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Main discussion & Queries: template talk:Lts

Template:Lts is a smaller variant of {{Lt}} with pleasant output, for use especially also on browsers which don't support ·.

Usage

{{Lts|template}} shows links for the specified template.
{{Lts}} shows links for a template wrt the {{PAGENAME}}.

Example

Code	Result
`{{Lts\|Lt}}`	Template:Lt(edit talk links history)
`{{Lts}}`	Template:Template links short/doc(edit talk links history)

Template:Las(edit talk links history)	'Lts' formatted, but for anything, Defaults to article space, but accepts category or template, etc. namespace prefixes too.
Template:Lts(edit talk links history)	for templates (List Template Short ["Lt"])
Template:Lcs(edit talk links history)	for categories
Template:Lps(edit talk links history)	for `{{ns:Project}}` (= Project)
Template:Ltsmeta(edit talk links history)	for templates copied from Meta
Template:Lts/(edit talk links history)	for template lists (see below)
Template:Lx(edit talk links history)	boilerplate for the Lx family
Category:Internal link templates	for a comparison of this zoo see below
Template:Lps (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Lts (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Ltsmeta (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta

Comparison

We got a zoo of similar templates, pick what you like. This list is probably incomplete and intentionally omits variants with parameters like {{Tlx}} and the various redirects.

Source	Code	Result
links talk edit	{{lt\|x4}}	Template:X4 (edit \| talk \| history \| links \| watch \| logs)
links talk edit	{{lts\|x4}}	Template:X4(edit talk links history)
links talk edit	{{lts/\|x4}}	links talk edit
links talk edit	{{tetl\|x4}}	{{x4}} links talk edit
links talk edit	{{ti\|x4}}	Template:x4 (talk · links · edit)
links talk edit	{{tic\|x4}}	Template:x4 (talk links edit)
links talk edit	{{tiw\|x4}}	w:Template:x4
links talk edit	{{tl\|x4}}	{{X4 }}
links talk edit	{{tn\|x4}}	{{x4}}
links talk edit	{{tlc\|x4}}	`{{x4}}`
links talk edit	{{tls\|x4}}	{{subst :x4}}
links talk edit	{{tlsetl\|x4}}	{{subst:x4}} links talk edit
links talk edit	{{tlt\|x4}}	{{x4}} (talk)
links talk edit	{{ttl\|x4}}	{{x4}} (t/l)
links talk edit	{{twlh\|x4}}	Template:x4 (links, talk)

These tables: view · talk · edit

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced
Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options^{[note 1]} to achieve text style	Link style
Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options^{[note 1]} to achieve text style	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst
{{tlg}} options^{[note 1]} to achieve link style	N/A	DEFAULT	`nolink=1`	`subst=1`
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}^{[note 1]} {{Tl }} {{tlp\|1\|2\|...}}^{[note 2]}	{{tlf}}^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>}	{{subst :tls}} {{subst :Template:tlsu}}^{[note 3]}
`code`	`code=1`	`{{tl2}}`	`{{tlc}}`^{[note 2]} ^{<template link>} `{{tnull}}` ^{<template link>}	`{{subst :tlxs}}`
monospace	`mono=1`^{[note 4]}	{{tlx}}^{[note 4]} {{tll}}^{[note 4]}	N/A
`plaincode`	`plaincode=1`^{[note 5]}
`kbd`	`kbd=1`^{[note 6]}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 {{tlg}} is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span style="white-space:nowrap">...</span> tags.
↑ Allows links to templates in any namespace.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace">...</span>.
↑ {{Template:Template links short/doc}} uses <code style="background:transparent;border:none">...</code> .
↑ {{Template:Template links short/doc}} uses ‎<kbd> tags.

[TlTfn1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 {{tlg}} is the most general template, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.

[TlTfn2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span style="white-space:nowrap">...</span> tags.

[TlTfn3-3] Allows links to templates in any namespace.

[TlTfn4-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace">...</span>.

[TlTfn5-5] {{Template:Template links short/doc}} uses <code style="background:transparent;border:none">...</code> .

[TlTfn6-6] {{Template:Template links short/doc}} uses ‎<kbd> tags.

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Usage

Example

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Comparison