Template:Flatlist/microformat
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This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists, per WP:FLATLIST and MOS:HLIST.
Lists output by {{Flatlist}} and {{Hlist}} are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.
Usage
{{flatlist}} starts a horizontal list, such as:
If this template is used with no parameters, {{endflatlist}} is required. For navigation boxes using {{navbox}}, one can set |listclass=hlist, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using {{hlist}} instead.
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content | 1 | The list to wrap. | Content | suggested |
| Extra Classes | class | Adds extra CSS classes to the containing div. | String | optional |
| CSS Style | style | Adds extra CSS properties to the containing div. Complex styles should not be used in articles (per MOS:DEVIATIONS) but may be acceptable on user, project and talk pages.
| String | optional |
| Indent | indent | Indents the list by a number of standard indents (one indent being 1.6em). (Useful in an indented discussion thread.)
| Number | optional |
Examples
{{flatlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}produces:
Alternative syntax
{{startflatlist}}
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
{{endflatlist}}produces:
Syntax for ordered lists
{{flatlist|
# [[first]]
# [[second]]
# [[3|third]]
# [[fourth]]
# [[fifth]]
# [[sixth]]
}}produces:
Using optional parameters
{{flatlist |indent=2
|style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow;
|class=nowraplinks |
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
}}produces:
Technical details
This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in Template:Hlist/styles.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary HTML list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists.
| Wikitext | Expanded template | HTML |
|---|---|---|
{{flatlist|
* cat
* dog
* horse
* cow
* sheep
* pig
}} |
'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000001B-QINU`"'<div class="hlist " > * cat * dog * horse * cow * sheep * pig </div> |
<div class="hlist">
<ul><li>cat</li>
<li>dog</li>
<li>horse</li>
<li>cow</li>
<li>sheep</li>
<li>pig</li></ul>
</div> |
Maintenance categories
See also
- {{endflatlist}}
- {{hlist}}
- {{plainlist}} and {{unbulleted list}}
- {{bulleted list}}
- {{ordered list}}
- {{nowrap}}
- {{pagelist}}
- WP:HLIST
