Template:Xtag

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This template adds a formatted MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the help or extension page. This template is similar to {{tag}}, but it links the tag and defaults to open.

Parser and extension tags

For a machine-generated list, see Special:Version#mw-version-parser-extensiontags. It may include tags not documented here.

Parser tags

<gallery>, <includeonly>, <noinclude>, <nowiki>, <onlyinclude>, <pre>

Extension tags

<categorytree>, <charinsert>, <chem> (alias <ce>), <graph>, <hiero>, <imagemap>, <indicator>, <inputbox>, <mapframe>, <maplink>, <math>, <math chem>, <poem>, <ref>, <references>, <score>, <section>, <syntaxhighlight> (alias <source>), <templatedata>, <templatestyles>, <timeline>

Parameters

• first parameter (mandatory): the name of the HTML tag
• second parameter: what type of tag to display:
  • p or pair: display a matched pair of open-and-close tags
    • To suppress the ellipsis which appears between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter
  • o or open (default): display only the opening tag of an open-and-close pair
  • c or close: display only the closing tag of an open-and-close pair
  • s or single: display a single tag
• content= the text content of the tags
• params= any parameters to be included in the opening tag

Examples

Markup	Renders as
{{xtag|nowiki}}	<nowiki>
{{xtag|nowiki|s}}}	<nowiki />

Markup → Renders as:
{{xtag|syntaxhighlight|p|params=inline lang="text"}} →
<syntaxhighlight inline lang="text">...</syntaxhighlight>

See also

• {{tag}}

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:Tln	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}}	Example#hello || Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	Template:Mfl	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}}	Template:Ml-lua	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}}	Template:Sclx	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WV: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}}	Template:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Template:Pf Template:Pf	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	Template:Magic word	Magic word links

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