Template:Collapsible option
How to manage this template's visibility
- Use
{{BASEPAGENAME |state=collapsed}}
to show this template in its collapsed (i.e. hidden) state.
- Use
{{BASEPAGENAME |state=expanded}}
to show this template in its expanded (i.e. fully visible) state. - Use
{{BASEPAGENAME |state=autocollapse}}
to show this template in its collapsed state only if there is another template of the same type on the page.
- Unless set otherwise (see the state parameter within the template's code), the template's default state is "autocollapse".
{{Collapsible option}} provides a standardised message for transclusion on template pages whose templates include a state parameter through which their collapsibility may be managed.
It may be used on either the template page itself, wrapped within <noinclude>...</noinclude>
tags, or on the template's {{documentation subpage}}.
Indicating optional use of state name
editThe state parameter used to manage collapsible templates need not always be named explicitly, i.e. {{Template name |state}}
can be the same as {{Template name
. To indicate this in the {{Collapsible option}} message, add the parameter |state=state
}}|statename=optional
. This modifies the message so that it reads:
How to manage this template's visibility
- Use
{{Collapsible option |collapsed}}
to show this template in its collapsed (i.e. hidden) state.
- Use
{{Collapsible option |expanded}}
to show this template in its expanded (i.e. fully visible) state. - Use
{{Collapsible option |autocollapse}}
to show this template in its collapsed state only if there is another template of the same type on the page.
- Unless set otherwise (see the state parameter within the template's code), the template's default state is "autocollapse".
{{{1|}}}
as part of its state parameter, e.g. as | state = {{{state|{{{1|}}}}}}
or | state = {{{state|{{{1|<noinclude>expanded</noinclude>}}}}}}
, etc. If, however, the template features collapsible sections within itself (e.g. {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}) then enabling this possibility may introduce ambiguity as regards what is to be collapsed, expanded, etc. The need to use "|state=
" in these instances should, therefore, be retained. )Changing the default state reported
editTo change the default state {{Collapsible option}} reports in its fourth bullet-point, add the parameter |default=collapsed
or |default=expanded
accordingly, or, to restore the autocollapse report, remove any |default=
included when {{Collapsible option}} is used.