Template:Outdent/doc

Template:Outdent/doc — this documentation template is used for 'outdenting' a reply on a talk page when the existing indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character (:) at the start of a new paragraph to produce the effect of tabs. This outdent template produces a dog-leg connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent.

Usage

To outdent posts, insert the number of colons (after a 'pipe') that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.

::::This is the previous post, indented 4 levels
{{Outdent|::::}}start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

displays as:

This is the previous post, indented 4 levels

┌─────────────┘
start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6}}start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

displays as:

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

┌───────────────────┘
start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

You can also have this template automatically add a linked tag, by adding any second parameter (its specific value is discarded):

::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
{{Outdent|6|link}}start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

displays as:

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

┌───────────────────┘
(outdent) start of a new post, aligned to the left margin

To not outdent all the way to the left margin, the outdent template itself can be indented using one or more colons:

::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
::{{Outdent|4}}start of a new post, indented 2 levels

displays as:

This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

┌─────────────┘
start of a new post, indented 2 levels

Do not use subst: with this template.

This template is contained in the CSS class 'outdent-template'. Users who would prefer not to see the template can add the following line to their custom CSS (by default: Special:MyPage/monobook.css):

span.outdent-template { display: none; }

See also

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This is the user documentation sub-page for this Template:doc template. This WMF imported template was copied (or imported) from an existing template of the same (or similar) name as this, in accordance with the terms of their respective license(s), at either the English Wikipedia (En.Wp), Wikimedia Meta-Wiki ('Meta'), Wikimedia Commons ('Commons'), or other Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) wiki site; as found at commons:Outdent/doc.