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A custom value for a parameter may be supplied by using {{para|[parameter name]|[value]}} in place of <code>|[parameter name]</code>. Any formatting for such a value – including, for instance, italics – must be supplied as part of the value (e.g. {{para|parameter|<nowiki>''value''<br/></nowiki>}}). Custom values cannot be used for parameters whose names begin with an underscore ("_"). | A custom value for a parameter may be supplied by using {{para|[parameter name]|[value]}} in place of <code>|[parameter name]</code>. Any formatting for such a value – including, for instance, italics – must be supplied as part of the value (e.g. {{para|parameter|<nowiki>''value''<br/></nowiki>}}). Custom values cannot be used for parameters whose names begin with an underscore ("_"). | ||
<includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox | | <includeonly>{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox | |
Latest revision as of 21:00, 19 August 2016
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Parameter names example. It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links, and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This template uses Module:Parameter names example, a script written in the Lua programming language. |
{{Parameter names example}} – or, alternatively, {{Generic template demo}} – is intended to assist template documentation by producing a generic instance of the template that uses parameters' names as those parameters' values.
Example
The example opposite for {{Infobox}}, for instance, was produced by:
{{{above}}} | |
---|---|
{{{subheader}}} | |
{{{subheader2}}} | |
{{{image}}} {{{caption}}} | |
{{{header1}}} | |
{{{label2}}} | {{{data2}}} |
{{{label3}}} | {{{data3}}} |
{{{header4}}} | |
{{{data5}}} | |
{{{data6}}} | |
{{{below}}} |
{{Parameter names example |_template=Infobox |title |above |subheader |subheader2 |image |caption |header1 |label2 |data2 |label3 |data3 |header4 |data5 |data6 |below }}
Usage notes
When {{Parameter names example}} is used on an immediate subpage of its target template – e.g. on the target template's /doc page – its own |_template=
parameter identifying the target template may be omitted. In other words, the code above, if used on Template:Infobox/page (where page could be "doc", "testcases", etc.), would become:
{{Parameter names example |title |above |subheader |subheader2 |image |caption |header1 |label2 |data2 |label3 |data3 |header4 |data5 |data6 |below }}
One exception to this is the "sandbox" subpage. If the module is called from a page ending in "/sandbox", it uses that page to generate the template output, not the base page. To override this behaviour you can specify the |_template=
parameter explicitly.
The formatting of the parameter names can be changed with the |_display=
parameter. By default, the parameter names are shown in triple braces (the parameter standard, e.g. {{{name}}} ), but if |_display=italics
or |_display=italic
is set, they are shown in italics.
A custom value for a parameter may be supplied by using |[parameter name]=[value]
in place of |[parameter name]
. Any formatting for such a value – including, for instance, italics – must be supplied as part of the value (e.g. |parameter=''value''<br/>
). Custom values cannot be used for parameters whose names begin with an underscore ("_").