Template:Table cell templates/doc

The templates in this series are designed to be used in a table to make a cell with text in that cell, with an appropriately colored background. They are commonly used in comparison tables.

For example, {{yes}} makes a cell with a green background. The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{yes|Sure}} would output "Sure" otherwise it defaults to "Yes". Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.

 Important: If you want to use other attributes for the table cells, e.g. colspan, rowspan, or style, they need to be put before the template call, and there must be no vertical bar (aka pipe) | in-between them:

Yes	No	—
Yes/No

...
!{{Yes}} ||{{No}} ||rowspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan=2 style="border:solid 3px Maroon" {{Yes-No}}
...

Templates

Table cell templates

Class	Default syntax	Preview (default)	Customized syntax	Preview (customized)
table-rh	{{rh}} | Row header	Row header	Row header	Row header
	{{rh2}} | Row header	Row header	Row header	Row header
table-yes	{{yes}}	Yes		customized text
	{{yes C}}	Yes		customized text
	{{yes O}}	Yes		customized text
	{{yes N}}	Yes		customized text
table-maybe	{{maybe}}	Maybe		customized text
table-no	{{no}}	No		customized text
	{{no O}}	No		customized text
	{{no X}}	No		customized text
	{{eliminated}}	Eliminated		dropped out
		Active (12%)
	{{lost}}	Lost		missing
	{{safe}}	Safe		protected
	{{no Y}}	No		customized text
table-active	{{active}}	Active		live
table-siteactive	{{site active}}	Active		up
	{{coming soon}}	Coming soon		second half of the year
table-siteinactive	{{site inactive}}	Inactive		down
table-yes2	{{good}}	Good		A
	{{yes2}}			text
	{{ya}}			ya
	{{won}}	Won		winner
		1		gold
		2		silver
		3		bronze
	{{WinDL}}	W		win
		D		draw
		L		loss
table-no2	{{no2}}			text
	{{na}}			na
	{{nom}}	Nominated		5
	{{sho}}	Shortlisted		proposed
	{{longlisted}}	Longlisted		rejected
	{{TBA}}	TBA		to be announced
table-success	{{success}}	Success		mission complete
	{{operational}}	Operational		returning data
	{{Intentionally destroyed}}	Intentionally destroyed		deliberately exploded
table-failure	{{failure}}	Failure		wrong orbit
table-partial	{{partial}}	Partial		almost done
	{{Regional}}	Regional		Uyghur
	{{MaybeCheck}}			possibly
	{{main mission failure}}	Main mission failure		Primary objective failed, but secondary objective succeed
	{{scrapped}}	Not expected		unfinished
	{{partial success}}	Partial success		reached orbit and returned pictures
	{{partial failure}}	Partial failure		Cubesat not deployed
	{{okay}}	Neutral		C
	{{Yes-No}}	Yes/No		yes with an if; no with a but
	{{some}}	Some		many
	{{nonpartisan}}	Nonpartisan		impartial
	{{pending}}	Pending		awaiting
	{{unofficial}}	Unofficial		de facto
	{{unofficial2}}	Unofficial		de facto
	{{usually}}	Usually		commonly
	{{rarely}}	Rarely		seldom
	{{sometimes}}	Sometimes		occasionally
table-noAttempt	{{No attempt}}	No attempt		No landing attempted
table-any	{{any}}	Any		anyone
table-na	{{n/a}}	—		unavailable
	{{varies}}	Varies		differs
	{{sdash}}	—
	{{BLACK}}	N/A		banned
	{{non-album single}}	Non-album single		Non-album single
	{{unreleased}}	Unreleased		shelved
	{{vacant}}	Vac­ant		missing
table-unknown	{{unknown}}	Un­known		?
	{{dunno}}	?		not sure
table-automatic	{{perhaps}}	Perhaps		maybe
table-depends	{{depends}}	Depends		vendor-defined
table-included	{{included}}	Included		incorporated
table-dropped	{{dropped}}	Dropped		discontinued
	{{terminated}}	Terminated		fired
table-software	{{beta}}	Beta		preview
	{{table-experimental}}	Experimental		lab
	{{open source}}	Open source		software libre
	{{free}}	Free		empty
	{{proprietary}}	Proprietary		custom extension
	{{nonfree}}	Non-free		paid
	{{needs}}	Needs		req.
	{{nightly}}	Nightly build		dev
	{{release-candidate}}	Release candidate		RC
table-draw	{{draw}}			1:1
table-planned	{{planned}}	Planned		July 2028
table-scheduled	{{scheduled}}	Scheduled		3 March 2027
incorrect	{{incorrect}}	Incorrect		wrong
noresult	{{no result}}	No result		NR
table-debate	{{D-P}}	P		present
	{{D-A}}	A		absent
	{{D-I}}	I		invited
	{{D-O}}	O		invited to other debate
	{{D-N}}	N		not invited
	{{D-Nv}}	NV		not voting
	{{D-W}}	W		withdrawn
	{{D-Out}}	Out		out of race
table-cast	{{CMain}}	Main		text
	{{CAlso starring}}	Also starring		costar
	{{CRecurring}}	Recurring		regular guest
	{{CGuest}}	Guest		victim
	{{COther}}	Does not appear		ensemble
	{{CNone}}	Does not appear		cast
	{{CEmpty}}
	{{CRemoved}}	removed		edited
	{{CFinalist}}	Finalist		contender
		3rd Place		third place
	{{exempt}}	exempt		B.Exempt
	{{nocontest}}			rescheduled
	{{Runner-up}}	Runner-up		2nd Place
	{{Quit}}	Quit		left
no class	{{not yet}}	Not yet		NY
	{{optional}}	Optional		non-mandatory
	%	100%	%	100%
	%	75%	%	73–78%
	%	25%
	%	0%	%	0%

Code

Common code to most if not all the templates in this series:

style="background: #abcdef; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: {{{align|center}}}; {{{style|text-transform: capitalize;}}}" class="automatic table-automatic"| {{{1|text}}}

Creating new templates

To make a new table cell template you can use:

{{subst:Table cell templates|text= default text |bg= background color |class= a class name without prefix |align= standard horizontal alignment}}

You should leave out the align parameter and often the class parameter is unnecessary, too.

Add the new template to the table in the common documentation afterwards. Please consider reusing one of the other templates and please choose the color sensibly.

If you find a table cell template that does not take a parameter and you want to be able to change the text in the cell, do not duplicate the template! Instead, edit the template and change the text to a default parameter substitution. For example, if a template's text is Dropped, change that to {{{1|Dropped}}}.

style="background: #abcdef; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: {{{align|center}}}; {{{style|}}}" class="automatic table-automatic"| {{{1|text}}}

Color subpage

All templates should either have a /bgcolor subpage that contains nothing but a valid CSS color code, possibly wrapped in nowiki tags, e.g. #BFD, which can be included with background: {{/bgcolor}}; in the style attribute, or they should reference another template's subpage, e.g. background: {{Template:Yes2/bgcolor}};. Alternatively, the /bgcolor subpage may redirect to another color code subpage: #REDIRECT [[yes2/bgcolor]].

This way, pages that are using these templates may also use {{legend}} and similar templates which can reference the actual color: {{legend|{{yes2/bgcolor}}|supported}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Table cell templates

One of several templates for styling individual table cells with standard contents and colors.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	text to be displayed instead of the default; if this doesn't work put the text after the template, possibly with a vertical bar | in between Default (template dependent)	Content	optional
horizontal align	align	text alignment inside the cell, either 'left', 'right', 'center' or 'justified' Suggested values left center right justified Default center	String	optional
style	style	a semicolon-separated list of additional CSS rules to be applied to the table cell Default (template dependent)	String	optional
background color	color	a valid CSS color value or name to override the standard cell background, only available with some templates Default (template dependent)	Line	optional

See also

• {{Change}} – calculates, displays and color-codes changes between two values
• {{BSD-lic}} – specialized redirect for
• {{GPL-lic}} – specialized redirect for
• {{LGPL-lic}} – specialized redirect for