User:Johan G/Messagebox
box type and style valid
top;notice;no image;multiliner text padding;title;text |
Goal
This template is a meta template for messagebox templates of various kinds.
Adding this template to a page in the template namespace will automatically add Category:Messagebox templates and the hidden Category:Templates using messagebox meta template to that page.
Usage
{{messagebox | title = | text = | box = | style = | one-liner = | image = | image-width = | page = | nocat = }}
Main parameters
- title
- Optional alternative title for the messagebox that will be shown in bold, for example Danger, Warning, Caution, Cleanup, Note, Notice, Tip, Hint, Protected etc. Defaults to Notice.
- text
- Text to be shown in the messagebox.
Parameters affecting the appearance
Optional parameters affecting the appearance of the messagebox.
- box
- Will override the box format. Valid values are box, top and section. The defaults are box for the talk namespaces and the category namespace, and top for any other namespace.
- style
- Style of the messagebox. Valid values are speedy, warning, caution, notice, tip, protected and neutral. Defaults to notice.
- one-liner
- Makes the messagebox a one-liner if not empty.
- image
- Image or icon to use excluding the File: namespace prefix, for example Cleanup.png. Instead of an image name a shortcut can be used. When using the shortcuts the icons will automatically get the right colour for the style. Valid icon shortcuts are: /!\, (!), (?), (i), (x) and U (for padlock).
- image-width
- Width of the image in pixels. Defaults to 40 pixels or for one-liners 24 pixels.
Parameters for demonstration and testing
Optional parameters for demonstration and testing.
- page
- Wiki page. Use
page = {{{page|}}}
to forward this behaviour to a template.
- nocat
- If nocat=true pages are not categorized, if nocat=false pages are always categorized, and if nocat is empty or undefined only pages in the template namespace are categorised.
- Do not forward this parameter to a template for category suppression, instead use the techniques discussed in Category suppression below.
Category suppression
In cases where a template using {{messagebox}} is automatically categorising pages it is highly recommended to use {{messagebox}} together with a namespace template to suppress categorisation if a template is used on other pages than the intended ones, like for example in lists of templates. Some common namespace templates are for example {{category handler}}, {{main other}}, {{talk other}} and {{category other}}.
Where one of the "other" templates are sufficient, a way to add a nocat parameter working in a similar way as in {{category handler}} to a template is to do as in the below example:
...{{#switch: {{[nocat|}}} | true = <!-- Will not categorise a page --> | false = [[Category:Some category]] <!-- Will always categorise a page --> | #default = {{main other | [[Category:Same category]] }} <!-- Will categorise a page only if it is in the main namespace, the article namespace. --> }}...
Examples
Examples using different options.
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