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This template creates a paragraph with a hanging indent.
This template has one parameter, which may be unnamed, numbered as |1=
, or named as either |text=
or |content=
. It is always safest to use the number or a name, since if it is unnamed, any =
(equals) character in the content will break the template.
Wiki-markup example:
((Hanging indent |text=((Lorem ipsum))))
produces:
The semantic HTML methods shown here are preferable, especially in actual article text, to abusing association list markup (i.e., beginning lines with the |
The entire paragraph itself can be indented and still preserve this hanging-indent effect relevant to its own indentation:
((Hanging indent |text=((in5))((Lorem ipsum))))
produces a slight indentation of wrapped material:
(But note that this will not work:
((in5))((Hanging indent |text=((Lorem ipsum))))
because it's trying to apply inline style to a block element.)
((block indent|1=((Hanging indent |text=((Lorem ipsum)))) ))
produces full indentation of wrapped material:
Note: Do not abuse ((Quote)), ((Pull quote)), <blockquote>
, or any other block quotation markup for non-quotations; the ((block indent)) template exists for a reason.
TemplateData for Hanging indent
This template creates a paragraph with a hanging indent.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Indent | indent | Indentation level as a CSS length.
| String | optional |
Content | text content 1 | no description | Content | required |