Template:Font color/doc
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Purpose
{{Font color}} is how you insert colorized text, such as red, orange, green, blue and indigo, and many others. You can specify its background color at the same time.
{{Font color}} is also how you can color wikilinks
to something other than blue for when you need to work within background colors.
Normally [[ wikilink ]] → wikilink,
but but here we use a {{font color}} with |link= to create a black wikilink →
wikilink
You can make any text link to any page using the |link= parameter.
This template will use the latest Wikipedia:HTML5 recommendations,
inserting the span tags
<span style=color:color>...</span> and
<span style=background-color:color>...</span> for you, so your page increases its readability and usability in both the wikitext and the rendered page.
Usage
{{Font color}} has a one-color and a two-color form:
- {{font color|color|text}}
- {{font color|text color|background color|text}}.
Either form has a |link= option, for colorizing (otherwise blue or red) wikilink text.
- |link=yes →
[[text]] - |link=fullpagename →
[[fullpagename]]
You can also name the other fields.
- {{font color|fg=color|text=text}}
- {{font color|fg=text color|bg=background color|text=text}}
You can name |fg= or |bg=, which is nice, but... if you name either of them, you must also name |text=, which is a compromise. (See Help:Template#Parameters for why.)
Spacing is never of any concern.
.{{ font color | tan | green | label with four words }}.→.label with four words..{{ font color | fg = tan | bg = green | text = label with four words }}.→.label with four words.
Parameters
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- Or
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Examples
| Markup | Renders as |
|---|---|
{{font color|green|green text}}
|
green text |
{{font color|blue|do not style text as a link}}
|
do not style text as a link |
{{font color|white|black|white with black background}}
|
white with black background |
{{font color||yellow|default text in yellow background}}
|
default text in yellow background |
{{font color|bg=yellow|text=default text in yellow background}}
|
default text in yellow background |
| Markup | Renders as |
|---|---|
{{font color|white|blue|Wikipedia:Example|link=yes}}
|
Wikipedia:Example |
{{font color|white|blue|Example|link=Wikipedia:Sandbox}}
|
Example |
{{font color|text=Example|link=Wikipedia:Sandbox|bg=blue|fg=white}}
|
Example |
The |link= parameter is a good way to colorize wikilinks,
and it is about as much typing as the pipe trick.
[[Wikipedia:Sandbox|{{font color|white|blue|Example}}]]→ Example Linked by the pipe trick. Template:OK{{font color|white|blue|Example|link=Wikipedia:Sandbox}}→ Example Linked by {{font color}} Template:OK{{font color|red|[[Wikipedia:Sandbox]]}}→ Wikipedia:Sandbox Not "red" like it said, because text is a wikilink.
- REDIRECT Template:Xmark
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{{font color|white|green|[[Wikipedia:Sandborax]]}}→ Wikipedia:Sandborax Not white on green: text is a wikilink.
- REDIRECT Template:Xmark
|
This span is style=background-color:yellow.
{{font color|red|some red text}} → some red text.
Link with {{font color|purple|''The Color Purple''|link=The Color Purple}} → The Color Purple.
Span ending.
For actual mainspace template usage, here are search links for
See also
- Important Manual of Style information
- Web colors
- HTML color names
- List of colors
- Help: Link color
- {{color}}
- {{background color}}
- {{color contrast ratio}}
- {{hilite}}
- {{font}}
- {{tq}}
- {{xt}}