Template:Tag/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Tag. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 7,300 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

A markup tag is an open angle bracket < and a close angle bracket > and the content within them, in a markup language such as XML, HTML, or wikitext (which supports some 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. It is mainly used in discussion/help pages. For example, enter {{tag|title}} to render <title>...</title>.

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

(square brackets = optional)

For nested tags, use the |content= parameter of the outer template to house the inner tag:

{{tag|div|content={{tag|span}}}} renders <div><span>...</span></div>

In certain contexts, nestling the tags in this way breaks the code. In these cases you will have to supply inner tags as plain wiki markup (meaning that the only benefit of this template is not having to do so for the outermost tag). In this example we wrap the inner tags in <nowiki>...</nowiki> tags:

{{tag|div|content=<nowiki><span>...</span></nowiki>}}

renders <div><span>...</span></div>

Compare to not using this template at all, instead wrapping our nested tags in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> tags:

<code><nowiki><div><span>...</span></div></nowiki></code>

renders <div><span>...</span></div>

It is up to each editor to decide whether using this template is worth it in these cases.

|1=  (tagname above) (required)

The XML/HTML tag's name (e.g. code, ref). Use special value !-- for an HTML comment.

|2=  (type above)

To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented:

p  (pair) (default)

A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. <div>...</div>).

To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter. For example, {{tag|div|p|content=}} produces <div></div>.

o  (open)

An open/start tag (e.g. <span>).

c  (close)

A close/end tag (e.g. </span>).

e  (empty)  or  s  (single)  or  v  (void)

An empty element, formed with a single self-terminating tag (e.g. use {{tag|hr|s}} to render <hr />); in HTML5 these are now known as "void" elements, though "empty" is the more common term.

|content=

Text to place between, after, before or inside (depending on |type=) the tag(s). To suppress any text between the tags, supply an empty parameter: |content=. The default changes with the type. For |2=pair the default is the ellipsis ("..."). For |2=open and |2=close, the default is nothing, as if |content=. For |2=single the default is a single space.

|attribs= or |params=

Attributes and values to be included as part of an open/start tag. This parameter is ignored if |2=close

|wrap=yes

Disable nowrap for long samples, so allowing wraps (line breaks).

|link=yes

Link to the element's entry in the HTML element article. This is only for HTML elements; the page for the link is hard-coded.

|style=

Replace the default CSS style. Use special value |style=plain as a shortcut for border:none; background:transparent.

{{tag|ref}}

{{tag|ref|content=}}

{{tag|ref|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|content=foo}}

{{tag|span|open}}

{{tag|span|open|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|close|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}

{{tag|ref|open|attribs=group="note"}}

{{tag|references|single}}

{{tag|br|single}}

{{tag|!--|content=comment}}

{{tag|math|attribs=chem}}

{{tag|a
 |attribs=href="https://profilbaru.com/en/<nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>"
 |content=English Wikipedia
 |wrap=yes}}

{{Tag|del|link=y}}

{{tag|div|style=background: cornsilk}}

{{Tag|div|style=plain}}

For a global use of this template in other sister or Wikimedia projects, after copy-pasting in the destination project, remember to change the code:

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

• 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.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{Hatnote
   | Some text
   | selfref = yes
   | category = no
   | lang = fr
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

{{Hatnote
    | Some text
    | selfref = yes
    | category = no
    | lang = fr
}}

{{hatnote|Some text}}