Template: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 {Infobox} for infobox templates and {Navbox} for navbox templates.
{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 = <!--or class-->
| bodystyle = <!--or style-->
| 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 =
<!--etc.-->
| heading35style =
| heading35 =
| content35style =
| content35 =
| below =
| belowclass =
| belowstyle =
| navbar = <!--or tnavbar-->
| navbarstyle = <!--or tnavbarstyle-->
| navbarfontstyle = <!--or tnavbarfontstyle-->
| wraplinks = true/false
}