Template:PhysicsNavigation/doc

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This template creates a navigation template for a larger subject when supplied with the desired topic and subtopics. It is especially purposed for browsing in a physics subfield, while mentioning all necessary topics

[edit] Usage

Please remove the parameters that are left blank.

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name       =
|Image      =
|Label      =
|KeyItems   =
|Topic1     =
|Items1     =
|Topic2     =
|Items2     =
  ...
|Topic8     =
|Items8     =
|Scientists =
}}

[edit] Parameters

[edit] Mandatory

Name

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

Topic1

The Name or Category of the Subfields, can also be a link

Items1

The links to the subfield, please use <br \> for new line and {{·}} for separating the fields.

[edit] Optional

Image

An image under the name of the template. Use either Image or Label

Label

A general Label, most likely a math formula like

<math>\part \int L ds = 0</math>. Use either Label or Image

LabelId

Description or link of the Image or Label

KeyItems

Important links for the field at large, that will be out of collapsible boxes.

Topic2

Other subfields. Up to 8 topics (Topic2..Topic8) are supported.

Items2

The links to the subfields, please use <pre><br \> for new line and · for separating the fields

Scientists

A List of Scientists with important contributions in this field.

[edit] Examples

[edit] Example 1

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name  = Plasmaphysics
|Image = Plasma.jpg
|LabelId = [[Plasma lamp]]
|KeyItems = [[Plasma]] · [[MHD]]
|Topic1 = Description
|Items1 = [[Vlasov]] · [[MHD]]<br \> [[Two-Fluid]]
}}

[edit] Example 2

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name = Continuum mechanics
|Image = BernoullisLawDerivationDiagram.png
|KeyItems = [[Conservation of mass]]<br />[[Conservation of momentum]]<br />
[[Navier-Stokes equations]]
|Topic1 = [[Classical mechanics]]
|Items1 = [[Stress (physics)|Stress]] · [[Strain (materials science)|Strain]]
 · [[Tensor]]<br />
|Topic2 = [[Solid mechanics]]
|Items2 = [[Solid]]s · [[Elasticity (physics)|Elasticity]]<br />
[[Plasticity (physics)|Plasticity]] · [[Hooke's law]]<br />[[Rheology]] · [[Viscoelasticity]]
|Topic3 = [[Fluid mechanics]]
|Items3 = [[Fluid]]s · [[Fluid statics]]<br />[[Fluid dynamics]]
 · [[Viscosity]] · [[Newtonian fluid]]s<br />[[Non-Newtonian fluid]]s<br />[[Surface tension]]
|Scientists = [[Isaac Newton|Newton]] · [[George Gabriel Stokes|Stokes]]
 · [[Claude-Louis Navier|Navier]]
|}}

[edit] Example 3

That the navigation box automatically collapses if the user views an item which is defined inside a <italic>Topic<italic/>. You have to pass the cTopic variable to PhysicsNavigation.

cTopic = {{{cTopic}}}

for example

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name = String theory
|Image = Point&string.png
|KeyItems = [[Superstring theory]]
|Topic1 = Theory
|Items1 = [[Bosonic string theory]]<br />[[M-theory]] ([[M-theory (simplified)|simplified]])<br />
[[type I string theory|Type I string]] · [[type II string theory|Type II string]]<br />
[[String field theory]] · [[Heterotic string]]
|Topic2 = Concepts
|Items2 = [[String (physics)|Strings]] · [[Branes]] 
|Topic3 = Related Topics
|Items3 = [[Supersymmetry]] · [[Supergravity]] · [[Quantum gravity]]
|Scientists = [[Edward Witten|Witten]]
|cTopic = {{{cTopic}}}
}}

inside the article's page, add the template plus the parameter cTopic= which is named after the browsed topic. Note both names have to match exactly ! For example, in the page about Branes add

{{String-theory|cTopic=Concepts}}

and the topic Concepts uncollapses

[edit] Results

Example 1	Example 2	Example 3
Plasmaphysics Plasma lamp Plasma · MHD Description Vlasov · MHD Two-Fluid This box: view • talk • edit	Continuum mechanics Conservation of mass Conservation of momentum Navier-Stokes equations Classical mechanics Stress · Strain · Tensor Solid mechanics Solids · Elasticity Plasticity · Hooke's law Rheology · Viscoelasticity Fluid mechanics Fluids · Fluid statics Fluid dynamics · Viscosity · Newtonian fluids Non-Newtonian fluids Surface tension Scientists Newton · Stokes · Navier This box: view • talk • edit	String theory Superstring theory Theory String theory Superstrings Bosonic string theory M-theory (simplified) Type I string · Type II string Heterotic string String field theory Holographic principle Concepts Strings · Branes Calabi–Yau manifold Kac–Moody algebra D-brane E8 Lie group Related Topics Supersymmetry Supergravity Quantum gravity Scientists Veneziano · Susskind · Ramond · Schwarz · Mandelstam · Scherk · Polyakov · Green · Witten · Gross · Polchinski · Vafa · Sen · Townsend · Duff · Maldacena This box: view • talk • edit

[edit] See also

• Template:Navbox