Template:Table cell templates

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The templates in this series, including Template:Tlxb, 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. Most of these templates should not be used simply to produce a background color: use them according to their meaning.

For example, Template:Tl makes a cell with a green background. The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{yes|Sure}} would give "Sure" otherwise it defaults to "Yes". Most templates allow editors to override the default text using |1= or equivalent, some require text to be placed after the template call, and others may need a vertical bar (Template:Char) separating the two: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors, and default texts are found in the table below.

Template:Warnsign If you want to use other attributes for the table cells that do not appear in § Code below, e.g. colspan, rowspan, or style, they need to be put before the template call, and there must be no vertical bar (Template:Char) in-between them, for example:

Yes	No	—Template:Screen reader-only
Yes/No

...
!{{Yes}} ||{{No}} ||rowspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan=2 style="border:solid 3px Maroon" {{Yes-No}}
...

Templates

Table cell templates

Class	Default		Customized
	Syntax	Preview	Syntax	Preview
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx Template:Tt	Template:Rh | Row header	Template:Tlx | Row header	Template:Rh | Row header
	Template:Tlx Template:Tt	Template:Rh2 | Row header	Template:Tlx | Row header	Template:Rh2 | Row header
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Yes	Template:Tlx	customized text
	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes C	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes C
	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes O	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes O
	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes N	Template:Tlx	Template:Yes N
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Maybe	Template:Tlx	customized text
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	No	Template:Tlx	customized text
	Template:Tlx	Template:No O	Template:Tlx	Template:No O
	Template:Tlx	Template:No X	Template:Tlx	Template:No X
	Template:Tlx	Eliminated	Template:Tlx	dropped out
	Template:Tlx	Lost	Template:Tlx	missing
	Template:Tlx	Active ()	Template:Tlx	Active (12%)
	Template:Tlx	Inactive	Template:Tlx (Last active 2017)	Inactive (Last active 2017)
	Template:Tlx	Safe	Template:Tlx	protected
	Template:Tlx	Template:No Y	Template:Tlx	Template:No Y
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Active	Template:Tlx	live
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Active	Template:Tlx	up
	Template:Tlx	Coming soon	Template:Tlx	second half of the year
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Inactive	Template:Tlx	down
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:Success	Template:Tlx	Template:Success
	Template:Tlx	Template:Operational	Template:Tlx	Template:Operational
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Failure	Template:Tlx	wrong orbit
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx		Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	Good	Template:Tlx	A
	Template:Tlx	Yes	Template:Tlx	ya
	Template:Tlx	Ya	Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	Template:Yan	Template:Tlx	Template:Yan
	Template:Tlx	Won	Template:Tlx	winner
	Template:Tlx	1	Template:Tlx	gold
	Template:Tlx	2	Template:Tlx	silver
	Template:Tlx	3	Template:Tlx	bronze
	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL
	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL
	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL	Template:Tlx	Template:WinDL
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx		Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	No	Template:Tlx	na
	Template:Tlx	Na	Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	Template:Nan	Template:Tlx	Template:Nan
	Template:Tlx	Nominated	Template:Tlx	5
	Template:Tlx	Template:Notnom	Template:Tlx	Template:Notnom
	Template:Tlx	Shortlisted	Template:Tlx	proposed
	Template:Tlx	Template:Longlisted	Template:Tlx	Template:Longlisted
	Template:Tlx	Template:TBA	Template:Tlx	Template:TBA
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Partial	Template:Tlx	almost done
	Template:Tlx	Template:Regional	Template:Tlx	Template:Regional
	Template:Tlx	Maybe	Template:Tlx	possibly
	Template:Tlx	possibly	Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	Template:Partial success	Template:Tlx	Template:Partial success
	Template:Tlx	Template:Partial failure	Template:Tlx	Template:Partial failure
	Template:Tlx	Neutral	Template:Tlx	C
	Template:Tlx	Yes/No	Template:Tlx	yes with an if; no with a but
	Template:Tlx	Some	Template:Tlx	many
	Template:Tlx	Pending	Template:Tlx	awaiting
	Template:Tlx	Sometimes	Template:Tlx	occasionally
	Template:Tlx	Rarely	Template:Tlx	seldom
	Template:Tlx	Usually	Template:Tlx	commonly
	Template:Tlx	Unofficial	Template:Tlx	de facto
	Template:Tlx	Unofficial	Template:Tlx	de facto
	Template:Tlx	Nonpartisan	Template:Tlx	impartial
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Any	Template:Tlx	anyone
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Perhaps	Template:Tlx	maybe
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx		Template:Tlx	1:1
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:No attempt	Template:Tlx	Template:No attempt
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	—Template:Screen reader-only	Template:Tlx	unavailable
	Template:Tlx	Template:Varies	Template:Tlx	Template:Varies
	Template:Tlx	Non-album single	Template:Tlx	Non-album single
	Template:Tlx	Template:Unreleased	Template:Tlx	Template:Unreleased
	Template:Tlx	N/A	Template:Tlx	banned
	Template:Tlx	—	Template:Tlx	—
	Template:Tlx	Template:Vacant	Template:Tlx	Template:Vacant
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Unknown	Template:Tlx	?
	Template:Tlx	?	Template:Tlx	not sure
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Included	Template:Tlx	incorporated
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	No result	Template:Tlx	NR
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:Planned	Template:Tlx	Template:Planned
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:Scheduled	Template:Tlx	Template:Scheduled
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Beta	Template:Tlx	preview
	Template:Tlx	Experimental	Template:Tlx	lab
	Template:Tlx	Nightly build	Template:Tlx	dev
	Template:Tlx	Release candidate	Template:Tlx	RC
	Template:Tlx	Template:Open source	Template:Tlx	Template:Open source
	Template:Tlx	Free	Template:Tlx	empty
	Template:Tlx	Proprietary	Template:Tlx	custom extension
	Template:Tlx	Non-free	Template:Tlx	paid
	Template:Tlx	Needs	Template:Tlx	req.
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Depends	Template:Tlx	vendor-defined
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Dropped	Template:Tlx	discontinued
	Template:Tlx	Terminated	Template:Tlx	fired
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Incorrect	Template:Tlx	wrong
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:D-P	Template:Tlx	Template:D-P
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-A	Template:Tlx	Template:D-A
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-I	Template:Tlx	Template:D-I
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-O	Template:Tlx	Template:D-O
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-N	Template:Tlx	Template:D-N
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-Nv	Template:Tlx	Template:D-Nv
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-W	Template:Tlx	Template:D-W
	Template:Tlx	Template:D-Out	Template:Tlx	Template:D-Out
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Main	Template:Tlx	text
	Template:Tlx	Template:CAlso starring	Template:Tlx	Template:CAlso starring
	Template:Tlx	Recurring	Template:Tlx	regular guest
	Template:Tlx	Guest	Template:Tlx	victim
	Template:Tlx	Template:COther	Template:Tlx	Template:COther
	Template:Tlx	Template:CNone	Template:Tlx	Template:CNone
	Template:Tlx	Template:CRemoved	Template:Tlx	Template:CRemoved
	Template:Tlx	Template:CFinalist	Template:Tlx	Template:CFinalist
	Template:Tlx	Template:CFinalist	Template:Tlx	Template:CFinalist
	Template:Tlx	Template:Exempt	Template:Tlx	Template:Exempt
	Template:Tlx	Template:Black Exempt	Template:Tlx	Template:Black Exempt
	Template:Tlx		Template:Tlx	rescheduled
	Template:Tlx	Template:Runner-up	Template:Tlx	Template:Runner-up
	Template:Tlx	Template:Quit	Template:Tlx	Template:Quit
Template:Tt	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-EX	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-EX
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-CR	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-CR
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-EN	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-EN
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-VU	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-VU
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-NT	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-NT
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-LC	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-LC
	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-DD	Template:Tlx	Template:IUCN-DD
no class	Template:Tlx	Not yet	Template:Tlx	NY with link text
	Template:Tlx	Optional	Template:Tlx	non-mandatory
	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%
	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%
	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%	Template:Tlx	Template:Shade
	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%	Template:Tlx%	Template:Shade%
	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory
	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory
	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory	Template:Tlx	Template:CellCategory

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|text-transform: capitalize;}}}" class="automatic table-automatic"| {{{1|text}}}

Code specific to this template:

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

Creating new templates

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}}}.

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

Choosing a color

When changing or creating a new template, follow the use of colour guidelines and the when choosing the background color and, sometimes, the text color. Many of these templates can be used with links to other articles or references, so the links should be clearly identifiable against the background color. You can check contrast level using the WebAIM contrast checker by setting the foreground color to the blue link color. Contrast should be at the minimum WCAG AA level and, whenever possible, at WCAG AAA level. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility/Colors has a set of colors that comply with WCAG AAA and WCAG AA for unvisited links and normal text.

Color subpage

All templates should either have a /bgcolor subpage that contains nothing but a valid CSS color code, possibly wrapped in nowiki tags, e.g. #BFD, which can be included with background: {{/bgcolor}}; in the style attribute, or they should reference another template's subpage, e.g. background: {{Template:Yes2/bgcolor}};. Alternatively, the /bgcolor subpage may redirect to another color code subpage: #REDIRECT [[yes2/bgcolor]].

This way, pages that are using these templates may also use Template:Tl and similar templates which can reference the actual color: {{legend|{{yes2/bgcolor}}|supported}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Template:Template parameter usage

TemplateData for Table cell templates

One of several templates for styling individual table cells with standard contents and colors.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
text	1	text to be displayed instead of the default; if this doesn't work put the text after the template, possibly with a vertical bar | in between Default (template dependent)	Content	optional
horizontal align	align	text alignment inside the cell, either 'left', 'right', 'center' or 'justified' Suggested values left center right justified Default center	String	optional
style	style	a semicolon-separated list of additional CSS rules to be applied to the table cell Default (template dependent)	String	optional
background color	color	a valid CSS color value or name to override the standard cell background, only available with some templates Default (template dependent)	Line	optional

See also

• Template:Tl – calculates, displays and color-codes changes between two values
• Template:Tl – shaded cell based on value in a range with automatic text visibility
• Template:Tl – specialized redirect for Template:Tlf
• Template:Tl – specialized redirect for Template:Tlf
• Template:Tl – specialized redirect for Template:Tlf
• Template:Tl / Template:Tl / Template:Tl for Template:C

Notes

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Table cell templates/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.