Template:Navigation

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{{Navigation}} is a generic navigational template.

Contents 1 Blank 2 Parameters 2.1 Mandatory 2.2 Optional 3 Auto collapse logic 4 Example 4.1 Code 4.2 Result 5 See also

Blank

{{Navigation
| name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = 
| body  = 
}}

Parameters

Mandatory

name (or templateName)

The name of the template, which is needed for the "view · talk · edit" links to work properly on all of the pages where the template is used on. You can enter {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this value as a shortcut.

title (or header)

Text that appears centered in the titlebar (the top bar). Usually this is the template's topic, i.e. a succinct description of the body contents.

body

The material contained by the template, usually a list or list of links. Use | to separate links. It is not possible to include a pipe ("|") in the contents as this symbol is used to separate parameters. Format is inline.

Optional

color

Header color. Default is #efefef. Use of this parameter is discouraged. Care/consensus needed when using this parameter as multiple navigational templates on one page using different titlebar colors is likely to look unpleasant.

cat (or category)

The category or categories to which a page sporting the template will become a member.

Auto collapse logic

A navbox will start out collapsed if there are 4 or more tables on the same page that is implemented with NavFrame. For the technical minded, see MediaWiki:Common.js.

See also Wikipedia:NavFrame.

Example

Code

{{Navigation
| name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = [[Countries of the world|Countries]] of [[Central Asia]]
| cat   = [[Category:Central Asian countries]]
| body  =
[[Afghanistan]]{{·}}
[[Kazakhstan]]{{·}}
[[Kyrgyzstan]]{{·}}
[[Mongolia]]{{·}}
[[Russia]]{{·}}
[[Tajikistan]]{{·}}
[[Turkmenistan]]{{·}}
[[Uzbekistan]]
}}

Result

See also

v • d • e	Collapsible	Image	Groups	Default Header Color	Style Parameter	Real Example
{{Navigation}}	Using NavFrame	No	No	#efefef	No	{{OPEC}}
{{Navigation with image}}	Using NavFrame	Left/right to the body	No	#efefef	No	{{Arab League}}
{{Dynamic navigation box}}	Using collapsible	No	No	#ccccff	Yes	{{CSUHeads}}
{{Dynamic navigation box with image}}	Using NavFrame	Upper left	No	#efefef	No	{{SPDHeads}}
{{Navbox generic}}	Using collapsible	No	Yes	#ccccff	Yes	{{Dilbert}}
{{NavigationBox}}	No	Right to both header and body	No	#ccccff	No	{{GermanPresidents}}
{{NavigationBox}}	Broken
{{Dynamic navigation box}}	Using NavFrame	No	No	#ccccff	No
{{Dynamic navigation box with image}}	Using NavFrame	Upper left	No	#efefef	No

	autocollapse logic	custom initial state	hide/show position
NavFrame	4 or more of the same	No	Right
collapsible	2 or more of the same	Yes	Left

{{NavigationBox}} (Image breaks titlebar; template deprecated? David Kernow (talk) 02:23, 29 November 2006 (UTC))