Template:Dynamic navigation box

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v • d • e {{{title}}}
{{{body}}}

Contents 1 Blank 2 Parameters 2.1 Mandatory 2.2 Optional 3 Example 3.1 Code 3.2 Result 4 See also

[edit] Blank

{{Dynamic navigation box
|name    = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|title   =
|body    =
}}

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Mandatory

Parameter:

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

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

Contents of the navigation box. Use | to separate links. It is not possible to include a pipe ("|") in the contents as this symbol is used to separate parameters.

[edit] Optional

style

Specifies CSS values to apply to the template. For instance: text-align: (right|center|left|justified); width: (em, %, px, auto); float: (left|right|none); clear: (right|left|both|none); margin:...etc. This option should be used sparingly as it can lead to visual inconsistencies.

color

Header color. Default is #ccf. Use of this parameter is discouraged. Where it is used, care and consensus are needed as multiple navigational templates on one page with different titlebar colors will probably look unpleasant.

state

Defaults to autocollapse. If set to collapsed, the navbox will always start out in a collapsed state. If set to blank or anything other than autocollapse or collapsed, the navbox will always start out in an expanded state. A navbox with autocollapse will start out collapsed if there are 2 or more tables on the same page that use collapsible. For the technically minded, see MediaWiki:Common.js.

[edit] Example

[edit] Code

{{Dynamic navigation box
|name    = {{subst:{{PAGENAME}}}}
|title   = [[Wikipedia:Navigational templates|Navigational templates]]
|body    = [[Template:Cosmology|Cosmology]]{{·}} [[Template:General relativity|Relativity]]{{·}}
[[Template:Continents of the world|World continents]]
}}

[edit] Result

v • d • e Navigational templates
Cosmology · Relativity · World continents

[edit] See also

Navigation template comparison

view • talk • edit	collapsible	Header color†	Image	Groups	Style parameter	Example
{{Navigation}}	NavFrame	NavHead	No	No	No	{{OPEC}}
{{Navigation with image}}	NavFrame	NavHead	Left/right of body	No	No	{{HolmesNovels}}
{{Navigation with columns}}	NavFrame	NavHead	No	No	No
{{Dynamic navigation box}}	collapsible	navbox	No	No	Yes	{{CSUHeads}}
{{Dynamic navigation box with image}}	NavFrame	NavHead	Upper left	No	No	{{SlovakPMs}}
{{Navbox generic}}	collapsible	navbox	Right-hand side	Yes	Yes	{{Dilbert}}
{{Navbox generic with image}}	collapsible	navbox	Right-hand side	Yes	Yes	{{Jewish life}}
{{NavigationBox}}	No	navbox	Right of title+body	No	No	{{EPA}}
{{Commons:NavigationBox}}	No	#ccccff	Right of title+body	No	No
{{Commons:Dynamic navigation box}}	NavFrame	#ccccff	No	No	No
{{Commons:Dynamic navigation box with image}}	NavFrame	#ccccff	Upper left	No	No
† The background color for the header or title is inherited from the class listed below. The templates have titlebkg parameters that override the default.

Collapsible attributes

Type	CSS classes	Collapses when	Custom initial state	Nesting	Header color	Font size
NavFrame div	NavFrame, NavHead, NavContent	3+ of the same	No	Yes	#ccccff	95%
Collapsible table	collapsible, navbox	2+ of the same	Yes	No	#ccccff	90%
For the technically minded, see Common.css and Common.js.