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The '''template link''' template is a simple [[w:Macro (computer science)|macro]] [[m:Help:template|template]] used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation. A short example is:
 
::<code><nowiki>{{tl|Example}}</nowiki></code>
:which generates
::{{tl|Example}}
 
<templatedata>{
"description": "This template displays a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation.",
"params": {
  "1": {
    "label": "template name",
    "description": "the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically",
    "type": "line",
    "required": true
  }
}}</templatedata>
 
More complex variations are described below.
 
==Example==
{| class="wikitable"
! Code
! Result
! Notes
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl|Void}}</nowiki></code>
| {{[[Template:Void|Void]]}}
| Standard usage
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tls|Void}}</nowiki></code>
| {{[[Wikipedia:Substitution|subst]]:[[Template:Example|Example]]}}
| For templates that should be [[Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|X1}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}{{{SISTER|}}}{{ns:Template}}:X1|X1]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
| This formats the link to show how it would look in code
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[{{{LANG|}}}M:{{ns:Template}}:3x|3x]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
| Same as above, for templates on another Wikimedia project (such as meta)
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}}</nowiki></code>
| <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>[http://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/Vorlage:WP WP]<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code><!--
––––– This is currently a fraudulent output result... the template code needs modified to work
––––– per this plan, then this /doc file fixed up to match whatever the correct syntax actually is.
––––– ALMOST work:
[[:de:wikibooks:{{ns:template}}:WP|WP]]
[[de:wikibooks:{{ns:template}}:WP|WP]]
-->
| For templates on another language project
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{tl|1==)}}</nowiki></code>
| {{tl|1==)}}
| Use the format <code><nowiki>{{tl|1=templatename}}</nowiki></code> if the template contains template coding characters such as {{tl|1==)}} or {{tl|1=!}}
|}
 
== See also ==
{{Template-linking templates}}
 
<includeonly>
{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|sandbox | |
[[Category:Internal template-link templates]]
}}
</includeonly>

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The template link template is a simple macro template used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation. A short example is:

{{tl|Example}}
which generates
{{Example}}

This template displays a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
template name1

the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically

Linerequired

More complex variations are described below.

Example

Code Result Notes
{{tl|Void}} {{Void}} Standard usage
{{tls|Void}} {{subst:Example}} For templates that should be substituted
{{tl2|X1}} {{X1}} This formats the link to show how it would look in code
{{tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}} {{3x}} Same as above, for templates on another Wikimedia project (such as meta)
{{tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}} {{WP}} For templates on another language project
{{tl|1==)}} {{=)}} Use the format {{tl|1=templatename}} if the template contains template coding characters such as {{=)}} or {{!}}

See also

Template:Template-linking templates


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