Template:Wikivar/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Wikivar (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template facilitates the displaying of Wikipedia variables and built-in "magic word" (i.e. pseudo-template) names and, optionally, their :parameters. The variable/magic-word names are automatically uppercased:

{{wikivar|PAGENAME}} and {{wikivar|pagename}} both produce: {{PAGENAME}}

The second parameter supplied will be treated as the variable or magic word's parameter/s. For example:

{{DEFAULTSORT|Kusanagi, Motoko}} produces: {{DEFAULTSORT:Kusanagi, Motoko}}

To convert the variable or magic word's name into a link to the "Variables" section in Help:Magic words, set the parameter |link= as on / add / include / etc.  For example:

{{wikivar|link=on|PAGENAME}} produces: {{PAGENAME}}

To remove the default border and background, set |style= as plain:

{{wikivar|style=plain|link=on|PAGENAME}} produces: {{PAGENAME}}

|style= may also be set to one or more CSS styles that are then applied to the template's output.

Comparison

Input	Output
{{wikivar|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{tld|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{wikivar|link=on|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{tlx|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{wikivar|style=plain|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{braces|PAGENAME}}	{{PAGENAME}}
{{wikivar|DEFAULTSORT|Kusanagi, Motoko}}	{{DEFAULTSORT:Kusanagi, Motoko}}
{{tld|DEFAULTSORT:Kusanagi, Motoko}}	{{DEFAULTSORT:Kusanagi, Motoko}}