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This template, often abbreviated as {{tlxi }}, is used to provide stylized formatting to template displays without actually using the template itself. The code generated will be displayed inline. For a multi-line output, see {{tj}}.

Parameters

With the exception of alttext, the named parameters are toggles that are either omitted (default in most cases) or activated (by being assigned a value such as "on", "yes", "true", "include", etc.). They may be included in any order (see Examples below). Certain templates have the parameter "on" by default; see the main table for all alternate options. If a row renders identically to a previous row, it means the current template does not support that option and {{tlg}} needs to be used instead.

Parameter	Action	Use with {{example}}	Default active
	Default (without accessory parameters)	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
brace	Include braces as part of the template link	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlw}}/{{tn}}
braceinside	Include innermost braces as part of the template link	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
bold	Renders the template link/name in bold	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlb}}, {{tlxb}}
code	Display output using HTML ‎<code>...‎</code> tags (monospaced font)	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlc}}, {{Template link expanded}}, etc.
italic	Display any parameters accompanying the template link/name in italics	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlxi}}
kbd	Display output using HTML ‎<kbd>...‎</kbd> tags (monospaced font)	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
nolink	Don't render the template name as a link	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlf}}, {{tnull}}
nowrap	Prevent the insertion of line breaks (word wrap) in the output	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tlp}}
nowrapname	Prevent word wrapping in the output of template name/link (parameters will wrap if needed)	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
plaincode	Uses ‎<code style="border:none; background:transparent;">...‎</code>	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tltss}}
subst	Include a subst: prefix before the template link/name	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tls}}, {{tlxs}}, etc
alttext=[text]	Replace [text] with the actual label to be displayed for the template link	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tla}}
_show_result	Will also display the result of the template	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
_expand	Will add a link to the expanded template page	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
a	will add an asterisk before the template code	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}

Unnamed (Positional)

This template can take any number of unnamed parameters as parameters accompanying the template link (or name); see Examples below.

Examples

Use the displayed value in the code column, not the underlying source code.

Note

On the source sister projects, en.wikipedia and Meta, X0, X1, X2, ..., X9 are sandbox templates for experimentation on involved templates that need be in template space. An auto-cleansing software facility exists that might be used to duplicate the facility on other Sister projects.

Code	Output	Remarks
{{tlxi|Banner}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Template:Banner does not exist. (Non-existent template is redlinked.)
{{tlxi|Abc}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Template:Abc exists.
{{tlxi|abC}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Template names are case-sensitive
{{tlxi|abc}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	(but the first letter is case-insensitive).
{{tlxi|x0}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	no parameters
{{tlxi|x1|one}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	one parameter
{{tlxi|x2|one|two}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	two parameters
{{tlxi|x2|2=one=1|3=two=2}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	two parameters, assigned values
{{tlxi|x3|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	ten parameters
{{tlxi|convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=out|sp=us}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Unlimited parameters, as one ‎<nowiki>...‎</nowiki> string.
{{tlxi|x2||two||}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Empty parameters are discarded.
{{tlxi|x0|code=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	<code> style
{{tlxi|x0|plaincode=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	plaincode style
{{tlxi|x0|kbd=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	<kbd> style
{{tlxi|x0|bold=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	bold link/name
{{tlxi|x1|one|italic=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	parameter(s) in italics
{{tlxi|x0|nolink=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
{{tlxi|x0|subst=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
{{tlxi|x0|brace=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	all braces in link
{{tlxi|x0|braceinside=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	inside braces in link
{{tlxi|x0|alttext=x0 link}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
{{tlxi|x0|bold=on|code=on|brace=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Combine multiple parameter settings.
{{tlxi|abc|{{spaces}}one{{spaces}}}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Using {{spaces}} before and after a parameter.
{{tlxi|x2|bold=on|code=on|one|two}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Can combine named and anonymous parameters ...
{{tlxi|x2|one|two|bold=on|code=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	... in any order ...
{{tlxi|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	... even intermixed ...
{{tlxi|x2|one|code=on|two|bold=on|three|italic=on}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	... with many configurations.
{{tlxi|x1}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	= won't work
{{tlxi|x1|x=u}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	&#61; is okay
{{tlxi|x1|x=u}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{=}} is okay (see Template:=)
{{tlxi|x1|x=u}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Sticky nowiki is okay.
{{tlxi|x2|3=two|2=one}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Right-to-left is okay
{{tlxi}}	tlxi	With no arguments, it emits the current page name without braces.
{{tlxi|x2|3=one|4=two}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	Null parameter stops parsing.

Wrapping of long names (default)

Code	Output
{{tlxi|long template name that would wrap to new line|this is a long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrap=on)

Code	Output
{{tlxi|nowrap=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}

Wrapping of long names (nowrapname=on)

Code	Output
{{tlxi|nowrapname=on|long template name that would wrap to new line|long value for the 1st parameter that would wrap}}	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}

See also

· <span style="" title="<translate nowrap> Edit this template</translate>"><translate> edit</translate>

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}} options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}} options to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	nolink=yes|subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}} {{tl}} {{tlp|1|2|...}} {{Template:tlu}}	{{tlf}} <template link>	{{subst :tls}} {{subst :Template:tlsu}}	{{subst:tlsf}} <template link>	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	{{tla}}
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{Template:Template link expanded with italic}} {{Template:tlxu}}	{{tlc}} <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	{{subst :tlxs}}	{{subst:tlsc}} <template link>	—
monospace	plaincode=yes	—		{{subst:tltss}}	—
kbd	kbd=yes
bold	bold=yes	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}	—
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{Template:Template link expanded with italic}}

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{Tj|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> {{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Same as above
{{Tji|Hatnote|Some text|selfref: yes|category: no|lang: fr}}	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}</syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Same as above
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	[[Template:Hatnote]] [[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{ml-lua|Module:Example}}	require('Module:Example')	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a ‎<code>...‎</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	‎<ref>...‎</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{magic word|uc:}}	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk edit
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk⧼dot-separator⧽links⧼dot-separator⧽edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
{{tim|Hatnote}}	m:Template:Hatnote
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

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