Template:Navbox

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Goal

This is a template used by primarily to simplify creating horizontal navboxes usually found at the bottom of pages.

Usage

{{navbox
|name       = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|title      = 
|image      = 
|imageleft  = 
|above      = 
|state      = 
|listclass  = hlist

|group1     = 
|list1      = 

|group2     = 
|list2      = 
...
|group20    = 
|list20     = 

|below      = 
}}

The only mandatory parameter is name and only if title is set.

Most commonly used parameters

name

Name of the template. This is needed to make the V•T•E links ("view", "talk" and "edit") work if title is set to something else than the name of the template using this template. Otherwise {{subst:PAGENAME}} can be used.

title

Title in the title bar

image

An optional image to use on the right side, in full wiki code, for example [[File:Thumbs up 32px.png|32px|link=|alt=]]

imageleft

An optional image to use on the left side.

above

Text to appear between the title bar and the group/list section. Could for example be a list of wiki links.

state

Controls the starting state of the title bar. Can be either of:

autocollapse

This is the default and will cause the navbox to start collapsed if there are two or more collapsible tables on the same page.

uncollapsed

The navbox will always start uncollapsed

collapsed

The navbox will always start collapsed

plain

The title will always be centered and the navbox will always be expanded with no [Hide] link

off

The navbox will always be expanded with no [Hide] link. The title will not be centered. For advanced use only.

If anything else than the above is used, the navbox will always start expanded and with the [Hide] link.

listclass

A cascading style sheet (CSS) class to use for the lists, usually hlist for horizontal lists.

below

Optional text to show below the group/list section.

group(n)

Optional text to the left of the list(n) section. There can be up to 20 group/list sections.

list(n)

Text with wikilinks in a wiki list format.

Related templates

• {{sidebar}}

External links

• Template:Navbox/doc as of 24 April 2012 on English Wikipedia.