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The MediaWiki software, which drives Wikipedia, allows the use of a subset of HTML 5 elements, or tags and their attributes, for presentation formatting. [1] However, most HTML functionality can be replicated using equivalent wiki markup or templates. These alternatives are generally preferred within articles because they are often simpler for ...
This template, often abbreviated as {{tlb}}, is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself. The code generated will be displayed inline. The code generated will be displayed inline.
text The text to be changed. font The text's font. A list of fonts supported by Wikipedia can be found here: Wikipedia:Typography#Available fonts. size The size of the text. Possible unit include px, em, pt, %. color The color of the text. bgcolor The background color. css A CSS style.
Increased and decreased font size should primarily be produced through automated facilities such as headings or through carefully designed templates. Reduced or enlarged font sizes should be used sparingly, and are usually done with automated page elements such as headings, table headers, and standardized templates.
The {} template uses HTML, and will size-match a serif font, and will also prevent line-wrap. All templates are sensitive to the = sign, so remember to replace = with {} in template input, or start the input with 1=. Use wiki markup '' and ''' inside the {} template, as well as other HTML entities.
This template is used on approximately 21,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage . Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
In MediaWiki, templates cannot automatically handle an unknown or unlimited number of parameters. Each possible parameter usually has to be predefined in the template code. For example, a template might be set up to use three specific parameters, such as 1, 2, and 3. If someone includes additional parameters beyond those, they will not affect ...
This code will: Apply a consistent monospace font of choice to all the normally monospaced HTML elements like <code>, <pre>, etc. Fallback to system-default monospace font, should the chosen font be unavailable or lack the necessary characters. Do the same for the output of all Example-formatting templates, such as {} and {}.