Editing Template:Block indent/doc (section)

== Usage ==
This template block-indents the value that is supplied to it. This is similar to block quotation, but it uses the HTML {{tag|div}} element, instead of [[Semantic HTML|semantically abusing]] the {{tag|blockquote}} element.

<code><nowiki>{{block indent |1=</nowiki>{{var|The material to be indented here. May include markup, paragraph breaks, etc.}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

The default display differs from the block quotation template {{tl|Quote}} in that it does not:
* introduce whitespace margins above or below the indented material (just add a blank line above and/or below manually); nor
* indent from the right as well as the left (there is an optional parameter for this); nor
* (on mobile) bookend the block with large quotation marks.
It also does not support that other template's attribution parameters (since it isn't for quotations).

===Example===

{{tlx|block indent |1{{=}}{{tl|Lorem}}}}

produces:

{{block indent |1={{Lorem}}}}

===Parameters===

{{para|1}} a.k.a. {{para|text}} The material to be indented. {{strong|It is always safest to explicitly define this with <code>1=</code>, not as an unnamed parameter}}, because any occurrence (e.g. in a URL, template, etc.) of the <code>=</code> character will break the template without it.

{{para|left}} a.k.a. {{para|em}} the value (e.g. <kbd>0.1</kbd> or <kbd>7</kbd>) in [[Em (unit)|<code>em</code> units]] by which to indent the material from the left; defaults to <code>3</code>

{{para|right}} the value, also in <code>em</code>, by which to indent the material from the right; defaults to <code>0</code> (use <kbd>7</kbd> to match the default left indentation)

{{para|style}} arbitrary CSS declarations, e.g. <code>font-size: 95%;</code>. This parameter should not normally be needed. Note: It already includes <code>overflow: hidden;</code> by default, to avoid collision of the div's background with floating elements.

{{para|class}} any CSS class names (e.g. as defined at [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]), comma-separated if more than one. This parameter should not normally be needed.

=== Comparison with {{tl|Quote}} (block quotation) ===
{| class="wikitable"
! {{PAGENAME}} !! {{tl|Quote}}
|-
| width="50%"| <code><nowiki>{{lorem}}{{block indent|1={{lorem}}}}{{lorem}}</nowiki></code>
| width="50%"| <code><nowiki>{{lorem}}{{quote|1={{lorem}}}}{{lorem}}</nowiki></code>
|-
| {{lorem}}{{block indent|1={{lorem}}}}{{lorem}}
| {{lorem}}{{quote|1={{lorem}}}}{{lorem}}
|}