Template:Infobox/doc - Revision history

w>DocWatson42: /* top */ Corrected a misspelling and performed other minor cleanup.

2026-08-25T05:49:55Z

top: Corrected a misspelling and performed other minor cleanup.

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		⚫	{{Distinguish\|Template:Userbox}}
	{{Documentation subpage}}		{{Documentation subpage}}
	<!-- Please place categories where indicated at the bottom of this page and interwikis at Wikidata (see [[Wikipedia:Wikidata]]) -->		<!-- Please place categories where indicated at the bottom of this page and interwikis at Wikidata (see [[Wikipedia:Wikidata]]) -->
⚫	{{Distinguish\|Template:Userbox}}
	{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}\|sandbox\|\|{{High-use}}}}		{{#ifeq:{{SUBPAGENAME}}\|sandbox\|\|{{High-use}}}}
	{{Lua\|Module:Infobox}}		{{Lua\|Module:Infobox}}
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	\|label6={{{label2}}} \|data6={{{data2}}}		\|label6={{{label2}}} \|data6={{{data2}}}
	\|data7=( ''or'' )<br/><div style="padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px dashed #ccc;">{{{data2}}}</div>		\|data7=( ''or'' )<br/><div style="padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px dashed #ccc;">{{{data2}}}</div>
	\|data9=<div style="padding:0.75em 0 0.5em;">( ''etc'' )</div>		\|data9=<div style="padding:0.75em 0 0.5em;">( ''etc.'' )</div>
	\|below		\|below
	}}		}}

	'''[[Template:Infobox]]''' is intended as a [[:Category:Metatemplates\|metatemplate]]: a template used for constructing other templates.		'''[[Template:Infobox]]''' is intended as a [[:Category:Metatemplates\|metatemplate]]: a template used for constructing other templates. It is used to organise an actual <kbd>{<nowiki/>{Infobox ''topic''}<nowiki/>}</kbd> template (e.g. {{tl\|Infobox building}}). In general, this template is not meant for use directly in an article, but can be used on a one-off basis if required.
	It is used to organise an actual <kbd>{<nowiki/>{Infobox ''topic''}<nowiki/>}</kbd> template (e.g. {{tl\|Infobox building}}).
	In general, this template is not meant for use directly in an article, but can be used on a one-off basis if required.

	See [[Wikipedia:List of infoboxes]] and [[:Category:Infobox templates]] for lists of prepared topic-specific infoboxes.		See [[Wikipedia:List of infoboxes]] and [[:Category:Infobox templates]] for lists of prepared topic-specific infoboxes. [[Help:Infobox]] contains an introduction to the recommended content and design of infoboxes; [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes]] contains additional style guidelines.
	[[Help:Infobox]] contains an introduction to the recommended content and design of infoboxes; [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Infoboxes]] contains additional style guidelines.

	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
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	== Embedding ==		== Embedding ==
	<!--Linked from [[Template:Subinfobox bodystyle/doc]]-->		<!--Linked from [[Template:Subinfobox bodystyle/doc]]-->
	One infobox template can be embedded into another using the {{para\|child}} parameter. This feature can be used to create a modular infobox, or to create better-defined logical sections. Long ago, it was necessary to use embedding in order to create infoboxes with more than 99 rows; but nowadays there's no limit to the number of rows that can be defined in a single instance of <code><nowiki>{{infobox}}</nowiki></code>.		One infobox template can be embedded into another using the {{para\|child}} parameter. This feature can be used to create a modular infobox, or to create better-defined logical sections. Long ago, it was necessary to use embedding in order to create infoboxes with more than 99 rows; but nowadays there is no limit to the number of rows that can be defined in a single instance of <code><nowiki>{{infobox}}</nowiki></code>.

	{{Infobox		{{Infobox

w>Scyrme: Undid revision 1369700344 by Rainydays2009 (talk)

2026-08-16T16:21:36Z

Undid revision 1369700344 by Rainydays2009 (talk)

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2026-05-30T12:46:31Z

Undid revision 1356884275 by Amitrana2098 (talk | unexplained deletions which resulted in Lua errors

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w>Cedar101: /* Optional control parameters */ fix syntaxhighlight error

2026-05-11T00:21:46Z

Optional control parameters: fix syntaxhighlight error

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	== Optional control parameters ==		== Optional control parameters ==
	; name : If this parameter has a value, "view, talk and edit" links will be added to the bottom of the infobox pointing to the named page, prefixed with <~~kbd~~>Template:</~~kbd~~> if no namespace is specified. You may use the value <syntaxhighlight inline>{{subst:PAGENAME}}</syntaxhighlight>; however, this is rarely what you want because it will send users clicking these links in an infobox to the template code rather than the data in the infobox they probably want to change.		; name : If this parameter has a value, "view, talk and edit" links will be added to the bottom of the infobox pointing to the named page, prefixed with <code>Template:</code> if no namespace is specified. You may use the value <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{subst:PAGENAME}}</syntaxhighlight>; however, this is rarely what you want because it will send users clicking these links in an infobox to the template code rather than the data in the infobox they probably want to change.
	; child : See the [[#Embedding\|§ Embedding]] section for details. If this is set to "yes", this child infobox should be titled but have no name parameter. This parameter is empty by default, set it to "yes" to activate it.		; child : See the [[#Embedding\|§ Embedding]] section for details. If this is set to "yes", this child infobox should be titled but have no name parameter. This parameter is empty by default, set it to "yes" to activate it.
	; subbox : See the [[#Subboxes\|Subboxes]] section for details. If this is set to "yes", this subbox should be titled but have no name parameter. This parameter is empty by default, set to "yes" to activate it. It has no effect if the {{para\|child}} parameter is also set to "yes".		; subbox : See the [[#Subboxes\|Subboxes]] section for details. If this is set to "yes", this subbox should be titled but have no name parameter. This parameter is empty by default, set to "yes" to activate it. It has no effect if the {{para\|child}} parameter is also set to "yes".
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	Titles of articles with infoboxes may be made italic, in line with [[WP:ITALICTITLE]], by passing the <code>italic title</code> parameter.		Titles of articles with infoboxes may be made italic, in line with [[WP:ITALICTITLE]], by passing the <code>italic title</code> parameter.

	* Turn on italic titles by passing {{para\|italic title\|~~<nowiki>{~~{{italic title\|}}}~~</nowiki>~~}} from the infobox. Note that passing a blank value for {{para\|italic title}} will make the article title italic.		* Turn on italic titles by passing {{para\|italic title\|{{param\|italic title}}}} from the infobox. Note that passing a blank value for {{para\|italic title}} will make the article title italic.
	* Turn off by default (notably because only Latin script may be safely rendered in this style and italic may be needed to distinguish foreign language from local English language only in that script, but would be difficult to read for other scripts) but allow some instances to be made italic by passing {{para\|italic title\|~~<nowiki>{~~{{italic title\|no}}~~}</nowiki>~~}}		* Turn off by default (notably because only Latin script may be safely rendered in this style and italic may be needed to distinguish foreign language from local English language only in that script, but would be difficult to read for other scripts) but allow some instances to be made italic by passing {{para\|italic title\|{{param\|italic title\|no}}}}
	* Do not make any titles italic by not passing the parameter at all.		* Do not make any titles italic by not passing the parameter at all.

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	\| {{para\|titlestyle}}		\| {{para\|titlestyle}}
	\| Applies only to the title caption. Adding a background color is usually inadvisable since the text is rendered "outside" the infobox.		\| Applies only to the title caption. Adding a background color is usually inadvisable since the text is rendered "outside" the infobox.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-title}}		\| <code>.infobox-title</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|abovestyle}}		\| {{para\|abovestyle}}
	\| Applies only to the "above" cell at the top. The default style has font-size:125%; since this cell is usually used for a title, if you want to use the above cell for regular-sized text include "font-size:100%;" in the abovestyle.		\| Applies only to the "above" cell at the top. The default style has font-size:125%; since this cell is usually used for a title, if you want to use the above cell for regular-sized text include "font-size:100%;" in the abovestyle.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-above}}		\| <code>.infobox-above</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|imagestyle}}		\| {{para\|imagestyle}}
	\| Applies to the cell the image is in. This includes the text of the image caption, but you should set text properties with captionstyle instead of imagestyle in case the caption is moved out of this cell in the future.		\| Applies to the cell the image is in. This includes the text of the image caption, but you should set text properties with captionstyle instead of imagestyle in case the caption is moved out of this cell in the future.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-image}}		\| <code>.infobox-image</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|caption}}		\| {{para\|caption}}
	\| Applies to the text of the image caption.		\| Applies to the text of the image caption.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-caption}}		\| <code>.infobox-caption</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|rowstyle<sub>n</sub>}}		\| {{para\|rowstyle<sub>n</sub>}}
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	\| {{para\|headerstyle}}		\| {{para\|headerstyle}}
	\| Applies to all header cells.		\| Applies to all header cells.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-header}}		\| <code>.infobox-header</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{nowrap\|{{para\|subheaderstyle}}}}		\| {{nowrap\|{{para\|subheaderstyle}}}}
	\| Applies to all subheader cells.		\| Applies to all subheader cells.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-subheader}}		\| <code>.infobox-subheader</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|labelstyle}}		\| {{para\|labelstyle}}
	\| Applies to all label cells.		\| Applies to all label cells.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-label}}		\| <code>.infobox-label</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|datastyle}}		\| {{para\|datastyle}}
	\| Applies to all data cells.		\| Applies to all data cells.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-data}} or {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-full-data}}		\| <code>.infobox-data</code> or <code>.infobox-full-data</code>
	\|-		\|-
	\| {{para\|belowstyle}}		\| {{para\|belowstyle}}
	\| Applies only to the below cell.		\| Applies only to the below cell.
	\| {{code~~\|lang=css\|~~.infobox-below}}		\| <code>.infobox-below</code>
	\|}		\|}

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	To flag an infobox as containing [[hCard]] information, for example, add the following parameter:		To flag an infobox as containing [[hCard]] information, for example, add the following parameter:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto;">
	\| bodyclass = vcard		\| bodyclass = vcard

	</syntaxhighlight>
	{{clear}}		{{clear}}

	And for each row containing a data cell that's part of the vcard, add a corresponding class parameter:		And for each row containing a data cell that's part of the vcard, add a corresponding class parameter:

	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" style="overflow: auto;">
	\| class1 = fn		\| class1 = fn
	\| class2 = org		\| class2 = org
	\| class3 = tel		\| class3 = tel

	</syntaxhighlight>
	{{clear}}		{{clear}}

w>Dabao qian: /* CSS styling */ // Edit via Wikiplus

2026-03-26T17:23:40Z

CSS styling: // Edit via Wikiplus

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 === CSS styling ===
-; subheaderstyle : Applies to all subheader cells
+| Applies to the infobox table as a whole.
 === HTML classes and microformats ===

w>Dabao qian: /* Example TemplateStyles parameter use */ // Edit via Wikiplus

2026-03-09T04:04:49Z

Example TemplateStyles parameter use: // Edit via Wikiplus

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	{{Infobox		{{Infobox
	\| title = {{{title\|Title Child Example}}}		\| title = {{{title\|Title Child Example}}}
	\| bodyclass = ib-example {{{~~class~~\|}}}		\| bodyclass = ib-example {{{bodyclass\|}}}
	\| templatestyles = Template:Infobox/example/styles.css		\| templatestyles = Template:Infobox/example/styles.css
	\| child templatestyles = {{{child templatestyles\|}}}		\| child templatestyles = {{{child templatestyles\|}}}

w>Scyrme: /* Illustration images */ added information relevant to when {{infobox}} is used as a metatemplate

2026-03-08T19:26:30Z

Illustration images: added information relevant to when {{infobox}} is used as a metatemplate

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 === Illustration images ===
-; image(n) : images to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example <nowiki>[[File:example.png|frameless|upright=1.1|alt=Example alt text]]</nowiki>. Image is centered by default. Use an upright scaling factor ([[MOS:UPRIGHT]]) to resize the image with {{para|upright}} if necessary. Use {{para|alt}} to provide an text description of the image for screen readers; see [[WP:ALT]] for more information about alternative text.
+; image(n) : images to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example: {{code|lang=wikitext|<nowiki>[[File:example.png|frameless|upright=1.1|alt=Example alt text]]</nowiki>}}. {{pb}} Image is centered by default. Use an upright scaling factor ([[MOS:UPRIGHT]]) to resize the image with {{para|upright}} if necessary. Use {{para|alt}} to provide an text description of the image for screen readers; see [[WP:ALT]] for more information about alternative text. {{pb}} If using this parameter as part of an {{tlf|Infobox ''topic''}} template (eg. {{tl|Infobox building}}), invoke [[Module:InfoboxImage]] using: {{code|lang=wikitext|<nowiki>{{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage |image={{{image|}}} |upright={{{upright|}}} |alt={{{alt|}}} }}</nowiki>}}.
 ; caption(n) : Text to put underneath the images.
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 See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats]] for more information on adding microformat information to Wikipedia, and [[microformat]] for more information on microformats in general.
 == Examples ==

w>Scyrme: /* Illustration images */ per MOS:UPRIGHT, this section should encourage the use of upright not px; added some more detail regarding what "alt" is for

2026-03-01T02:27:36Z

Illustration images: per MOS:UPRIGHT, this section should encourage the use of upright not px; added some more detail regarding what "alt" is for

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	=== Illustration images ===		=== Illustration images ===
	; image(n) : images to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example <nowiki>[[File:example.png\|~~200px~~\|alt=Example alt text]]</nowiki>. Image is centered by default. ~~See~~ [[WP:ALT]] for more on ~~alt~~ text.		; image(n) : images to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example <nowiki>[[File:example.png\|frameless\|upright=1.1\|alt=Example alt text]]</nowiki>. Image is centered by default. Use an upright scaling factor ([[MOS:UPRIGHT]]) to resize the image with {{para\|upright}} if necessary. Use {{para\|alt}} to provide an text description of the image for screen readers; see [[WP:ALT]] for more information about alternative text.
	; caption(n) : Text to put underneath the images.		; caption(n) : Text to put underneath the images.

w>Moxy: /* See also */ ce add link

2025-12-21T03:11:01Z

w>Jonesey95: /* Italic titles */ note counterintuitive feature

2025-11-16T19:06:47Z

Italic titles: note counterintuitive feature

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	Titles of articles with infoboxes may be made italic, in line with [[WP:ITALICTITLE]], by passing the <code>italic title</code> parameter.		Titles of articles with infoboxes may be made italic, in line with [[WP:ITALICTITLE]], by passing the <code>italic title</code> parameter.

	* Turn on italic titles by passing {{para\|italic title\|<nowiki>{{{italic title\|}}}</nowiki>}} from the infobox.		* Turn on italic titles by passing {{para\|italic title\|<nowiki>{{{italic title\|}}}</nowiki>}} from the infobox. Note that passing a blank value for {{para\|italic title}} will make the article title italic.
	* Turn off by default (notably because only Latin script may be safely rendered in this style and italic may be needed to distinguish foreign language from local English language only in that script, but would be difficult to read for other scripts) but allow some instances to be made italic by passing {{para\|italic title\|<nowiki>{{{italic title\|no}}}</nowiki>}}		* Turn off by default (notably because only Latin script may be safely rendered in this style and italic may be needed to distinguish foreign language from local English language only in that script, but would be difficult to read for other scripts) but allow some instances to be made italic by passing {{para\|italic title\|<nowiki>{{{italic title\|no}}}</nowiki>}}
	* Do not make any titles italic by not passing the parameter at all.		* Do not make any titles italic by not passing the parameter at all.

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	* [[Module:Infobox]], the [[WP:LUA\|Lua]] module on which this template is based		* [[Module:Infobox]], the [[WP:LUA\|Lua]] module on which this template is based
	* [[Module:Check for unknown parameters]]		* [[Module:Check for unknown parameters]]
			*[[Wikipedia:Infobox too large]]
	* {{tl\|Infobox3cols}}		* {{tl\|Infobox3cols}}
	* {{tl\|Navbox}} and {{tl\|Sidebar}}		* {{tl\|Navbox}} and {{tl\|Sidebar}}