Template:Tlp/doc

This is the template link with parameters (or ) template. It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a template name would be used in code. Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:

Features of : This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the see also section below for some of them. For instance, when writing documentation you might want to avoid a lot of unnecessary links, since it decreases readability – i.e. on the first occurrence of a template name, use tl, or  and thereafter use,  or.
 * It shows a template name with a link to that template.
 * It shows up to eight parameters.
 * It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
 * It prevents line wraps in its output.
 * It uses normal text style. (, for instance, uses  text style.)