Template:Plainlist/doc

This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to <br /> separated lists, per WP:UBLIST and WP:PLIST

Usage

{{plainlist}} starts a plain (i.e. unbulleted) list, such as:

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

It uses proper HTML list markup, which is more standards-compliant and more accessible than separating list items with ‎<br />. Detailed reasons for using this template can be found at WP:UBLIST.

This template can be used with or without {{endplainlist}}. It is an alternative to {{unbulleted list}}, which performs the same function in a more concise but less wiki-style manner. Note that {{unbulleted list}} will work inside image captions, whereas {{plainlist}} does not.

Examples

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Alternative syntax

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Parameters

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

TemplateData for Plainlist

Controlling line-breaking

Template {{nbsp}} may be used with {{wbr}} and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.

Technical details

{{Plainlist}} works by constructing a div with the CSS class "plainlist" which has the styles listed in Template:Plainlist/styles.css.

Wikitext	Expanded template	HTML
{{Plainlist| * Example 1 * Example 2 * Example 3 }}		<div class="plainlist"> <ul> <li>Example 1</li> <li>Example 2</li> <li>Example 3</li> </ul> </div>

Redirects

• {{Startplainlist}}

See also

• {{unbulleted list}} – essentially the same but uses | ... | ... | ... instead of |* ... * ... * ...
• {{flatlist}} and {{hlist}} (replacements for comma- or dash-separated lists)
• {{bulleted list}}
• {{indented plainlist}}
• {{ordered list}}
• for more information on creating lists within the Infobox family of templates, with examples in the following

Flat	{{hlist}} {{hlist |item1 |item2 |...}}	{{flatlist}} {{flatlist| * item1 * item2 * ...}} item1 item2 ...	{{cslist}} {{cslist |item1 |item2 |...}} {{bold list}} {{bold list |item1 |item2 |...}}
Bulleted and Ordered	{{bulleted list}} {{bulleted list |item1 |item2 |...}}		{{ordered list}} {{Ordered list |list_style_type=lower-alpha |first |second |...}}
Unbulleted	{{unbulleted list}} {{unbulleted list |item1 |item2 |...}}	{{plainlist}} {{plainlist| * item1 * item2 * ...}} item1 item2 ...	{{glossary}} (glossary, description, definition, association) {{glossary}} {{term|first term}} {{defn|first description}} {{glossary end}} <dt class="glossary " id="" style="margin-top: 0.4em;">first term first description <dt class="glossary " id="" style="margin-top: 0.4em;">second term second description <dt class="glossary " id="" style="margin-top: 0.4em;">... ....
Other	{{flowlist}} [[File:Bad Title Example.png|left|thumb|100px]] {{flowlist| *item1 *item2 *...}} item1 item2 ...	{{columns-list}} {{columns-list|colwidth=5em| # first # second # third # ...}}