This template can be used to make a standard navigation box. It is intended for use within another template that standardises the title and contents of the box (see Template:Rune equipment). This template should not be used directly within articles, as it creates a maintenance burden to do so whenever the contents of the box have to be updated.
Syntax
{{Navbox
|state = uncollapsed, collapsed, plain, autocollapse (default)
|name = mandatory - name of the template
|style = optional - style for the whole table
|title = mandatory - navbox header
|gtitleN = optional - title of N-th group of items
|styleN = optional - style for groupN; i.e. text-align
|groupN = mandatory - list of groups of items
|fstyle = optional - style for footer ; i.e. text-align
|footer = optional - navbox footer
}}
Groups:
Groups of items can be added as parameters: group1, group2, group3, ... up to groupN.
Group title: Each group has its own title parameter: gtitle1, gtitle2, gtitle3, ... up to gtitleN.
Group style: Style may also be customised to each group in: style1, style2, style3, ... up to styleN.
Superscript: It is preferred to use superscript (<sup>) to denote variants of items that are already contained in the navbox.
Bullets: Create unordered lists with lines beginning with *.
States
Autocollapse: By default, the state of a navbox is "autocollapsed". This means that if the number of navboxes in a page exceeds the maximum allocation of the collapsible navboxes, then the remaining navboxes are collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Gadget-autocollapse.js.
Currently, the autocollapse allocation is 2. This means that if there are 3 navboxes in a page, the third and subsequent navboxes will be collapsed automatically.
Uncollapsed: Forces the navbox to be displayed.
Collapsed: The reverse of uncollapsed. Forces the navbox to be hidden instead.
Navboxes with a height of more than 300 pixels will also be collapsed automatically. For more information (or to change the setting), see MediaWiki:Gadget-autocollapse.js.
Plain: Removes the "show/hide" link.
Sub-groups
For larger navboxes, it may be necessary to include sub-groups within a particular group of items. It is also possible to collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox, see Collapsible sub-groups.
To create sub-groups within {{Navbox}}, certain parameters are to be included:
The parent navbox group (i.e. group2 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype2 = subgroup).
The nested navbox (sub-group) requires the inclusion of the sub-group parameter (subgroup = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the sub-group and the parent navbox.
For extremely long navboxes, it is recommended to use collapsible navboxes within the parent navbox. Further sub-groups can then be added to these collapsible navboxes.
To create collapsible sub-groups within {{Navbox}}, these parameters need to be included:
The parent navbox is almost always uncollapsed (state=uncollapsed).
The parent navbox group (i.e. group1 in the example below) requires the type parameter (gtype1 = subgroup).
The nested collapsible navbox requires the inclusion of the collapsible parameter (collapsible = yes). This enables the template to differentiate between the collapsible navbox and the parent navbox.
The nested collapsible navbox is forcefully collapsed (state=collapsed).
Navboxes are useful for transcluding categories onto a large number of pages that share both a trait and the navigation box. For example: Template:Rune equipment transcludes Category:Rune onto every page that uses it.
There are 2 methods of categorising pages with navboxes:
The preferred method is to use {{Ctg}}. This has the most simple rules but is the easiest to use.
The other method is to use {{Mainonly|rules}} and provide more complex rules with parser functions. Template:Potions is an example of this:
This code tells the template to add Category:Barbarian mixes to pages only if their title ends with the string "mix". {{ctg|Barbarian mixes::ifmatches[mix]}} would not work here, because several pages include the substring "mix" in other locations, and they would be improperly categorised.
Categorisation should only be used on a template for large-scale addition. For small numbers of pages it is simpler to directly add the category to each page.
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The Navbox template's documentation is automatically transcluded under the navbox on any Template namespace page. It is not transcluded when used as a sub-group or collapsible sub-group template (subgroup= yes or collapsible=yes).
Should the documentation appear when it is unwanted, it can be hidden by setting the doc parameter doc=no on the template. In most cases, the doc parameter is not used and the parameter is removed completely.
On a similar note, the automatically-added category Category:Navbox templates can be suppressed by adding hidecat=yes.
