Template:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to their style

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ {{tlg}} options1 →	DEFAULT	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">nolink=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">subst=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">braceinside=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">alttext=Foo</syntaxhighlight> <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">2=Foo</syntaxhighlight>
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}1 {{tl}} {{tlp}}2 {{tlu}}3	{{tlf}}2	{{tls}} {{tlsp}} {{tlsu}}3	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} {{tlxu}}3	{{tlc}}2 {{tld}}2 {{tnull}}	{{tlxs}}	N/A
monospace kbd	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">plaincode=yes</syntaxhighlight>4 <syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">kbd=yes</syntaxhighlight>5	{{tltt}}5 {{tltt2}}5	N/A	{{tltss}}6
bold	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" enclose="none">bold=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tlb}}	N/A
bold+code	code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tlxb}}
italic+code	code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tlxi}}
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 <span class="nowrap"></span> tags. 3  Allows links to templates in any namespace. 4  REDIRECT Template:Template link code uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;"></code>. 5  Displays monospaced font using <kbd></kbd> tags (changed from <tt></tt> for HTML 5 compliance). 6  Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;"></span>.

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{tlu|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	"{{hatnote|Some hatnote text}}" gives " Some hatnote text " [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Tln	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	Template:Elc Template:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	Template:Sclx	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}}	Template:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{pf|if}} {{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}

With utility links

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)
{{tltt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}}
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{ Hatnote }} links talk view
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk, links, edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Tic
{{tim|Hatnote}}	m:Template:Hatnote (talk, backlinks, edit)
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk, backlinks, edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)