Template:Infobox/sandbox

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See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Module:Infobox (sandbox)

{{Infobox}} is a meta-template: used to organise an actual {{Infobox sometopic}} template (like {{Infobox Version}}).

For [[Template:Infobox sometopic]], template code then looks like this, simplified:

{{Infobox
| title    = {{{title|{{PAGENAME}}}}}
| image    = {{{image|}}}
| caption1 = {{{caption|}}}

| label1   = Former names
|  data1   = {{{former_names|}}}

| header2  = General information

| label3   = Status
|  data3   = {{{status|}}}
... <!-- etc. -->
}}

Optional control parameters

nocat: If this is set to "yes", the current page will not be autocategorized in a maintenance category when the generated infobox has some problems or no visible data section. Leave empty by default or set to "yes" to activate it.

Content parameters

Title

title: Text to put within the uppermost cell of the table.

Illustration images

image(n): images to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example [[File:example.png|200px|alt=Example alt text]].
caption(n): Text to put underneath the images.

Main data

header(n): Text to use as a header in row n.
label(n): Text to use as a label in row n.
data(n): Text to display as data in row n.

Note: for any given value for (n), not all combinations of parameters are permitted. The presence of a |header(n)= will cause the corresponding |data(n)= (and |rowclass(n)= |label(n)=, see below) to be ignored; the absence of a |data(n)= will cause the corresponding |label(n)= to be ignored. Valid combinations for any single row are:

|class(n)= |header(n)=
|rowclass(n)= |class(n)= |data(n)=
|rowclass(n)= |label(n)= |class(n)= |data(n)=

Number ranges

To allow flexibility when the layout of an infobox is changed, it may be helpful when developing an infobox to use non-contiguous numbers for header and label/data rows. Parameters for new rows can then be inserted in future without having to renumber existing parameters. For example:

 | header3  = Section 1
 |  label5  = Label A
 |   data5  = Data A
 |  label7  = Label C
 |   data7  = Data C
 | header10 = Section 2
 |  label12 = Label D
 |   data12 = Data D

There is no upper limit on numbers but there must be at most 50 between each used number.

Making data fields optional

A row with a label but no data is not displayed. This allows for the easy creation of optional infobox content rows. To make a row optional use a parameter that defaults to an empty string, like so:

 | label5 = Population
 |  data5 = {{{population|}}}

This way if an article doesn't define the population parameter in its infobox the row won't be displayed.

For more complex fields with pre-formatted contents that would still be present even if the parameter wasn't set, you can wrap it all in an "#if" statement to make the whole thing vanish when the parameter is not used. For instance, the "#if" statement in the following example reads "#if:the parameter mass has been supplied |then display it, followed by 'kg'":

 | label6 = Mass
 |  data6 = {{ #if: {{{mass|}}} | {{{mass}}} kg }}

For more on #if, see here.

Footer

footer: Text to put in the bottom cell. The bottom cell is intended for footnotes, navigation links, see-also, and other such information.

HTML classes

bodyclass: This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the infobox as a whole.
titleclass: This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the infobox's title cell.
imagerowclass(n): These parameters are inserted into the class attribute for the complete table row their respective image is on.
imageclass: This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the image.
rowclass(n): This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the specified row including the label and data cells.
class(n): This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the data cell of the specified row. If there's no data cell it has no effect.
footerclass: This parameter is inserted into the class attribute for the infobox's footer cell.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Infobox

This template is intended as a meta template, a template used for constructing other templates. In general, it is not meant for use directly in an article but can be used on a one-off basis if required.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template has custom formatting.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Title	`title`	Title displayed in the uppermost cell of the infobox	String	suggested
Image	`image`	Image illustrating the topic. Use full image syntax. Example [[File:example.png\|200px\|alt=Example alt text]]	Content	suggested
Caption	`caption`	caption for the image	Content	suggested

Tracking categories

Category:Articles using infobox templates with no data rows (9)