Template:Navboxdl/doc

This is a simplified version of {{Navbox}} that uses a definition list to display its data. It lacks some of the features of the full navbox template, but outputs cleaner markup that is easier to style and control. Using this template, or one of its "Navbox suite" sister templates, is highly recommended for standardization of navigational templates, and for ease of use.

Usage

Please remove the parameters that are left blank.

{{Navboxdl
|bodyclass  = 
|title      = 

|group1     = 
|list1      = 

|group2     = 
|list2      = 
 ...
|group20    = 
|list20     =  
}}

Parameter list

The navbox uses lowercase parameter names, as shown in the box (at right). The mandatory title will create a one-line box if other parameters are omitted.

Notice "group1" (etc.) is optional, as are sections named "above/below".
The basic and most common parameters are as follows (see below for the full list):

bodyclass - applies an HTML class attribute to the entire navbox.

title - text in the title bar, such as: [[Widget stuff]].

titleclass - applies an HTML class attribute to the title bar.

state - autocollapse, uncollapsed, collapsed: the status of box expansion, where "autocollapse" hides stacked navboxes automatically.

groupn - the left-side text before list-n (if group-n omitted, list-n starts at left of box).

listn - text listing wikilinks, often separated by middot templates, such as: [[A]]{{·}} [[B]]

Further details, and complex restrictions, are explained below under section Parameter descriptions. See some alternate navbox formats under: Layout of table.

Parameter descriptions

The following is a complete list of parameters for using {{Navbox}}. In most cases, the only required parameters are name, title, and list1, though child navboxes do not even require those to be set.

{{Navbox}} shares numerous common parameter names as its sister templates {{Navbox with columns}} and {{Navbox with collapsible groups}} for consistency and ease of use. Parameters marked with an asterisk * are common to all three master templates.

Setup parameters

state* [autocollapse, uncollapsed, collapsed, plain, off]

• Defaults to autocollapse. A navbox with autocollapse will start out collapsed if there are two or more tables on the same page that use other collapsible tables. Otherwise, the navbox will be expanded. For the technically minded, see MediaWiki:Common.js.
• If set to collapsed, the navbox will always start out in a collapsed state.
• If set to plain, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, and the title will remain centered (by using padding to offset the v • d • e links).
• If set to off, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, but no padding will be used to keep the title centered. This is for advanced use only; the "plain" option should suffice for most applications where the [show]/[hide] button needs to be hidden.
• If set to anything other than autocollapse, collapsed, plain, or off (such as "uncollapsed"), the navbox will always start out in an expanded state, but have the "hide" button.

To show the box when standalone (non-included) but then auto-hide contents when in an article, put "uncollapsed" inside <noinclude> tags:

• state = <noinclude>uncollapsed</noinclude>
• That setting will force the box visible when standalone (even when followed by other boxes), displaying "[hide]" but then auto-collapse the box when stacked inside an article.

Often times, editors will want a default initial state for a navbox, which may be overridden in an article. Here is the trick to do this:

• In your intermediate template, create a parameter also named "state" as a pass-through like this:
• | state = {{{state<includeonly>|your_desired_initial_state</includeonly>}}}
• The <includeonly>| will make the template expanded when viewing the template page by itself.

border*

See section below on using navboxes within one another for examples and a more complete description. If set to child or subgroup, then the navbox can be used as a borderless child that fits snuggly in another navbox. The border is hidden and there is no padding on the sides of the table, so it fits into the list area of its parent navbox. If set to none, then the border is hidden and padding is removed, and the navbox may be used as a child of another container (do not use the none option inside of another navbox; similarly, only use the child/subgroup option inside of another navbox). If set to anything else (default), then a regular navbox is displayed with a 1px border. An alternate way to specify the border to be a subgroup style is like this (i.e. use the first unnamed parameter instead of the named border parameter):

{{Navboxdl|child

…

}}

Sections

title*

Text that appears centered in the top row of the navbox. It is usually the template's topic, i.e. a succinct description of the body contents. This should be a single line, but if a second line is needed, use {{-}} to ensure proper centering. This parameter is technically not mandatory, but using {{Navboxdl}} is rather pointless without a title.

group_n*

(i.e. group1, group2, etc.) If specified, text appears in a header cell displayed to the left of list_n. If omitted, list_n uses the full width of the table.

list_n*

(i.e. list1, list2, etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within <div> </div>. At least one list parameter is required; each additional list is displayed in a separate row of the table. Each list_n may be preceded by a corresponding group_n parameter, if provided (see below).

Style classes

bodyclass

This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the infobox as a whole.

titleclass

This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the infobox's title caption.

Available classes

{{Navboxdl}} can be styled to use the colors of any of the D'ni Guilds. Simply put the guild's name in lowercase as the bodyclass parameter. Examples of each available style are available below:

By default, this navbox will use the styles defined in the "archivists" class.

Layout of navbox

Table generated by {{Navboxdl}} without image, above and below parameters (gray list background color added for illustration only):

Technical details

• This template uses CSS classes for most of its looks, thus it is fully skinnable.
• Internally this meta template uses HTML markup instead of wiki markup for the table code. That is the usual way we make meta templates since wiki markup has several drawbacks. For instance it makes it harder to use parser functions and special characters in parameters.
• For more technical details see the CSS classes in MediaWiki:common.css.