Template:Lts/doc

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Template:Lts is a smaller variant of {{Lt}} with pleasant output, for use especially also on browsers which don't support ·.

Usage

{{Lts|template}} shows links for the specified template.
{{Lts}} shows links for a template wrt the {{PAGENAME}}.

Example

Code	Result
{{Lts|Lt}}	Template:Lt(edit talk links history)
{{Lts}}	Template:Lts/doc(edit talk links history)

See also

Template:Las(edit talk links history)	'Lts' formatted, but for anything,  Defaults to article space, but accepts category or template, etc. namespace prefixes too.
Template:Lts(edit talk links history)	for templates (List Template Short ["Lt"])
Template:Lcs(edit talk links history)	for categories
Template:Lps(edit talk links history)	for {{ns:Project}} (= Imedwiki)
Template:Ltsmeta(edit talk links history)	for templates copied from Meta
Template:Lts/(edit talk links history)	for template lists (see below)
Template:Lx(edit talk links history)	boilerplate for the Lx family
Category:Internal link templates	for a comparison of this zoo see below
Template:Lps Template:Toolbar at Meta
Template:Lts Template:Toolbar at Meta
Template:Ltsmeta Template:Toolbar at Meta

Comparison

We got a zoo of similar templates, pick what you like. This list is probably incomplete and intentionally omits variants with parameters like {{Tlx}} and the various redirects.

Source	Code	Result
Template:Lts/	{{lt|x4}}	Template:X4 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:Lts/	{{lts|x4}}	Template:X4(edit talk links history)
Template:Lts/	{{lts/|x4}}	Template:Lts/
Template:Lts/	{{tetl|x4}}	{{x4}} links talk edit
Template:Lts/	{{ti|x4}}	Template:x4 (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
Template:Lts/	{{tic|x4}}	Template:x4 (talk links edit)
Template:Lts/	{{tiw|x4}}	Template:x4 (backlinks edit)
Template:Lts/	{{tl|x4}}	{{x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tn|x4}}	{{x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tlc|x4}}	{{x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tls|x4}}	{{subst:x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tlsetl|x4}}	Template:Tlsetl
Template:Lts/	{{tlt|x4}}	{{x4}} (talk)
Template:Lts/	{{ttl|x4}}	{{x4}} (t/l)
Template:Lts/	{{twlh|x4}}	Template:x4 (links, talk)

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{tlg}} options to achieve link style	N/A	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}} {{tl}} {{tlp|1|2|...}} REDIRECT Template:Template link universal	{{tlf}} <template link>	{{subst:tls}} REDIRECT Template:Template link universal with subst	{{tlsf}} <template link>	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} Template:Tlxu	{{tlc}} <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	{{subst:tlxs}}	{{subst:tlsc}} <template link>	N/A
monospace	plaincode=yes	N/A		{{subst:tltss}}	N/A
kbd	kbd=yes
bold	bold=yes	REDIRECT Template:Template link with bold	N/A
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	REDIRECT Template:Template link expanded with italic

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)
{{tlu|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	REDIRECT Template:Template link universal || Supports linking to any namespace
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}		Shows code and example
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	Template:P1	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	[[Template:Hatnote]] [[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	REDIRECT Template:ParserFunction REDIRECT Template:ParserFunction || Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Hatnote (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk edit
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
{{tim|Hatnote}}	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)