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List styles

As noted in § Predefined groups, there are predefined groups that automatically add list styling. Using the listed templates is more convenient than using |liststyle=.

Reference lists are by default numbered lists. By using the |liststyle= parameter, you can control how the list is rendered. For example, using |liststyle=upper-roman will result in references being labeled with Roman numerals instead of decimal numbers. The parameter accepts any valid CSS value defined for list-style-type as shown below.

It is possible to use |liststyle= so that the labels for the footnote marker and the reference list marker differ. This should be used with care as it can be confusing to readers. For example:

Reference  {{Reflist|group=note|liststyle=lower-alpha}} 

Interaction with images

In the unusual case of an image being placed to the left of a reference list, layout problems may occur on some browsers. This can be prevented by using the columns feature.

Technical details

Font size

The font size should reduce to 90% for most browsers, but may appear to show at 100% for Internet Explorer and possibly other browsers. As of December 21, 2010, the standard tag has the same font styling. The smaller font may be disabled through Preferences → Gadgets → Disable smaller font sizes of elements such as Infoboxes, Navboxes and References lists.

Browser support for columns

Multiple columns are generated by using CSS3, which is still in development; thus only browsers that properly support the multi-column property will show multiple columns with {{Reflist}}.

These browsers support CSS3 columns:

• Gecko-based browsers such as Mozilla Firefox
• WebKit-based browsers such as Safari and Google Chrome
• Opera from version 11.10 onward
• Internet Explorer from version 10 onward

These browsers do not support CSS3 columns:

• Microsoft Trident-based browsers including Internet Explorer up to version 9
• Opera through to version 11

Widows and orphans

The use of columns can result in widows and orphans, where a citation at the bottom of a column may be split to the top of the next column. MediaWiki:Common.css includes CSS rules to prevent list items from breaking between columns. Widows may still show in extreme circumstances, such as a reference list formatted in columns where only a single reference is defined.

Lorem ipsum.Source name, access date, etc. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.  ==References== {{Reflist|10em}}

Supporting CSS

{{Reflist}} uses a CSS rule in MediaWiki:Common.css to set the font size:

• div.reflist { font-size: 90%; }

The following class is assigned by the template when column width is set:

• .references-column-width

The following CSS properties are utilized using the {{column-width}} templates:

• column-width CSS3 standard
• -moz-column-width Mozilla CSS extension
• -webkit-column-width Webkit CSS extension

Customizing the view

By editing your CSS, the personal appearance of the reference list can be customized. From Preferences, select the Appearance tab, then on the selected skin select Custom CSS. After editing and saving, follow the instructions at the top of the page to purge. See Wiki: Skin#Customisation (advanced users) for more help.

Font size

The font size for all reference lists defaults to 90% of the standard size. To change it, add:

ol.references, div.reflist, div.refbegin {   font-size: 90%; } 

Change 90% to the desired size.

Columns

To disable columns, add:

.references-column-width {   -moz-column-width: auto !important;   -webkit-column-width: auto !important;   column-width: auto !important; } 

Column dividers

To add dividers (rules) between columns, add:

.references-column-width {   -moz-column-rule: 1px solid #aaa;   -webkit-column-rule: 1px solid #aaa;   column-rule: 1px solid #aaa; } 

You can alter the appearance of the dividers by changing the values.

Perennial suggestions

Collapsing and scrolling

There have been a number of requests to add functionality for a collapsible or scrolling reference list. These requests have not been fulfilled due to issues with readability, accessibility, and printing. The applicable guidelines are at MOS:SCROLL. Links between the inline cite and the reference list do not work when the reference list is enclosed in a collapsed box.

To display the reference list in a scrollbox or collapsed per user, see Help:Reference display customization.

For discussion on previous attempts to do this with a template, see the discussions for Scrollref and Refbox.

Including the section title

There have been suggestions to include section header markup such as ==References==. This is inadvisable because:

• There is no standard section name (see WP:Manual of Style/Layout § Notes and references).
• When transcluded, the article will have an edit link that will confusingly open the template for editing.

Obsolete parameters

These parameters are no longer in use:

• colwidth: Same as specifying a column-width for the first unnamed parameter. Replaced by width as unnamed first parameter.
• close: Until 2014, the parameter |close=1 was used to work around a bug involving multiple uses of {{Reflist}} on the same page. When the bug was fixed, this was removed. (For multiple uses on talk pages and other non-article pages structured in sections, see {{Reflist-talk}}.)

Articles using unsupported parameters are tracked in Category:Pages using reflist with unknown parameters (୦).

Template data

Limitations

Do not use {{reflist}} or other templates or modules that use {{#tag:references}} in numbered or unnumbered lists if the list is inside an HTML div tag. See the talk page (permalink) for examples and details.

ଛାଞ୍ଚ:No mark — :{{reflist}}
ଛାଞ୍ଚ:No mark — *{{reflist}}
ଛାଞ୍ଚ:No mark — #{{reflist}}
ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Yes check — {{reflist}}

See also

• Wiki: Citing sources – style guide for the citation of sources
• Wiki: Citation templates – templates for use with references
• {{Refbegin}} and {{Refend}} – format reference lists
• T53260 – Support editing tags to set multi-column display on/off

Variants

• {{Template reference list}} – version of reflist for use in templates
• {{Reflist-talk}} and {{Sources-talk}} – for use in talk page sections and other non-mainspace pages

References