Template:Tl

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}}

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

The template link template is a simple macro template used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation. A short example is that the code:

{{Tl|Example}}

generates

{{Example}}

More complex variations are described below.

Example

Code	Result
{{Tl|Void}}	{{Void}}
{{Tl2|X1}}	{{X1}}
{{Tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}}	{{3x}}
{{Tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}}	{{}}
{{Tl|1==)}}	{{=)}}

See also

• {{Para}} for displaying a template parameter
• {{tlp}} for template with parameters
• {{tls}} for template statements requiring substitution
• {{cl}} for category links

General-purpose formatting

• 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 class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
• ³ Uses monospace font but not <code>...</code>.
• ⁴ Allows links to templates in any namespace.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{tag|ref}}	<ref>...</ref>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	#if: #if:	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Tl/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.