Template:Tag/doc



A markup tag is an open angle brackets and the content within them, in a markup language, as XML or HTML:


 * For example, the   tag provides a title for the Web page.

This template provides a quick way to mention a markup-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Parameters
Required parameters shown in bold italics.


 * 1 (tagname above) : The XML/HTML tag's name (e.g. 100%, 100%).
 * 2 (type above) : To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented:
 * (default) : A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. ). To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty content parameter (for example, ).
 * : An open/start tag (e.g. ).
 * : A close/end tag (e.g. ).
 * or      or      : An empty element, formed with a single self-terminating tag (e.g. ); in HTML5 these are now known as "void" elements, though "empty" is the more common term.

produces:  This is for HTML elements; the page is hard-coded, so it cannot be used for, e.g., XML elements from a particular schema. If desired, a feature for specifying the link page can be added.
 * content : Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.
 * attribs : Attributes and values to be included as part of an open/start tag (this parameter can also be called params).
 * yes : Disable nowrap for long samples, so allowing wraps (line breaks).
 * yes : Link to the element's entry at the HTML element article, e.g.:

Global use and documentation
For a global use of this template in other sister or Wikimedia projects, after copying it to paste in the destination project, remember to change in the code:


 * p|pair = &lt;{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[HTML element#

by this one:


 * p|pair = &lt;{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[Wikipedia:en:HTML element#

Remark that the code   has been added.

For template documentation in the sister project, you can use Template:Wikipedia doc.