Template:Table cell templates/doc

The templates in this series are designed to be used in a table to make a cell with text in that cell, with an appropriately colored background. They are commonly used in comparison tables.

For example, Template:Tlc makes a cell with a green background. The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{yes|Sure}} would output "Sure" otherwise it defaults to "Yes". Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.

If you want to use other attributes for the table cells, e.g. colspan or rowspan, they need to be put before the template call and there must be no vertical bar | in between them:

Template:Yes	No	rowspan=2 Template:N/a
colspan=2 Template:Yes-No

...
!{{Yes}} ||{{No}} ||rowspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan=2 {{Yes-No}}
...

Templates

Table cell templates

Class	Default syntax	Preview (default)	Customized syntax	Preview (customized)
table-rh	{{rh}} | Row header	Template:Rh | Row header	Template:Tlp | Row header	Template:Rh | Row header
	{{rh2}} | Row header	Template:Rh2 | Row header	Template:Tlp | Row header	Template:Rh2 | Row header
table-yes	{{yes}}	Template:Yes	Template:Tlp	Template:Yes
table-no	{{no}}	No	Template:Tlp	Customized text
	{{coming soon}}	Template:Coming soon
	{{bad}}	Template:Bad	Template:Tlp	Template:Bad
	{{eliminated}}	Template:Eliminated
table-siteactive	{{site active}}	Template:Site active
table-siteinactive	{{site inactive}}	Template:Site inactive
table-yes2	{{good}}	Template:Good	Template:Tlp	Template:Good
	{{yes2}}	Template:Yes2	Template:Tlp	Template:Yes2
	{{ya}}	Template:Ya	Template:Tlp	Template:Ya
	{{won}}	Template:Won	Template:Tlp	Template:Won
	Template:Tlp	Template:Won	Template:Tlp	Template:Won
	Template:Tlp	Template:Won	Template:Tlp	Template:Won
	Template:Tlp	Template:Won	Template:Tlp	Template:Won
table-no2	{{no2}}	Template:No2	Template:Tlp	Template:No2
	{{na}}	Template:Na	Template:Tlp	Template:Na
	{{nom}}	Template:Nom	Template:Tlp	Template:Nom
	{{sho}}	Template:Sho
	{{TBA}}	Template:TBA	Template:Tlp	Template:TBA
table-partial	{{partial}}	Template:Partial	Template:Tlp	Template:Partial
	{{yes-No}}	Template:Yes-No
	{{okay}}	Template:Okay	Template:Tlp	Template:Okay
	{{some}}	Template:Some
table-any	{{any}}	Template:Any
table-na	{{n/a}}	Template:N/a
	{{BLACK}}	Template:BLACK
table-unknown	{{dunno}}	Template:Dunno	Template:Tlp	Template:Dunno
	{{unknown}}		Template:Tlp
table-depends	{{depends}}	Template:Depends	Template:Tlp	Template:Depends
table-included	{{included}}	Template:Included
table-dropped	{{dropped}}	Template:Dropped
	{{terminated}}	Template:Terminated
table-beta	{{beta}}	Template:Beta
	{{table-experimental}}	Template:Table-experimental	Template:Tlp	Template:Table-experimental
table-maybe	{{maybe}}	Template:Maybe	Template:Tlp	Template:Maybe
table-free	{{free}}	Template:Free	Template:Tlp	Template:Free
table-proprietary	{{proprietary}}	Template:Proprietary	Template:Tlp	Template:Proprietary
table-nonfree	{{nonfree}}	Template:Nonfree	Template:Tlp	Template:Nonfree
table-needs	{{needs}}	Template:Needs	Template:Tlp	Template:Needs
table-nightly	{{nightly}}	Template:Nightly	Template:Tlp	Template:Nightly
table-release-candidate	{{release-candidate}}	Template:Release-candidate	Template:Tlp	Template:Release-candidate
no class	{{draw}}	Template:Draw	Template:Tlp	Template:Draw
no class	{{incorrect}}	Template:Incorrect	Template:Tlp	Template:Incorrect
no class	{{no result}}	Template:No result	Template:Tlp	Template:No result
no class	{{pending}}	Template:Pending
no class	{{unofficial}}	Template:Unofficial
no class	{{usually}}	Template:Usually
no class	{{rarely}}	Template:Rarely
no class	{{sometimes}}	Template:Sometimes
no class	{{CMain}}	Template:CMain	Template:Tlp	Template:CMain
no class	{{CRecurring}}	Template:CRecurring	Template:Tlp	Template:CRecurring
no class	{{CGuest}}	Template:CGuest	Template:Tlp	Template:CGuest
no class	{{active fire}}	Template:Active fire
no class	{{contained}}	Template:Contained

Code

Common code to most if not all the templates in this series:

Template:Table cell templates

Code specific to this template:

Template:Table cell templates

To make a new table cell template you can use:

{{subst:Table cell templates|text= default text |bg= background color |class= a class name without prefix |align= standard horizontal alignment}}

You should leave out the align parameter and often the class parameter is unnecessary, too.

Add the new template to the table in the common documentation afterwards. Please consider reusing one of the other templates and please choose the color sensibly.

If you find a table cell template that does not take a parameter and you want to be able to change the text in the cell, do not duplicate the template! Instead, edit the template and change the text to a default parameter substitution. For example, if a template's text is Dropped, change that to {{{1|Dropped}}}.

style="background: #abcdef; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="automatic table-automatic"| text

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Table cell templates

One of several templates for styling individual table cells with standard contents and colors.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	text to be displayed instead of the default, if this doesn’t work put the text after the template, possibly with a vertical bar | in between Default (template dependent)	Line	optional
horizontal align	align	text alignment inside the cell, either ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘center’ or ‘justified’ Default center	Line	optional
style	style	a semicolon separated list of additional CSS rules to be applied to the table cell Default	Line	optional
background color	color	a valid CSS color value or name to override the standard the cell background, only available with some templates Default (template dependent)	Line	optional

See also

• {{change}}: Calculates, displays and color-codes changes between two values
• {{GPL-lic}}: Specialized redirect for Template:Tlf
• {{LGPL-lic}}: Specialized redirect for Template:Tlf