Template:Collapsible option
- How to manage this template's visibility
- Use
{{Template name |state=collapsed}}to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state. - Use
{{Template name |state=expanded}}to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state. - Use
{{Template name |state=autocollapse}}to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another template of the same type on the page. - Unless set otherwise (see state parameter within the template's code), autocollapse is the default state.
{{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
[edit source]The 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 (hidden) state. - Use
{{Collapsible option |expanded}}to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state. - Use
{{Collapsible option |autocollapse}}to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another template of the same type on the page. - Unless set otherwise (see state parameter within the template's code), autocollapse is the default state.
{{{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
[edit source]To 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.