Template:Tag

<tag>...</tag>

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

This template is about 'displaying' markup tags. For 'using' markup tags, see the #tag magic word. For the inline maintenance tag, see Template:Fix.

{{tag|tagname [|type] [|content=text] [|attribs=attributes and values]}}

A markup tag is an open < and a close > angle brackets and the content within them, in a markup language, as XML or HTML:

For example, the <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.

This template provides a quick way to mention a markup-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Parameters

See also: Span and div

This template is for 'displaying' HTML/XML tags for elements with code markup. It can contain contents between the start and end tags, as well as attributes for the tag. (Note: To add markup tags, use the #tag magic word.)

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Tag name	1	XML/HTML tag's name. Use !-- for an HTML comment. Example includeonly	String	required
Type	2	To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented. For example, using "open" → <span>; "close" → </span>; "empty" → <br />. To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty "content" parameter → <span></span> Suggested values pair open close empty void single p o c e v s Default pair Example open	String	suggested
Disable nowrap	wrap	Disable nowrap for long samples, so allowing wraps (line breaks or newlines). Default no Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
CSS style	style	Replace the default CSS style: border:none; background:transparent. Default border:none; background:transparent; Example background: cornsilk	String	optional
Link?	link	Link to the element's entry in the [[HTML element]] article, For example: {{Tag | del | link=y}} produces: "<[[HTML element#del | del]]>...</del>". This is only for HTML elements; the page for the link is hard-coded. Suggested values yes y	Unknown	optional
params	params	no description	Unknown	optional
Attributes and values	attribs params	[[Attributes and values]] to be included as part of an open/start tag Example class="plainlinks"	String	suggested
Content	content	Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.	String	suggested

Global use and documentation

For a global use of this template in other sister or Wikimedia projects, after copying it to paste in the destination project, remember to change in the code:

|p|pair = <{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[HTML element#

by this one:

|p|pair = <{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[Wikipedia:en:HTML element#

Remark that the code Wikipedia:en: has been added.

For template documentation in the sister project, you can use Template:Wikipedia doc.

See also

• HTML tag
• {{HTMLElement}}
• {{XMLElement}}
• {{xtag}} adds a MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the extension page.
• #tag:, the parser function that generates working tags.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{Tj|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> {{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Same as above
{{Tji|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}</syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Same as above
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Example}} {{elc|Template:Example|Text|suffix}}	[[Template:Example]] [[Template:Example|Text]]suffix	Shows how wikilink would be entered in wiki markup, with optional link text and suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{ml-lua|Module:Example}}	require('Module:Example')	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>...</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{mwl|#if}} {{mwl|#if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Magic word links
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Tag/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.