Template:Table cell templates/doc

For the text color template, see Template:Black.

The templates in this series are designed to be used in a table to make a cell with text in that cell, with an appropriately colored background. They are commonly used in comparison tables.

For example, {{yes}} makes a cell with a green background. The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{yes|Sure}} would output "Sure" otherwise it defaults to "Yes". Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.

If you want to use other attributes for the table cells, e.g. colspan or rowspan, they need to be put before the template call and there must be no vertical bar | in between them:

Template:Yes	Template:No	N/A
colspan=2 Template:Yes-No

...
!{{Yes}} ||{{No}} ||rowspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan=2 {{Yes-No}}
...

Templates in this series

Table cell templates

Class	Template	Preview	Preview, alternative
table-rh	{{rh}} | Row header	Row header
	{{rh2}} | Row header	Template:Rh2 | Row header
table-yes	{{yes}}, {{yes|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Yes	Template:Yes
	{{Ya}}	Template:Ya
table-no	{{no}}, {{no|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:No	Template:No
	{{Na}}	Template:Na
	{{coming soon}}	Template:Coming soon
	{{bad}}, {{bad|F}}	Template:Bad	Template:Bad
	{{eliminated}}	Template:Eliminated
table-siteactive	{{Site active}}	Template:Site active
table-siteinactive	{{Site inactive}}	Template:Site inactive
table-yes2	{{yes2}} Text	Template:Yes2Text
	{{won}}, {{won|5}}	Template:Won	Template:Won
	{{won|place=1}}, {{won|place=Gold}}	Template:Won	Template:Won
	{{won|place=2}}, {{won|place=Silver}}	Template:Won	Template:Won
	{{won|place=3}}, {{won|place=Bronze}}	Template:Won	Template:Won
	{{won|text=white|color=darkblue}}	Template:Won
	{{good}}, {{good|A}}	Template:Good	Template:Good
table-no2	{{no2}} Text	Template:No2 Text
	{{nom}}, {{nom|5}}	Template:Nom	Template:Nom
	{{sho}}	Template:Sho
	{{TBA}}, {{TBA|To be announced}}	Template:TBA	Template:TBA
table-partial	{{partial}}	Template:Partial
	{{yes-No}}	Template:Yes-No
	{{okay}}, {{okay|C}}	Template:Okay	Template:Okay
	{{some}}	Template:Some
table-any	{{any}}	Template:Any
table-na	{{n/a}}	N/A
	{{BLACK}}	Template:BLACK
table-unknown	{{dunno}}	Template:Dunno
	{{Unknown}}	Template:Unknown
table-depends	{{Depends}}, {{Depends|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Depends	Template:Depends
table-included	{{Included}}	Template:Included
table-dropped	{{dropped}}	Template:Dropped
	{{terminated}}	Template:Terminated
table-beta	{{beta}}	Template:Beta
	{{table-experimental}}, {{table-experimental|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Table-experimental	Template:Table-experimental
table-free	{{free}}, {{free|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Free	Template:Free
table-nonfree	{{nonfree}}, {{nonfree|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Nonfree	Template:Nonfree
table-proprietary	{{proprietary}}, {{proprietary|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Proprietary	Template:Proprietary
table-needs	{{needs}}, {{needs|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Needs	Template:Needs
no class	{{incorrect}}, {{incorrect|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Incorrect	Template:Incorrect
no class	{{no result}}, {{no result|N.R.}}	Template:No result	Template:No result
no class	{{pending}}	Template:Pending
table-nightly	{{nightly}}, {{nightly|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Nightly	Template:Nightly
table-release-candidate	{{release-candidate}}, {{release-candidate|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Template:Release-candidate	Template:Release-candidate
no class	{{?}}	Template:?
no class	{{unofficial}}	Template:Unofficial
no class	{{usually}}	Template:Usually
no class	{{rarely}}	Template:Rarely
no class	{{sometimes}}	Template:Sometimes
no class	{{draw}} Text	Template:DrawText

Code

Common code to most if not all the templates in this series:

style="background: #abcdef; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: {{{align|center}}}; {{{style|}}}" class="automatic table-automatic"| {{{1|text}}}

Code specific to this template:

style="background: white; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: {{{align|center}}}; {{{style|}}}" class="Table cell templates table-Table cell templates"| {{{1|{{{text}}}}}}

To make a new table cell template you can use:

{{subst:Table cell templates| text = default text | bg = background color | class = a class name without prefix | align = 
standard horizontal alignment}}

You should leave out the align parameter and often the class parameter is unnecessary, too.

Add the new template to the table in the common documentation afterwards. Please consider reusing one of the other templates and please choose the color sensibly.

If you find a table cell template that does not take a parameter and you want to be able to change the text in the cell, do not duplicate the template! Instead, edit the template and change the text to a default parameter substitution. For example, if a template's text is Dropped, change that to {{{1|Dropped}}}.

See also

• {{GPL-lic}}
• {{chg}}: calculate and display changes between two values