Template:Legend
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Shows a legend row with a colored box.
Usage
{{legend|background-color|caption|outline=outline color|border=css border}}
- background-color is passed to the css background-color property of the color box.
- The optional outline parameter is the color of the outline around the box.
- The optional border argument which overrides the outline argument and sets the css description (e.g.,
1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.
Examples
Use in text
{{legend|black|Africa}}
{{legend|green|Americas}}
{{legend|blue|Oceania}}
{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}} (#A2A9B1 is the wikitables border color.)
Use in captions
| Markup | Renders as |
|---|---|
[[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|thumb|right|The Celts in Europe, past and present:
{{legend|#1a8000|Present-day Celtic-speaking areas}}
{{legend|#27c600|Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language}}
{{legend|#97ffb6|Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture}}
{{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}}
{{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}}
]]
|
 The Celts in Europe, past and present: Present-day Celtic-speaking areas Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC |
Use with all parameters
{{legend
| #ded <!--light green-->
| The meadow is green.
| outline = #00e <!--blue >> will be not used because overridden by border-parameter-->
| border = 2px solid #e00 <!--red-->
| textcolor = #00e <!--blue-->
| size = 200%
| text = green
}}
Full parameter list
{{legend
| [legend box's colo(u)r]
| [text following legend box]
| outline = <!--colo(u)r of border around legend box-->
| border = <!--use to specify custom CSS styling for border (overrides 'outline')-->
| textcolor = <!--colo(u)r of 'text'-->
| size = <!--'text' font-size-->
| text = <!--to place text inside the legend box-->
}}
Limitations
Using certain special characters in |text= that have meaning in wikitext can cause unexpected results. To use * in |text=, use |text={{asterisk}}. To use # in |text=, use |text={{number sign}}.
See also
- Variant blocks
- {{legend striped}}, two colors, for striped color areas
- {{legend inline}}, uses display:inline to avoid line breaks after each legend
- {{legend0}}, without the line-feed
- {{leftlegend}}, with text-align set to left
- {{color box}}, with text placed inside the colored legend and article linking
- {{legend-line}}, legends for lines
- {{image key}}, allows legend templates being used in image captions to use multiple columns
Templates that list colors
- {{Colornames}}
- {{X11 color chart}}
- {{Web Colors}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Legend
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Color", "description": "The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format", "example": "\"#6D6E00\", \"#ffa\", \"yellow\"", "type": "line", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Caption", "description": "Label for the legend entry", "example": "\"soda\" is most common", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "border": { "label": "CSS border style", "description": "CSS style for the legend entry's border", "type": "string" }, "outline": { "label": "Entry outline", "description": "CSS color for the outline of the legend entry", "example": "silver", "type": "line" }, "text": { "label": "Text in the entry", "description": "Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified", "example": "Af", "type": "line" }, "textcolor": { "label": "Text color", "description": "CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box", "type": "string" }, "size": {
"label": "Size",
"description": "Font size of the legend entry, including colored box", "type": "string" } }, "description": "Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption." } </templatedata>