Template:Template link with link off

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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	{{Template:Template link with link off}}	{{tlw}}/{{tn}}
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	{{Template:Template link with link off}}
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold	{{Template:Template link with link off}}	{{tlb}}, {{tlxb}}
code	Display output using HTML <code>...</code> tags (monospaced font)	{{Template:Template link with link off}}	{{tlc}}, {{Template link expanded}}, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics	{{Template:Template link with link off|param}}	{{tlxi}}
kbd	Display output using HTML <kbd>...</kbd> tags (monospaced font)	{{Template:Template link with link off}}
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link		{{tlf}}, {{tlc}}, {{tnull}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	{{Template:Template link with link off}}
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)	{{Template:Template link with link off}}
plaincode	Uses <code style="border:none; background:transparent;">...</code>	{{Template:Template link with link off}}	{{tltss}}
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	{{subst:Template:Template link with link off}}	{{tls}}, {{tlxs}}, etc
|alttext=[text]	Use [text] as the label for the template link	{{Other}}	{{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:Template link with link off|Banner}}		template does not exist. Be aware with linking to non-existing templates, although desired.
{{Template:Template link with link off|ok}}		ok template does exist
{{Template:Template link with link off|convert|<nowiki>14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us</nowiki>}}		Unlimited parameters as one <nowiki>...</nowiki> string
{{Template:Template link with link off|Abc}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|abC}}		template names are case-sensitive
{{Template:Template link with link off|abc}}		first letter is case-insensitive though
{{Template:Template link with link off|abc|{{spaces}}tlf{{spaces}}}}		Using {{spaces}} before and after {{{1}}} parameter.
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|code=on}}		<code> style
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|plaincode=on}}		plaincode style
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|kbd=on}}		<kbd> style
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|bold=on}}		bold link/name
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|one|italic=on}}		parameter/s in italics
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|nolink=on}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|subst=on}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|brace=on}}		all braces in link
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|braceinside=on}}		inside braces in link
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|alttext=x0 link}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x0|bold=on|code=on|brace=on}}		No reason you can't combine multiple parameter settings
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|one}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|one|two}}
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|bold=on|code=on|one|two}}		Can combine named and anonymous parameters …
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}		… in any order …
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three}}		… even intermixed …
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three|italic=on}}		… with many different configurations.
{{Template:Template link with link off|x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}
{{Template:Template link with link off}}	tlf	with no arguments, the current page name is substituted
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|x=u}}		= won't work
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|x&#61;u}}		Template:Align
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|x{{=}}u}}		Template:Align
{{Template:Template link with link off|x1|x<nowiki>=</nowiki>u}}		Template:Align
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2||two||}}		empty parameters work too, even at the end
{{Template:Template link with link off|x2|3=two|2=one}}		Template:Align

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{Template:Template link with link off|long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
{{Template:Template link with link off|nowrap=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
{{Template:Template link with link off|nowrapname=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}

See also

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