Template:Markup/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Markup (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used to present markup or code side by side with the output it renders.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
margin-leftmargin-left

To set a margin on the table's lefthand side.

Default
0
Stringoptional
widthwidth

To set the table's overall width.

Default
100%
Stringoptional
stylestyle

For CSS styles amending the table's overall appearance.

Stringoptional
noheadersnoheaders

Set (as e.g. noheaders=on) to suppress the columns' headings and table's title.

Stringoptional
titletitle

Title above table.

Stringoptional
colheaderstylecolheaderstyle

For CSS styling to amend the appearance of each column's heading.

Stringoptional
col1headerstylecol1headerstyle

For CSS styling to amend the appearance of the first column's heading. Overrides (but does not replace) colheaderstyle.

Stringoptional
col1col1

First column (markup/code)'s heading.

Default
"Markup"
Stringoptional
col2headerstylecol2headerstyle

For CSS styling to amend the appearance of the second column's heading. Overrides (but does not replace) colheaderstyle.

Stringoptional
col2col2

Second column (output)'s heading.

Default
"Renders as"
Stringoptional
codestylecodestyle markupstyle

For CSS styles amending the presentation of the first column (markup/code)'s content (e.g. a smaller font-size).

Stringoptional
outputstyleoutputstyle

For CSS styles amending the presentation of the second column (output)'s content.

Stringoptional
11

row 1, first column (markup/code)'s content.

Stringoptional
22

row 1, second column (output)'s content.

Stringoptional
33

row 2, first column's content (etc).

Stringoptional
44

row 2, second column's content (etc).

Stringoptional
3939

First column's content in last possible row.

Stringoptional
4040

Second column's content in last possible row.

Stringoptional

Usage[edit source]

Each cell in the first ("Markup") column uses <pre> to retain newlines and spaces but styled to allow content to wrap within it. It is usually desirable to escape the content of these cells so that the markup is displayed by wrapping the markup in <nowiki>. It is technically not possible to add this feature to the template.

Each cell in the second ("Renders as") column is usually the unescaped markup copied from the corresponding "Markup" cell before it. There are instances where this may differ:

  • If the first line includes wikimarkup that must start on a new line such as #, * or ; then use <nowiki /> before the first line; see examples below.
  • Header markup such as
    ==
    
    will show in the page table of contents; use {{fake heading}}.
  • Some templates will place the page in a maintenance category, which is usually undesired:
  • Some templates may have error checking that places the page in a maintenance category. Suppress the category as possible:
    • Citation Style 1 templates can suppress the maintenance category by setting |template doc demo=true.

Limitations[edit source]

<nowiki>[edit source]

If you don't wrap the content of the markup cell in <nowiki>, then any template markup will not be escaped, it will be expanded.

This example shows the markup for {{tl|tag}}:

Renders as [[:Template: Expected rendering
{{[[Template:tag|tag]]}}

{{tl|tag}}

HTML entities[edit source]

HTML entities are parsed in the markup cell:

Nowikied markup shows as [[:Template: Expected markup
 –

&nbsp;&ndash;

To work around this, replace the & with &amp; thus &amp;nbsp; will show as &nbsp;

List and indent markup[edit source]

If the first line includes wikimarkup that must start on a new line such as #, * or ; then use <nowiki />:

Without <nowiki />
Markup [[:Template: Renders as
# Item 1
# Item 2
# Item 3
# Item 4
  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
  3. Item 3
  4. Item 4
With <nowiki />
Markup [[:Template: Renders as
<nowiki />
# Item 1
# Item 2
# Item 3
# Item 4

  1. Item 1
  2. Item 2
  3. Item 3
  4. Item 4

Examples[edit source]

Simple[edit source]

Markup [[:Template: Renders as
'''Bold text'''

Bold text

''Italic text''

Italic text

More complex[edit source]

Note that {{Markup}}'s second argument here uses {{fake heading}} and {{fake citation needed}}.

Markup [[:Template: Renders as
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.{{#tag:ref|A footnote.<ref>A reference for the footnote.</ref>|group=nb}} The cow jumped over the moon.{{fact}}

== Notes ==
{{reflist|group=nb}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.[nb 1] The cow jumped over the moon.Template:Fake citation needed

Template:Fake heading

  1. A footnote.[1]

Template:Fake heading

  1. A reference for the footnote.

Multiple rows[edit source]

Markup [[:Template: Renders as
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

With title[edit source]

Foxes and dogs
Markup [[:Template: Renders as
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Showing rendered HTML[edit source]

When a template is enclosed within {{code}}, it shows the rendered HTML:

Markup [[:Template: Renders as
{{cite book |last=White |first=T. H. |title=The Book of Merlyn |year=1977}}

White, T. H. (1977). The Book of Merlyn. 

{{code|lang=html|{{cite book |last=White |first=T. H. |title=The Book of Merlyn |year=1977}}}}
<cite class="citation book">White, T. H. (1977). ''The Book of Merlyn''.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fch.wikipedia.org%3ATemplate%3AMarkup%2Fdoc&rft.aufirst=T.+H.&rft.aulast=White&rft.btitle=The+Book+of+Merlyn&rft.date=1977&rft.genre=book&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook" class="Z3988"><span style="display:none;">&nbsp;</span></span>

See also[edit source]

  • {{Markup2}} for bulleted and indented markup.
  • {{Markupv}} for the vertical presentation (above/below) of markup/code and its output.
  • {{Automarkup}} does not require to write the code samples twice.