Template:Template link expanded

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This template, often abbreviated as , is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself.

Parameters

With the exception of alttext, the named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default in most cases) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below). Certain templates have the parameter "on" by default; see the main table for all alternate options.

Parameter	Action	Use with {{example}}	Default active
brace	Include braces as part of the template link		{{tlw}}/{{tn}}
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold		{{tlb}}, {{tlxb}}
code	Display output using HTML <code>...</code> tags (monospaced font)		{{tlc}}, {{Template link expanded}}, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics		{{tlxi}}
kbd	Display output using HTML <kbd>...</kbd> tags (monospaced font)
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link		{{tlf}}, {{tnull}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)
plaincode	Uses <code style="border:none; background:transparent;">...</code>		{{tltss}}
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name		{{tls}}, {{tlxs}}, etc
alttext=[text]	Use [text] as the label for the template link		{{tla}}

Unnamed (Positional)

This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below.

Examples

Note

On the source sister projects, en.wikipedia and Meta, X0, X1, X2, …, X9 are sandbox templates for experimentation on involved templates that need be in template space. An auto-cleansing software facility exists that might be used to duplicate the facility on other Sister projects.

Code	Output	Remarks
		template does not exist. Be aware with linking to non-existing templates, although desired.
		ok template does exist
		Unlimited parameters as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string
		template names are case-sensitive
		first letter is case-insensitive though
		Using {{spaces}} before and after {{{1}}} parameter.
		<code> style
		plaincode style
		<kbd> style
		bold link/name
		parameter/s in italics
		all braces in link
		inside braces in link
		No reason you can't combine multiple parameter settings
		Can combine named and anonymous parameters …
		… in any order …
		… even intermixed …
		… with many different configurations.
	tlx	with no arguments, the current page name is substituted
		= won't work
		&#61; is okay
		{{=}} is okay (see template equal sign)
		sticky nowiki is okay
		empty parameters work too, even at the end
		right to left okay

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output

See also

General-purpose formatting

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

Text style ↓	options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
options to achieve link style	N/A	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tl}} REDIRECT Template:Template link universal	<template link>	REDIRECT Template:Template link universal with subst	<template link>
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} Template:Tlxu	<template link> <template link>		{{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
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
	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
	REDIRECT Template:Template link universal || Supports linking to any namespace
	lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
	Template:P1	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
	[[Template:Hatnote]] [[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
	title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
	REDIRECT Template:ParserFunction REDIRECT Template:ParserFunction || Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

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

Code example	Effect
	Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
	Hatnote (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk edit
	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
	m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Tlg/doc. (edit | history)
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