Template:Flatlist

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Template:Used in system Template:Tlr This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists, per WP:FLATLIST and WP:HLIST.

Usage

{{flatlist}} ^(Usage) starts a horizontal list, such as:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

This template can be used with or without {{endflatlist}} ^(Usage). For navigation boxes using {{navbox}} ^(Usage), one can set Template:Para, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using {{hlist}} ^(Usage) instead.

Parameters

Examples

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin">

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

</syntaxhighlight>

produces:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

Alternative syntax

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin"> Template:Startflatlist

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

</syntaxhighlight>

produces:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

Syntax for ordered lists

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin">

1. first
2. second
3. third
4. fourth
5. fifth
6. sixth

</syntaxhighlight>

produces:

1. first
2. second
3. third
4. fourth
5. fifth
6. sixth

Using optional parameters

<syntaxhighlight lang="moin">

• Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

</syntaxhighlight>

produces:

• Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
• Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Technical details

This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in MediaWiki:Common.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary html list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists. Some of the CSS used is not compatible with some older browsers, notably Internet Explorer 6 and 7.

Wikitext	Expanded template	HTML
{{flatlist| * cat * dog * horse * cow * sheep * pig }}	Template:Nowiki2	<syntaxhighlight lang="html"> cat dog horse cow sheep pig </syntaxhighlight>

See also

• {{endflatlist}} ^(Usage)
• {{hlist}} ^(Usage)
• {{plainlist}} ^(Usage) and {{unbulleted list}} ^(Usage)
• {{bulleted list}} ^(Usage)
• {{ordered list}} ^(Usage)
• {{nowrap}} ^(Usage)
• {{pagelist}} ^(Usage)
• WP:HLIST

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