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Commons

This template creates a navigational template when supplied with text for the title and body (usually a list of links).

Contents

[edit] Usage

[edit] Example 1

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

[edit] Example 2

{{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]]
}}
v • d • e
Navigational templates

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Mandatory

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. To separate links | ( | ) or • ( • ) or {{·}} ( · ) to separate links. It is not possible to include a pipe ( | ) in the contents as this symbol is used to separate parameters.

[edit] Optional

name
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.
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
Title background 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.
fontcolor
Title font color. Also used by the {{tnavbar}} template (v-d-e links).
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] See also

Navigation template comparison
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 collapsible Header color Image Groups Style (body)
parameter/s		 Examples
{{Navbox}} collapsible navbox Left/right of body Yes Yes {{USCongress}}, {{Solar System}}
{{Navbox with columns}} collapsible navbox Left/right of columns No Yes {{Current U.S. Senators}}, {{Czech lands}}
{{Navbox with collapsible groups}} collapsible navbox Left/right of body and/or in each list Yes Yes {{University of Michigan}}, {{Scouting}}
Collapsible attributes
Type CSS classes Javascript Collapses when Custom
initial state		 Nesting
Collapsible tables collapsible Defined in Common.js 2 or more autocollapse on page Yes Yes