This template is intended as a metatemplate for sidebar templates (vertically-aligned navigation (navbox) templates usually positioned on the righthand sides of pages) in the same spirit as {{Infobox}} for infobox templates and {{Navbox}} for navbox templates.
Use {{plainlist}} rather than <br />
to enclose unbulleted lists of items or links. See, for example, {{Bertrand Russell}}.
{{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
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·d·e") are to appear at the bottom of the sidebar, in which case the parameter name is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).
Principal
Parameter | Explanation |
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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. [[Image:...]] ).To add a caption below the image, use topimagecaption. |
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 topimage, full wikisyntax expected (i.e. [[Image:...]] ).To add a caption below the image, use imagecaption. |
headingstyle | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings. To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use headingNstyle, where N is the number of the section. |
contentstyle | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content. To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use contentNstyle, where N is the number of the section. |
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 | |
navbar | Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the {{navbar}} links appearing at the bottom of the sidebar. |
Other parameters
Parameter | Explanation |
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above | Corresponds to above parameter offered by {{Navbox}}. |
class (or bodyclass) |
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). |
style (or bodystyle) |
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. |
navbaroptions | Use to specify more options for 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
parameter to turn link wrapping off for the whole template.
Full blank syntax
(omitting sections 4 to penultimate)
{{Sidebar |name = {{subst:PAGENAME}} |class = <!--or bodyclass--> |style = <!--or bodystyle--> |cellspacing = |cellpadding = |sectdivider = |outertitle = |outertitleclass = |outertitlestyle = |topimage = |topimageclass = |topimagestyle = |topcaption = |topcaptionstyle = |pretitle = |pretitlestyle = |title = |titleclass = |titlestyle = |image = |imageclass = |imagestyle = |caption = |captionstyle = |abovestyle = |above = |headingstyle = |contentstyle = |heading1style = |heading1 = |content1style = |content1 = |heading2style = |heading2 = |content2style = |content2 = |heading3style = |heading3 = |content3style = |content3 = <!--etc.--> |heading35style = |heading35 = |content35style = |content35 = |belowstyle = |below = |navbar = |navbarstyle = |navbaroptions = |wraplinks = true/false }}
See also