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Everything below this line is a demo of Format TemplateData: read the source code, and expand the raw TemplateData section, to see how it all works.
Usage
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Format TemplateData in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Format TemplateData
This template formats TemplateData nicely on doc pages. It hides irrelevant information such as "Default: empty", and allows the use of formatting. Remember that the users of VisualEditor will not see this formatting; it is important to test your new TemplateData in VisualEditor to check that it makes sense without. (For all details of formatting available, see the template's page.) By default, ((TemplateData header)) is automatically inserted before the table.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <templatedata> template information | 1 | If the JSON and TNT parameters are not specified, this will be processed to extract the JSON. This option allows you to use the GUI TemplateData Editor, but it's a bit wonkier than giving the actual JSON object directly.
| String | optional |
| JSON template information | JSON | The code that would normally be wrapped in <templatedata> tags (not including the <templatedata> tags themselves. Links and basic text formatting should just work in the displayed table; see this template's page for full details. You should use HTML entities for special characters such as <>. Formatting options
| String | suggested |
| Commons “Data:Templatedata” subpage | TNT | If the JSON parameter is not specified, this is the name of the tabular data file storing the TemplateData file on Wikimedia Commons in the Data: namespace as a subpage of Data:Templatedata. This relies on Module:TNT.
| String | suggested |
| Show table of contents | TOC | If set to 1, inserts a table of contents for the whole page just after the description and before any parameter table.
| Boolean | suggested |
| Show TemplateDataHeader | header | If set to 0, hides the ((TemplateData header)) template. This is not generally recommended.
| Boolean | optional |
| Prevent TemplateData output | lazy | If set, other than to 0, prevents any real TemplateData being produced. Potentially useful if there are multiple instances of this template on a page but only one should be active. To clarify, this means that this template will not be understood by VisualEditor.
| Boolean | optional |
Using the template
Add the <templatedata> as usual, and then enclose it in a template call like ((Format TemplateData|1=<templatedata>...</templatedata>)).
Maintenance categories
- Category:Templates with TemplateData errors (0) – the template adds this category to template documentation pages with malformed TemplateData code.