Template:Tl

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}}

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The template link template is a simple macro template used to display a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation. A short example is that the code:

{{Tl|Example}}

generates

{{Example}}

<templatedata>{ "description": "This template displays a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation.", "params": {

 "1": {
   "label": "template name",
   "description": "the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically",
   "type": "string",
   "required": true
 }

}}</templatedata>

More complex variations are described below.

Example

Code	Result
{{Tl|Void}}	{{Void}}
{{Tl2|X1}}	{{X1}}
{{Tl2|SISTER=M:|3x}}	{{3x}}
{{Tl2|SISTER=wikibooks|LANG=de:|WP}}	{{WP}}
{{Tl|1==)}}	{{=)}}

See also

Template linking templates

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	{{tlg}} option1	—	nolink=yes	subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=FOO
Normal	—	{{tl}} · {{tlp}}2 · {{tlg}}1, 2	{{tlf}}2	{{tls}} · {{tlsp}}	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
Code	code=yes or tt=yes	{{tlx}}	{{tlc}}2 · {{tld}} · {{tnull}}	{{tlxs}}
Bold	bold=yes	{{tlb}}
Bold code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
Italic code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{tlxi}}

NOTES:  1 = {{tlg}} is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
2 = Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside of <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.

Style comparison

• {{tlf|Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}} …renders… {{Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}}
• {{tld|Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}} …renders… {{Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}}
• {{tlc|Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}} …renders… {{Milford Haven Line|弘安源氏論議}}

For parameter description

• {{para|name|{{var|value}}}} …renders… |name=value
• {{para|name|{{varserif|value}}}} …renders… |name=value
• {{tlx|Milford Haven Line|first parameter{{=}}first value}} …renders… {{Milford Haven Line|first parameter=first value}}

See also

• Template:cl (backlinks, edit) – to link to a category
• Template:lts (backlinks, edit) – see lts discussion for more variants
• Template:t links (backlinks, edit) – provides a list of links to a template
• Template:tfd links (backlinks, edit) – used for marking templates for deletion
• Template:tiw (backlinks, edit) – provides backlinks and edit link with no brackets
• Template:tl (backlinks, edit) – links and edit history of the tl template
• Template:tl2 (backlinks, edit) – links and edit history of the tl2 template
• Template:tlp (backlinks, edit) – template link, with single parameter
• Template:tlsp (backlinks, edit) – template link, ditto subst'ed
• Template:tlu (backlinks, edit) – like {{tl}} / {{tlp}} for any namespace
• Template:tlx (backlinks, edit) – template link expanded, up to ten parameters
• Template:tn (backlinks, edit) – same as tl, but shows the braces as part of the link
• Template:xpd (backlinks, edit) – show live example
• Category:Internal link templates (edit talk links history)