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Latest revision as of 22:41, 17 May 2018
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:LinkCatIfExists2. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
This a simple helper template, to be used in other templates. It displays a link to a category if that category exists; otherwise it just displays plaintext in grey, to reduce the visual prominence of the unlinked text.
An optional display text may be added as a second parameter.
Purpose[edit]
This template is a variant of {{LinkCatIfExists}}, which does no greying.
The greying was designed to improve the clarity of category header templates such as {{EstcatContinentCentury}}.
Usage[edit]
{{LinkCatIfExists2|CategoryName|OptionalDisplayText}}
- Simple usage
{{LinkCatIfExists2|CategoryName}}- Examples:
{{LinkCatIfExists2|A non-existent category}}→ A non-existent category{{LinkCatIfExists2|United States}}→ United States
- With optional display text
{{LinkCatIfExists2|CategoryName|DisplayText}}- Examples:
{{LinkCatIfExists2|A non-existent category|Foo}}→ Foo{{LinkCatIfExists2|United States|USA}}→ USA
See also[edit]
- Template:LinkCatIfExists — same as this, but without greying
