Template:Tl/doc

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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

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==)}}`	{{=)}}

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}}

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ `{{tlg}}` options¹ →	N/A	`nolink=yes`	`subst=yes`	`braceinside=yes`	`alttext=Foo` `2=Foo`
Normal	N/A	`{{tlg}}`^{1, 2} `{{tl}}` `{{tlp}}`²	`{{tlf}}`²	`{{tls}}` `{{tlsp}}`	`{{tn}}`	`{{tla}}`
`Code`	`code=yes` or `tt=yes`	`{{tlx}}` `{{tl2}}`	`{{tlc}}`² `{{tld}}`² `{{tnull}}`	`{{tlxs}}`	N/A
Bold	`bold=yes`	`{{tlb}}`	N/A
`Bold code`	`bold=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxb}}`
`Italic code`	`italic=yes\|code=yes`

Example

See also

General-purpose formatting

Other formatting templates