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Template:Lts is a smaller variant of ((Lt)) with pleasant output, for use especially also on browsers which don't support ·.

Usage

((Lts|template)) shows links for the specified template.
((Lts)) shows links for a template wrt the ((PAGENAME)).

Example

Code Result
((Lts|Lt)) Template:Lt(edit talk links history)
((Lts)) Template:Lts/doc(edit talk links history)

See also

Template:Las(edit talk links history) 'Lts' formatted, but for anything,
 Defaults to article space, but accepts category or template, etc. namespace prefixes too.
Template:Lts(edit talk links history) for templates (List Template Short ["Lt"])
Template:Lcs(edit talk links history) for categories
Template:Lps(edit talk links history) for ((ns:Project)) (= Wikipedia)
Template:Ltsmeta(edit talk links history) for templates copied from Meta
Template:Lts/(edit talk links history) for template lists (see below)
Template:Lx(edit talk links history) boilerplate for the Lx family
Category:Internal link templates for a comparison of this zoo see below
Template:Lps (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Lts (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Ltsmeta (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta

Comparison

We got a zoo of similar templates, pick what you like. This list is probably incomplete and intentionally omits variants with parameters like ((Tlx)) and the various redirects.

Source Code Result
links talk edit ((lt|x4)) Template:X4 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
links talk edit ((lts|x4)) Template:X4(edit talk links history)
links talk edit ((lts/|x4)) links talk edit
links talk edit ((tetl|x4)) ((x4))
links talk edit
links talk edit ((ti|x4)) Template:x4 (talk · links · edit)
links talk edit ((tic|x4)) Template:x4 (talk links edit)
links talk edit ((tiw|x4)) Template:x4 (backlinks edit)
links talk edit ((tl|x4)) ((x4))
links talk edit ((tn|x4)) ((x4))
links talk edit ((tlc|x4)) ((x4))
links talk edit ((tls|x4)) ((subst:x4))
links talk edit ((tlsetl|x4)) ((subst:x4))
 links talk edit
links talk edit ((tlt|x4)) ((x4)) (talk)
links talk edit ((ttl|x4)) ((x4)) (t/l)
links talk edit ((twlh|x4)) Template:x4 (links, talk)
These tables:

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced
Text style ↓ ((tlg)) options[note 1]
to achieve text style 		Link style
Linked Unlinked Linked with subst Unlinked with subst Linked including braces Linked with alternative text
((tlg)) options[note 1]
to achieve link style 		— DEFAULT nolink=yes subst=yes nolink=yes|subst=yes braceinside=yes alttext=Foo
2=Foo
normal DEFAULT ((tlg))[note 1]
((tl))
((tlp|1|2|...))[note 2]
((Template:tlu))[note 3] 		((tlf))[note 2]
<template link> 		((subst:tls))
((subst:Template:tlsu))[note 3] 		((subst:tlsf))[note 2]
<template link> 		((tn)) ((tla))
code code=yes ((tl2))
((tlx))
((Template:tlxu))[note 3] 		((tlc))[note 2]
<template link>
((tnull))<template link> 		((subst:tlxs)) ((subst:tlsc))[note 2]
<template link> 		—
monospace plaincode=yes[note 4] — ((subst:tltss))[note 5] —
kbd kbd=yes[note 5]
bold bold=yes ((tlb)) —
bold+code bold=yes|code=yes ((tlxb))
italic+code italic=yes|code=yes ((tlxi))
  1. ^ a b c ((tlg)) is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
  2. ^ a b c d e Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
  3. ^ a b c Allows links to templates in any namespace.
  4. ^ ((tlg|plaincode=yes)) uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;">...</code>.
  5. ^ a b Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;">...</span>.

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters
Code example Effect Notes
((Tj|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr))
((Hatnote
| Some text
| selfref = yes
| category = no
| lang = fr
))
 Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters 
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
((Hatnote
   | Some text
   | selfref = yes
   | category = no
   | lang = fr
))
</syntaxhighlight>

((Hatnote
    | Some text
    | selfref = yes
    | category = no
    | lang = fr
))
Same as above
((Tji|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr)) ((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr)) Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr))</syntaxhighlight> ((Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr)) Same as above
((tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr)) ((hatnote)) Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
((demo|<nowiki>((Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text))</nowiki>)) 
((hatnote|lang=fr|Some text))
Some text
 Shows code and example
((tln|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote Produces a normal link to the template
((elc|Template:Hatnote))
((elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote)) 		[[Template:Hatnote]]
[[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]		 Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
((ml|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Counterpart to ((tl)) for linking to Lua modules
((mfl|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Similar to ((ml)), but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
((mlx|Example|hello)) ((#invoke:Example|hello)) Counterpart to ((tlx)) for linking to Lua modules
((ml-lua|Module:Example|hello)) require('Module:Example') Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
((para|title|<var>book title</var>)) |title=book title Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
((sclx|LASTING)) [[WP:LASTING]] Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
((tag|ref))
((xtag|templatedata)) 		<ref>...</ref>
<templatedata>		 Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
((dtl|Ping project)) ((d:Ping project)) Wikidata counterpart to ((tl))
((pf|if))
((pf|if|(({1))}|true|false)) 		((#if))
((#if:(({1))}|true|false))		 Parser function equivalent to ((tl))
((magic word|uc:)) ((uc:)) Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)
Code example Effect
((lt|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
((lts|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
((t links|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
((tfd links|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
((tetl|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote))
links talk edit
((tsetl|Hatnote)) ((subst:Hatnote))
 links talk edit
((ti|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk · links · edit)
((tic|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
((tim|Hatnote)) m:Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
((tiw|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
((tlt|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (talk)
((ttl|Hatnote)) ((Hatnote)) (t/l)
((twlh|Hatnote)) Template:Hatnote (links, talk)


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