sidebar
This template is intended as a metatemplate for sidebar templates (vertically-aligned navigation (navbox) templates usually positioned on the right-hand sides of pages) in the same spirit as } for infobox templates and } for navbox templates.
Template documentation{{Sidebar with collapsible lists}} adds collapsibility to a Sidebar's sections, i.e. the means to show or hide sections by clicking links beside their headings.
Usage
| {{{topimage}}} |
| {{{pretitle}}} |
| {{{title}}} |
|---|
| {{{image}}} |
| {{{above}}} |
| {{{heading1}}} |
| {{{content1}}} |
| {{{heading2}}} |
| {{{content2}}} |
| {{{heading3}}} |
| {{{content3}}} |
| ................ |
| {{{heading35}}} |
| {{{content35}}} |
| {{{below}}} |
Parameters with infrequent use omitted.
{{sidebar | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | outertitle = | topimage = | pretitle = | title = | image = | headingstyle = | contentstyle = | heading1 = | content1 = | heading2 = | content2 = | heading3 = | content3 = ... | heading35 = | content35 = }} Parameters
No parameters are required unless {{navbar}} links (V - T - E) are to appear at the bottom of the sidebar, in which case the |name= parameter is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).
Principal
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
|name= | The sidebar's name, i.e., the name following "Template:" in the page's name. Required for the {{navbar}} links at the bottom of the sidebar to function correctly, unless these are omitted (see |navbar= at the bottom of this table). It is recommended to use {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this field. |
|outertitle= | Use to place a title for the sidebar immediately above the sidebar. |
|topimage= | Use to place an image at the top of the sidebar, i.e., above any |title= included.Full wikisyntax expected (i.e., |
|pretitle= | Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title. |
|title= | Use to place a title for the sidebar at the top of the sidebar (immediately below the |topimage=, if used). |
|image= | Use to place an image between the |title= (if used) and first section.As with |
|headingstyle= | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings. To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use |
|contentstyle= | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content. To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use |
|heading1= | First section's heading (if needed). |
|content1= | First section's content (required). |
|heading2= | Second section's heading (if needed). |
|content2= | Second section's content (if needed). |
|heading3= | Third section's heading (if needed). |
|content3= | Third section's content (if needed). |
| ...... etc ...... | |
|heading35= | Currently, the last possible section heading and/or content (if needed). |
|content35= | |
Other parameters
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
|above= | Corresponds to |above= offered by {{Navbox}}. |
| Microformat classes for the corresponding parameters. |
|below= | Use to, e.g., add one or more portal links to the bottom of the template (by default in bold). |
| Use to alter default CSS styling for the corresponding parameters. |
|cellspacing= | Use to amend the default cellspacing set for the infobox-class table with which the sidebar is built. |
|cellpadding= | Ditto the default cellpadding. |
|navbar= (or |tnavbar=) | Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the {{navbar}} links appearing at the bottom of the sidebar. |
|navbarfontstyle= (or |tnavbarfontstyle=) | Use to specify the font style used by the navbar at the bottom of the sidebar (see {{navbar}} for options available). |
Handling long links
{{Normalwraplink}} may be used to handle links that should wrap within the sidebar or otherwise need to be made to wrap in order to prevent the sidebar becoming too wide. Use {{Normalwraplink|longlinkname}}, where |longlinkname is the long link without its square brackets.
Use the |wraplinks=true parameter to turn link wrapping off for the whole template.
Full blank syntax
(omitting sections 4 to penultimate)
{{Sidebar | name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} | bodyclass = | bodystyle = | width = | cellspacing = | cellpadding = | outertitle = | outertitleclass = | outertitlestyle = | topimage = | topimageclass = | topimagestyle = | topcaption = | topcaptionstyle = | pretitle = | pretitleclass = | pretitlestyle = | title = | titleclass = | image = | imageclass = | imagestyle = | caption = | captionstyle = | above = | aboveclass = | abovestyle = | headingclass = | headingstyle = | contentclass = | contentstyle = | heading1style = | heading1 = | content1style = | content1 = | heading2style = | heading2 = | content2style = | content2 = | heading3style = | heading3 = | content3style = | content3 = | heading35style = | heading35 = | content35style = | content35 = | below = | belowclass = | belowstyle = | navbar = | navbarstyle = | navbarfontstyle = | wraplinks = true/false }}