Template:Dmbox

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Message box meta-templates
template	context
{{Ambox}}	article
{{Cmbox}}	category
{{Imbox}}	image
{{Tmbox}}	talk
{{Fmbox}}	footer / header
{{Ombox}}	other pages
{{Mbox}}	auto-detect
{{Asbox}}	article stub
{{Dmbox}}	disambiguation
{{Ivmbox}}	important messages or notices.

This is the {{Dmbox}} ([D]isambiguation footer [m]essage [box]) metatemplate.

It is used to build disambiguation message boxes, such as {{Disambiguation}}.

This template works similarly to {{Ambox}} and mostly uses the same parameters. The main differences are that this box uses the disambiguation style and only has two "type" settings.

Usage

Simple usage example:

{{dmbox | text = Some text.}}

Parameters

List of all parameters:

{{dmbox
| type  = disambig / setindex
| image = none / [[File:Some image.svg|40px|link=|alt=]]
| imageright = [[File:Some image.svg|40px|link=|alt=]]
| text  = The message body text. 
| nocat = {{{nocat|}}} / true
}}

|type=

If no |type= parameter is given the template defaults to type disambig.

disambig = Makes it so the {{disambig editintro}} is displayed when editing a page with this template on. (Means that this template internally sets the CSS id "disambigbox". The id is used by the javascript in MediaWiki:Common.js to determine if a page is a disambiguation page or not.) And adds Category:All disambiguation pages and Category:All article disambiguation pages.

|nocat=

true = Stops this template from categorizing. Useful for tests and demonstrations. Dmbox templates should forward |nocat=, so they too have the option to suppress categories. Thus, it is recommended that Dmbox templates always add something similar to this:

nocat = {{{nocat|}}}

|image=

[No parameter] = If no |image= parameter is given, the template uses the default |disambig= or |setindex= image, depending on the |type= parameter.

An image = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (Keep the width small; images in this template do not automatically shrink on mobile devices.) For example:

image = [[File:Schooner.svg|30px|link=|alt=]]

none = Means that no image is used.

|imageright=

No parameter = If no |imageright= parameter is given then no image is shown on the right side.

An image = Should be an image with usual wiki notation. 30px - 50px width are usually about right depending on the image height to width ratio. (Keep the width small; images in this template do not automatically shrink on mobile devices.) For example:

imageright = [[File:Nuvola apps bookcase.png|40px|alt=Books icon]]

Anything = Any other object that you want to show on the right side.

|text=

The message body text. This message box has italic text as default, thus no need to manually set that.

See also

• BattleTechWiki:Disambiguation.
• {{Disambiguation}}, the generic disambiguation message box.

There are seven metatemplates in the Module:Message box family:

• {{Ambox}}, for messageboxes on article pages.
• {{Cmbox}}, for messageboxes on category pages.
• {{Imbox}}, for messageboxes on file (image) pages.
• {{Tmbox}}, for messageboxes on talk pages.
• {{Fmbox}}, for header and footer messageboxes.
• {{Ombox}}, for messageboxes on other types of page.
• {{Mbox}}, for messageboxes that are used in different namespaces and change their presentation accordingly.

Closely related metatemplates:

• {{Asbox}}, for messageboxes in article stubs.
• {{Dmbox}}, for messageboxes on disambiguation or set-index pages.
• {{Ivmbox}}, a simple full-width box with default ivory background intended to frame important messages or notices.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Dmbox/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.