Template:View

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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 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

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

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
{{view|template=view/doc}}
{{view|template=view/doc|talk}}
{{view|template=view/doc|talk|edit}}
{{v|template=v/doc}}	Template:V
{{v|template=v/doc|t}}	Template:V
{{v|template=v/doc|t|e}}	Template:V

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.

See also

Other internal link templates, including:

• {{Talk}} – plain talk link
• {{Watch}} – plain link that adds the page to your watchlist
• Category:Internal template-link templates

Navigation templates comparison

Template	Collapsible	Image	Groups	Style (body) parameter/s
{{Navbox}}	collapsible	Left/right of body	Yes	Yes
{{Navbox with collapsible groups}}	collapsible	Left/right of body and/or in each list	Yes	Yes
{{Navbox with columns}}	collapsible	Left/right of columns	No	Yes

Collapsible attributes

Type	CSS classes	JavaScript	Collapses when	Custom initial state	Nesting
Collapsible tables	mw-collapsible	jQuery.makeCollapsible	2 or more autocollapse on page	Yes	Yes

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for View

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

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