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Revision as of 23:06, 5 August 2022
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Shows a legend row with a colored box.
Usage
{{legend|background-color|caption|outline=outline color|border=css border}}
- background-color is passed to the css background-color property of the color box.
- The optional outline parameter is the color of the outline around the box.
- The optional border argument which overrides the outline argument and sets the css description (e.g.,
1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.
Examples
Use in text
{{legend|black|Africa}}
{{legend|green|Americas}}
{{legend|blue|Oceania}}
{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}} (#A2A9B1 is the wikitables border color.)
Africa
Americas
Oceania
Europe
Asia
Use in captions
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Full parameter list
{{legend
| [legend box's colo(u)r]
| [text following legend box]
| outline = <!--colo(u)r of border around legend box-->
| border = <!--use to specify custom CSS styling for border (overrides 'outline')-->
| color = <!--colo(u)r of 'text'-->
| size = <!--'text' font-size-->
| text = <!--to place text inside the legend box-->
}}
Limitations
Using certain special characters in |text= that have meaning in wikitext can cause unexpected results. To use * in |text=, use |text={{asterisk}}. To use # in |text=, use |text={{number sign}}.
See also
- Variant blocks
- {{legend striped}}, two colors, for striped color areas
- {{legend inline}}, uses display:inline to avoid line breaks after each legend
- {{legend0}}, without the line-feed
- {{leftlegend}}, with text-align set to left
- {{color box}} and {{RouteBox}}, with text placed inside the colored legend and article linking
- {{legend-line}}, legends for lines
- {{image key}}, allows legend templates being used in image captions to use multiple columns
Templates that list colors
- {{Colornames}}
- {{X11 color chart}}
- {{Web Colors}}
TemplateData
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TemplateData for Legend
Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color | 1 | The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format
| Line | required |
| Caption | 2 | Label for the legend entry
| String | suggested |
| CSS border style | border | CSS style for the legend entry's border | String | optional |
| Entry outline | outline | CSS color for the outline of the legend entry
| Line | optional |
| Text in the entry | text | Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified
| Line | optional |
| Text color | textcolor | CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box | String | optional |
| Size | size | Font size of the legend entry, including colored box | String | optional |