Template:Flatlist

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{{startflatlist}}
{{flt}}

This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists, per WP:FLATLIST and MOS:HLIST.

Lists output by {{Flatlist}} and {{Hlist}} are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.

Usage

{{flatlist}} starts a horizontal list, such as:

If this template is used with no parameters, {{endflatlist}} is required. For navigation boxes using {{navbox}}, one can set |listclass=hlist, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using {{hlist}} instead.

Parameters

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Flatlist in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Flatlist

Used to create plain (i.e. unbulleted) lists.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Content	`1`	The list to wrap.	Content	suggested
Extra Classes	`class`	Adds extra CSS classes to the containing div.	String	optional
CSS Style	`style`	Adds extra CSS properties to the containing div. Complex styles should not be used in articles (per MOS:DEVIATIONS) but may be acceptable on user, project and talk pages. Example border: solid 1px silver; background: lightyellow;	String	optional
Indent	`indent`	Indents the list by a number of standard indents (one indent being 1.6em). (Useful in an indented discussion thread.) Example 2	Number	optional

Examples

{{flatlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}

produces:

Alternative syntax

{{startflatlist}}
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
{{endflatlist}}

produces:

Syntax for ordered lists

{{flatlist|
# [[first]]
# [[second]]
# [[3|third]]
# [[fourth]]
# [[fifth]]
# [[sixth]]
}}

produces:

Using optional parameters

{{flatlist |indent=2 
|style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow; 
|class=nowraplinks |
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]
* [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]
}}

produces:

Technical details

This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in MediaWiki:Common.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary html list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists.

Wikitext

Expanded template

HTML

{{flatlist|
* cat
* dog
* horse
* cow
* sheep
* pig
}}

'"`UNIQ--templatestyles-00000020-QINU`"'<div class="hlist " >
* cat
* dog
* horse
* cow
* sheep
* pig

</div>

<div class="hlist">
<ul><li>cat</li>
<li>dog</li>
<li>horse</li>
<li>cow</li>
<li>sheep</li>
<li>pig</li></ul>
</div>

Usage

Parameters

Examples

Alternative syntax

Syntax for ordered lists

Using optional parameters

Technical details

See also