Template talk:Tlx

Documentation
{&#123;Template:&#125;} is a generalization of, , , etc. with arguably better readable output. This depends on the browser, but too narrow uses of "{", "|", "}" in conjunction with links can be hard to read.

Usage

 * {&#123;|template name&#125;}
 * {&#123;|template name|param&#125;}
 * {&#123;|template name|1|2|3&#125;}
 * {&#123;|template name|1|2|3&amp;#124;more&#125;}
 * {&#123;|template name|param&amp;#61;value&#125;}

Up to three placeholders for parameters of the specified template

Comparison

 * As usual we got a zoo of similar templates, * marks redirects to :

Discussion
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Thin space
Using &lt;small&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/small&gt; is a kludge, putting it mildly, but the proper &amp;thinsp; is translated to UTF-8 by the server on the fly, and it doesn't work with old browsers. The code column in the example shows this effect - there is of course no such thing as a monospaced &amp;thinsp;, neither emulated nor real.

Another trick used by is &lt;tt&gt;&amp;#124;&lt;/tt&gt;</tt> for the pipe symbol (vertical bar), a monospaced |</tt> adjacent to other text is better visible in the output for proportional fonts. I hope you like it, it's not ideal for text mode browsers. --&#160;Omniplex 21:57, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Space should not show up in copy/paste
The extra space between the braces and the name of the template seems like a problem to me. This template is showing up in the main lists of templates (WP:Templates). It is important that editors be able to copy and paste from these lists directly. The extra spaces mess this up. Some css code is needed to insert spacing, without inserting a character. If this "breaks" on older browsers such that the see output similar to tl, that's fine.--Srleffler 05:57, 11 July 2006 (UTC)