Template:Template link null

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

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{Template:Template link null|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 null|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 null|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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