Template:Semantic markup templates

Template Example output Use

{{strong}} Important! To indicate <strong> importance, seriousness, or urgency instead of just simple typographical boldfacing

{{strongbad}} "Never use ..." Same as {{strong}} but in red

{{stronggood}} "This page is being depreciated use ..." Same as {{strong}} but in green

{{em}} "An emphatic phrase" To indicate <em> stress emphasis (not just purely typographical italicization like for book titles or foreign terms)

{{var}} strPrefix To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction

{{var serif}} strIllustratePrefix (see {{var}} above)

{{tld}} This page is being depreciated To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code

{{para}} |year=2008 To display template parameters with or without values

{{param}} {{{title|alt}}} To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above

This page is deprecated.
It may be removed or replaced in the future.

To display template parameters with colors (as they would appear in the {{tj}} and {{tji}} templates)

{{param value}} ··2·blanks·fore·and·aft·· To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character.

{{tlx}} etc. This page is being depreciated To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code

{{tji}} {{hatnote|Hello|selfref=yes|category=no}} To showcase with colors in horizontal format the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators

{{tag}} "The This page is being depreciated tags ..." To render HTML elements ("tags") in prose

{{code}}/{{codett}} "Ensure the alt= parameter ..." To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use This page is being depreciated. {{codett}} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod

{{PreCode}} "FORTH has keyword ?BRANCH." Like {{code}}, but prevents line breaks inside the code. Only for very short code parts.

{{subst:codenowiki}} {{small|small text example}} To wrap example code in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code>

{{subst:kbdnowiki}} {{large|large text example}} To wrap example code in <kbd><nowiki>...</nowiki></kbd>

{{syntaxhighlight}} _{[this is a block template]} (This page is being depreciated) Wrapper for This page is being depreciated, but will wrap overflowing text

{{deprecated code}} "Do not use This page is being depreciated." (This page is being depreciated) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The This page is being depreciated variant uses strike-through (This page is being depreciated) while This page is being depreciated uses red (This page is being depreciated).

{{pre}} _{[this is a block template]} For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text

{{tj}} _{[this is a block template]} To showcase with colors and multiple lines (vertical format) the syntax of any template, while providing an easy way to display placeholder texts using colons as separators

{{quote}} _{[this is a block template]} For block quotations (only – never for non-quotations)

{{block indent}} _{[this is a block template]} For indented blocks of material; visually identical to This page is being depreciated but without quote markup

{{kbd}} user input To indicate user input

{{key press}} Ctrl+x To indicate specific-keystroke input, including combinations

{{key top}} Left shift Similar; includes more symbols, but does not directly support combinations

{{button}} Don't save To indicate a button in a user interface

{{samp}} example output To indicate sample or example output