Template:Flatlist/doc

This template provides a Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG)/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists.

Lists output by {{Flatlist}} and {{Hlist}} are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.

Usage

{{flatlist}} starts a horizontal list, such as:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

If this template is used with no parameters, {{endflatlist}} is required. For navigation boxes using {{navbox}}, one can set |listclass=hlist, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using {{hlist}} instead.

Parameters

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

TemplateData for Flatlist

Used to create plain (i.e. unbulleted) lists.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Content	1	The list to wrap.	Content	suggested
Extra Classes	class	Adds extra CSS classes to the containing div.	String	optional
CSS Style	style	Adds extra CSS properties to the containing div. Complex styles should not be used in articles (per MOS:DEVIATIONS) but may be acceptable on user, project and talk pages. Example border: solid 1px silver; background: lightyellow;	String	optional
Indent	indent	Indents the list by a number of standard indents (one indent being 1.6em). (Useful in an indented discussion thread.) Example 2	Number	optional

Format: inline

Examples

{{flatlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}

produces:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

Alternative syntax

{{startflatlist}}
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
{{endflatlist}}

produces:

• cat
• dog
• horse
• cow
• sheep
• pig

Syntax for ordered lists

{{flatlist|
# [[first]]
# [[second]]
# [[3|third]]
# [[fourth]]
# [[fifth]]
# [[sixth]]
}}

produces:

1. first
2. second
3. third
4. fourth
5. fifth
6. sixth

Using optional parameters

{{flatlist |indent=2 
|style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow; 
|class=nowraplinks |
* [[Sol system]]
* [[Alpha Centauri system]]
* [[Procyon system]]
* [[Hawkeye system]]
* [[Casey system]]
* [[Ikeda system]]
}}

produces:

• Sol system
• Alpha Centauri system
• Procyon system
• Hawkeye system
• Casey system
• Ikeda system

Technical details

This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in MediaWiki:Common.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary html list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists.

Wikitext	Expanded template	HTML
{{flatlist| * cat * dog * horse * cow * sheep * pig }}	'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-0000001B-QINU`"'<div class="hlist " > * cat * dog * horse * cow * sheep * pig </div>	<div class="hlist"> <ul><li>cat</li> <li>dog</li> <li>horse</li> <li>cow</li> <li>sheep</li> <li>pig</li></ul> </div>

See also

• {{endflatlist}}
• {{hlist}}
• {{plainlist}} and {{unbulleted list}}
• {{bulleted list}}
• {{ordered list}}
• {{nowrap}}
• {{pagelist}}