Template:Tlg

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{{tlg}} (abbreviating "[t]emplate [l]ink (with) [g]eneral (options)") is a generalised version of the {{tl}} ("template link") template. It can be used to replace or implement {{tl}} and related templates such as {{tlb}}, {{tlx}}, etc.

Parameters

Named

With the exception of alttext, {{tlg}}'s named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below):

Parameter	Action	As in
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	{{tlw}}
bold boldlink boldname	Renders the template link/name in bold	{{tlb}}, {{tlx}}, etc.
code	Display output using HTML code tags (monospaced)	{{tlc}}, {{tlx}}, etc.
plaincode	Uses code
kbd	Display output using HTML kbd tags (monospaced font)	{{tltt}}, {{tltt2}}, etc.
italic italics	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italic/s	{{tlxi}}
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	{{tln}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	{{tlp}}, {{tlf}}, etc.
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	{{tls}}
|alttext=[text]	Use [text] as the label for the template link	{{tla}}

Unnamed

{{tlg}} may take up to ten 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
{{tlg|Abc}}	{{Abc}}
{{tlg|abC}}	{{abC}}	template names are case-sensitive
{{tlg|abc}}	{{abc}}	first letter is case-insensitive though
{{tlg|x0}}	{{x0}}
{{tlg|x0|code=on}}	{{x0}}	<code> style
{{tlg|x0|plaincode=on}}	{{x0}}	plaincode style
{{tlg|x0|kbd=on}}	{{x0}}	<kbd> style
{{tlg|x0|bold=on}}	{{x0}}	bold link/name
{{tlg|x1|one|italic=on}}	{{x1|one}}	parameter/s in italics
{{tlg|x0|nolink=on}}	{{x0}}
{{tlg|x0|subst=on}}	{{subst:x0}}
{{tlg|x0|braceinside=on}}	{{x0}}
{{tlg|x0|alttext=x0 link}}	{{x0 link}}
{{tlg|x0|bold=on|code=on|braceinside=on}}	{{x0}}	No reason you can't combine multiple parameter settings
{{tlg|x1|one}}	{{x1|one}}
{{tlg|x2|one|two}}	{{x2|one|two}}
{{tlg|x2|bold=on|code=on|one|two}}	{{x2|one|two}}	Can combine named and anonymous parameters …
{{tlg|x2|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}	{{x2|one|two}}	… in any order …
{{tlg|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three}}	{{x2|one|two|three}}	… even intermixed …
{{tlg|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three|italic=on}}	{{x2|one|two|three}}	… with many different configurations.
{{tlg|x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}	{{x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}
{{tlg|x4|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11}}	{{x4|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|…}}	up to 10 parameters, then …
{{tlg|x5|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10&#124;11}}	{{x5|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11}}	&#124; for more
{{tlg}}	{{Tlg}}	with no arguments, the current page name is substituted
{{tlg|x1|x=u}}	{{x1}}	= won't work
{{tlg|x1|x&#61;u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	&#61; is okay
{{tlg|x1|x{{=}}u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	{{=}} is okay
{{tlg|x1|x<nowiki>=</nowiki>u}}	{{x1|x=u}}	sticky nowiki is okay
{{tlg|x2||two||}}	{{x2||two||}}	empty parameters work too, even at the end
{{tlg|x2|3=two|2=one}}	{{x2|one|two}}	right to left okay
{{tlg|convert|<nowiki>14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us</nowiki>}}	{{convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}}	Unlimited parameters as one nowiki string

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{tlg|long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
{{tlg|nowrap=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
{{tlg|nowrapname=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

See also

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to their style

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ {{tlg}} options1 →	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}1 {{tl}} {{tlp}}2 {{tlu}}3	{{tlf}}2	{{tls}} {{tlsp}} {{tlsu}}3	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} {{tlxu}}3	{{tlc}}2 {{tld}}2 {{tnull}}	{{tlxs}}	N/A
monospace kbd	plaincode=yes4 kbd=yes5	{{tltt}}5 {{tltt2}}5	N/A	{{tltts}}5 {{tltss}}6
bold	bold=yes	{{tlb}}	N/A
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{tlxi}}
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 tags. 3  Allows links to templates in any namespace. 4  {{tlg|plaincode=yes}} uses code. 5  Displays w:monospaced font using kbd tags (changed from tt for HTML 5 compliance). 6  Displays monospaced font using span.

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}}	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	Template:Demo	Shows code and example
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	"{{hatnote|Some hatnote text}}" gives " Some hatnote text " [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Tln	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	Template:Elc Template:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	Template:Ml	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	Template:Mlx	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	Template:Sclx	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	ref Template:Xtag	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	Template:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}

With utility links

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Lt
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Hatnote (edit talk history links /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	main}}
{{tltt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}}
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} links talk view
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk view
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk • links • edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
{{tim|Hatnote}}	Template:Tim
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)