Module:Icon/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Module:Icon.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original Module page.

This module is subject to page protection. It is a highly visible module in use by a very large number of pages. Because vandalism or mistakes would affect many pages, and even trivial editing might cause substantial load on the servers, it is protected from editing.

This Lua module is used on many pages.

To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this module should first be tested in its /sandbox or /testcases subpages. The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit.

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Uses Lua:

This module displays an icon depending on the code it is given. It implements Template:Icon.

Usage

From wikitext

From wikitext this module should be used via Template:Icon in most cases. Please see the template page for documentation. In cases where lots of icons cause the page to exceed the post-expand include size limit, Template:Mlx may be used instead of {{Icon|icon name}}.

From Lua

To use this module from another Lua module, first load it:

local mIcon = require('Module:Icon')

Then you can make icons with the _main function.

mIcon._main(args)

The args variable is a table of arguments. This corresponds to the parameters accepted by Template:Icon - please see the template page for parameter documentation.

Data

The icon data is stored at Module:Icon/data. See the instructions there for how to add and remove icons.