Template:Flatlist

Template documentation

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Flatlist/styles.css

This template provides a Web Content Accessibility Guidelines/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists.

Usage

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

cat
dog
horse
cow
sheep
pig

This template can be used with or without {{endflatlist}}. 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.

Examples

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

produces:

cat
dog
horse
cow
sheep
pig

Alternative syntax

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

produces:

cat
dog
horse
cow
sheep
pig

Syntax for ordered lists

{{flatlist|
# first
# second
# third
# fourth
# fifth
# sixth
}}

produces:

first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth

Parameters

class adds a CSS class to the containing div. Use nowraplinks to prevent links from wrapping.
style adds CSS styling to the containing div. Complex styles should not be used in articles but may be acceptable on user, project and talk pages.

Example: |style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow

indent indents the list by a number of standard indents, one indent being 1.6em. (Useful in an indented discussion thread.)

Example: |indent=2

Technical details

This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in 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. Some of the CSS used is not compatible with some older browsers, notably Internet Explorer 6 and 7.

Redirects

{{Startflatlist}}