.g. to reduce font size even more when the template is used inside a block element with a large font size). Do not abuse this to make excessively small text (i.e. less than 85% of the normal page text), since that causes accessibility problems for many readers.

In a topical navbar, the weight is "normal"; when nested in a navbox or infobox, it inherits the style of the surrounding content. The middot bullets are bold for better visibility.

Block level element

The template generates block-level markup with <div>...</div> tags, and therefore, any surrounding markup cannot include <span>...</span> tags, which would cause a div-span-flip lint error.

Examples

Required parameters

{{navbar|Template Name}} – the template name is required.

Optional parameters

Options	Parameters	Produces...	"Shortcut" template
Basic	`{{navbar\|Template Name}}`	This box: view talk edit
Different text	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|text=This template:}}`	This template: view talk edit
Without "This box:" text	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|plain=y}}`	view talk edit	{{view}}
Short version	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|mini=y}}`	v t e	{{v}}
With brackets	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|brackets=y}}`	This box: view talk edit
With font styling examples (span)	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|fontstyle=color: green; font-style: italic;}}`	This box: view talk edit
With whole-template styling examples (div)	`{{navbar\|Template Name\|style=float:right; background: Beige; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid;}}`	This box: view talk edit
History, move, and watchlist links	`{{navbar\|template=Template Name\|e\|t\|h\|m\|w}}`	This box: view talk edit hist move watch

Note that to show the history, move, and watchlist links, |template= needs to be set to the template value specifically. Individual values can be left out of this list, e.g. {{navbar|template=Template Name|h|m|w}} will only show the view, history, move, and watchlist links.

Shortcut templates

The mini=y and plain=y parameters can be avoided by using the {{v}} or {{view}} templates, respectively, instead.

{{view}} and {{v}} also support changing the shown links, for example only view and edit, or only view and talk:

Code	Result
template=view/doc}}	view
template=view/doc\|talk}}	view talk
template=view/doc\|talk\|edit}}	view talk edit
template=v/doc}}	v
template=v/doc\|t}}	v t
template=v/doc\|t\|e}}	v t e

Notes

Navbar is contained within a <div>...</div> in order to accommodate a horizontal unnumbered list. This means it cannot be placed inside a <span>...</span> or other inline element, because the HTML Tidy extension will 'fix' situations where it finds block elements inside inline elements.

Prepackaged

{{Navbar-header}}

Positions on the right edge of the line, often used in non-collapsible navbox heading.

{{Navbar-collapsible}}

For use in conjunction with collapsible tables, floats opposite of the [hide]/[show] feature.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:VTE in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for VTE

When placed inside a given template, it adds navbar navigational functionality

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Template Name	`1`	The name of the template, so links work correctly Default	String	required
Different text	`text`	Allows custom text to replace the default 'this box' Default This box	String	optional
Without 'This box:' text	`plain`	Removes 'This box' Default 0	Number	optional
Short Version	`mini`	Shortens text to V T E Default 0	Number	optional
with brackets	`brackets`	adds brackets before and after the links Default 0	Number	optional
Font color	`fontstyle`	Allows you to change the color of the font (in the format color:green) Default	String	optional
To float to the side	`style`	Allows the template to float to the side (format=float:right) Default float:left	String	optional

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Navbar/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Subpages of this template.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:VTE/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Subpages of this template.