Template:Navigation

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{{Navigation}} is a generic navigational template.

Blank

{{Navigation
| name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = 
| body  = 
}}

Parameters

Mandatory

name (or templateName)
The name of the template, which is needed for the "view · talk · edit" links to work properly on all of the pages where the template is used on. You can enter {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this value as a shortcut.
title (or header)
Text that appears centered in the titlebar (the top bar). Usually this is the template's topic, i.e. a succinct description of the body contents.
body
The material contained by the template, usually a list or list of links. Use | to separate links. It is not possible to include a pipe ("|") in the contents as this symbol is used to separate parameters. Format is inline.

Optional

color
Header color. Default is #efefef. Use of this parameter is discouraged. Where it is used, care and consensus are needed as multiple navigational templates on one page with different titlebar colors will probably look unpleasant.
cat (or category)
The category or categories to which a page sporting the template will become a member.

Auto collapse logic

A navbox will start out collapsed if there are 4 or more tables on the same page that is implemented with NavFrame. For the technical minded, see MediaWiki:Common.js.

See also Wikipedia:NavFrame.

Example

Code

{{Navigation
| name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = [[Countries of the world|Countries]] of [[Central Asia]]
| cat   = [[Category:Central Asian countries]]<noinclude>[[Category:Asian navigational boxes|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Continental navigation templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude>
| body  =
[[Afghanistan]]{{·}}
[[Kazakhstan]]{{·}}
[[Kyrgyzstan]]{{·}}
[[Mongolia]]{{·}}
[[Russia]]{{·}}
[[Tajikistan]]{{·}}
[[Turkmenistan]]{{·}}
[[Uzbekistan]]
}}

Result

Related pages

Navigation templates comparison
Collapsible Header color Image Groups Style (body)
parameter/s
Examples
{{Navbox}} collapsible navbox Left/right of body Yes Yes
{{Navbox with collapsible groups}} collapsible navbox Left/right of body and/or in each list Yes Yes
{{Navbox with columns}} collapsible navbox Left/right of columns No Yes
Collapsible attributes
Type CSS classes JavaScript Collapses when Custom
initial state
Nesting
Collapsible tables collapsible Defined in Common.js 2 or more autocollapse on page Yes Yes