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Redirects
  • {{startflatlist}}
  • {{flt}}
CSSThis template uses TemplateStyles:
  • Template:Hlist/styles.css

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.

Contents

  • 1 Usage
  • 2 Parameters
  • 3 Examples
    • 3.1 Alternative syntax
    • 3.2 Syntax for ordered lists
    • 3.3 Using optional parameters
  • 4 Technical details
  • 5 See also

Usage

{{flatlist}} starts a horizontal list, such as:

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

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

Parameters

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Flatlist in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Flatlist

Used to create plain (i.e. unbulleted) lists.
    ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
    Content1
    The list to wrap.
      Contentsuggested
      Extra Classesclass
      Adds extra CSS classes to the containing div.
        Stringoptional
        CSS Stylestyle
        Adds extra CSS properties to the containing div. Complex styles should not be used in articles (per ) but may be acceptable on user, project and talk pages.
          Example
          border: solid 1px silver; background: lightyellow;
          Stringoptional
          Indentindent
          Indents the list by a number of standard indents (one indent being 1.6em). (Useful in an indented discussion thread.)
            Example
            2
            Numberoptional

            Format: inline

            Examples

            {{flatlist|
            * [[cat]]
            * [[dog]]
            * [[horse]]
            * [[cow]]
            * [[sheep]]
            * [[pig]]
            }}
            

            produces:

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

            Alternative syntax

            {{startflatlist}}
            * [[cat]]
            * [[dog]]
            * [[horse]]
            * [[cow]]
            * [[sheep]]
            * [[pig]]
            {{endflatlist}}
            

            produces:

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

            Syntax for ordered lists

            {{flatlist|
            # [[first]]
            # [[second]]
            # [[third]]
            # [[fourth]]
            # [[fifth]]
            # [[sixth]]
            }}
            

            produces:

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

            Using optional parameters

            {{flatlist |indent=2 
            |style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow; 
            |class=nowraplinks |
            * [[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]]
            }}
            

            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
            }}
            
            '"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000001C-QINU`"'<div class="hlist " >
            * cat
            * dog
            * horse
            * cow
            * sheep
            * pig
            
            </div>
            
            <div class="hlist">
            <ul><li>cat</li>
            <li>dog</li>
            <li>horse</li>
            <li>cow</li>
            <li>sheep</li>
            <li>pig</li></ul>
            </div>
            

            See also

            • {{endflatlist}}
            • {{hlist}}
            • {{plainlist}} and {{unbulleted list}}
            • {{bulleted list}}
            • {{ordered list}}
            • {{nowrap}}
            • {{pagelist}}
            • WP:HLIST
            • v
            • t
            • e
            HTML lists
            More information:
            • Help:List
            • WP:List dos and don'ts
            • WP:Manual of Style/Embedded lists
            • WP:Manual of Style/Accessibility § Lists
            • WP:WikiProject Lists
            Flat
            {{hlist}}
            {{hlist |item1 |item2 |...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{flatlist}}
            {{flatlist|
            * item1
            * item2
            * ...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{cslist}}
            {{cslist |item1 |item2 |...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{bold list}}
            {{bold list |item1 |item2 |...}}

            item1 , item2 , or ...

            Bulleted and Ordered
            {{bulleted list}}
            {{bulleted list |item1 |item2 |...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{ordered list}}
            {{Ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha |first |second |...}}

            1. first
            2. second
            3. ...
            Unbulleted
            {{unbulleted list}}
            {{unbulleted list |item1 |item2 |...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{plainlist}}
            {{plainlist|
            * item1
            * item2
            * ...}}

            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{glossary}}
            (glossary, description, definition, association)
            {{glossary}}

            {{term|first term}} {{defn|first description}}
            {{term|second term}} {{defn|second description}}
            {{term|...}} {{defn|....}}
            {{glossary end}}


            first term
            first description
            second term
            second description
            ...
            ....
            Other
            {{flowlist}}
            [[File:Bad Title Example.png|left|thumb|100px]]

            {{flowlist|
            *item1
            *item2
            *...}}


            • item1
            • item2
            • ...
            {{columns-list}}
            {{columns-list|colwidth=5em|
            # first
            # second
            # third
            # ...}}

            1. first
            2. second
            3. third
            4. ...
            Category:List formatting and function templates
            The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Flatlist/doc. (edit | history)
            Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
            Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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