Template:Box

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This template uses Lua:

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Basic usage

{{box|Contents}} produces:

Contents

Parameters

Special parameters
Parameter	Description	Values
`\|type=`	The type of box	black , white or transparent
`\|span=`	Uses span tags instead of div tags	yes
`\|wide=`	Set the box to be as wide as the page/table	yes
`\|inline=`	Set the box to be inline	text text text yes text text text
`\|header=`	Adds an optional header	Header Text
`\|shadow=`	Add a shadow to the box	yes

CSS parameters
Parameter	Description	Default	CSS
`"content"`	The contents of the box (Necessary)
opt1 `\|background=` opt2 `\|color=`	The color of the background of the box	White	background-color
`\|align=`	The alignment of the box (left, center, right) (Recommended)	left	float
`\|padding=`	The inner padding of the border	3px	padding
`\|style=`	The style of the border	Solid	border-style
`\|border color=`	The color of the border	Black	border-color
`\|border size=`	The size of the border	3px	border-width
`\|text align=`	The alignment of the text (Recommended)	left	text-align
`\|spacing=`	The spacing of the letters		letter-spacing
`\|font=`	The font of the box's text		font-family
`\|font size=`	The font size of the box's text		font-size
`\|text color=`	The color of the text	black	text-color
`\|margin=`	The outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't `inline-block` or `block`)	3px	margin
`\|box type=`	The type of box (inline, inline-block, block)	inline-block	display
`\|height=`	The height of the box		height
`\|width=`	The width of the box	(The width of the text)	width
`\|CSS=`	Any Additional CSS you want to add (make sure to add ; to end)

Other CSS parameters
Parameter	Description	Default	CSS
`\|top margin=`	The top outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't `inline-block` or `block`)	3px	margin-top
`\|bottom margin=`	The bottom outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't `inline-block` or `block`)	3px	margin-bottom
`\|left margin=`	The left outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't `inline-block` or `block`)	3px	margin-left
`\|right margin=`	The right outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't `inline-block` or `block`)	3px	margin-right
`\|top padding=`	The top inner padding of the border	3px	padding-top
`\|bottom padding=`	The bottom inner padding of the border	3px	padding-bottom
`\|left padding=`	The left inner padding of the border	3px	padding-left
`\|right padding=`	The right inner padding of the border	3px	padding-right
`\|radius=`	Border radius	0	border-radius
`\|max-height=`	The maximum height of the box		max-height
`\|min-height=`	The minimum height of the box		min-height
`\|max-width=`	The maximum width of the box		max-width
`\|min-width=`	The minimum width of the box		min-width

Examples

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A

B

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C

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{{box|A|background=red|text color=white}}
{{box|B|background=blue|text color=orange}}
{{box|C|background=black|text color=white|margin=0px|height=1em|width=40px|border color=yellow}}

DOG

{{box|spacing=5px|height=50px|DOG}}

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

{{box|background=yellow|align=center|border size=10px|radius=20px|text align=center|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Box

This template produces a variety of boxes from preset options and from CSS.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	The contents of the box Example Hello, world!	Unknown	suggested
header	`header`	A heading for the box Example Warning	Unknown	suggested
align	`align`	The alignment of the box Default left Example center	Unknown	suggested
box type	`box type`	The type of box (css display) (block, inline-block or inline) Example block Auto value `inline-block`	Unknown	optional
wide	`wide`	If set to yes the box will be wide Default no Example yes Auto value	Boolean	optional
inline	`inline`	Set to yes for the box type to be inline Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
style	`style`	The style of the border Default solid	Unknown	optional
padding	`padding`	The padding of the box Default 3px	Unknown	optional
top padding	`top padding`	The top padding of the box	Unknown	optional
bottom padding	`bottom padding`	The bottom padding of the box	Unknown	optional
left padding	`left padding`	The left padding of the box	Unknown	optional
right padding	`right padding`	The right padding of the box	Unknown	optional
border color	`border color`	The color of the box border Default black Example red	String	optional
radius	`radius`	Border corner radius Default 0 Example 5em	Unknown	optional
type	`type`	The type of box (black,white,transparent) Example black	Unknown	optional
border size	`border size`	The size of the border Default 3px	Unknown	optional
color	`color` `background`	The color of background Default white Example black	Unknown	optional
text color	`text color`	The color of the text Default black Example green	Unknown	optional
text align	`text align`	The alignment of the text (css text-align) Default left Example center	Unknown	optional
spacing	`spacing`	The spacing of the letters	Unknown	optional
font	`font`	The font of the text	Unknown	optional
font size	`font size` `text size`	The size of the text	Unknown	optional
margin	`margin`	The size of the box's margin Default 3px Example 30px	Unknown	optional
top margin	`top margin`	The size of the box's top margin	Unknown	optional
bottom margin	`bottom margin`	The size of the box's bottom margin	Unknown	optional
left margin	`left margin`	The size of the box's left margin	Unknown	optional
right margin	`right margin`	The size of the box's right margin	Unknown	optional
height	`height`	The height of the box Default ''the height of the contents plus the margin'' Example 400px	Unknown	optional
max-height	`max-height`	The maximum height of the box Example 800px	Unknown	optional
min-height	`min-height`	The minimum height of the box Example 100px	Unknown	optional
width	`width`	The width of the box Default ''the width of the text plus the margin or padding''	Unknown	optional
max-width	`max-width`	The maximum width of the box	Unknown	optional
min-width	`min-width`	The minimum width of the box	Unknown	optional
CSS	`CSS`	Any additional CSS to use	Unknown	optional

Tracking category

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Template:Box

Basic usage

Parameters

Examples

TemplateData

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See also