Template:Collapsible option
Initial visibility: currently defaults to autocollapse
To set this template's initial visibility, the |state = parameter may be used:
- |state = collapsed:
{{BASEPAGENAME|state=collapsed}}to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar - |state = expanded:
{{BASEPAGENAME|state=expanded}}to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible - |state = autocollapse:
{{BASEPAGENAME|state=autocollapse}}
If the |state = parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's initial visibility is taken from the |default = parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.
Template documentation
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{{Collapsible option}} provides a standardised message for transclusion on the pages of collapsible templates whose collapsibility may be managed by the parameter |state =.
It may be used on either the template page itself (wrapped within <noinclude>...</noinclude> tags) or on the template's {{documentation subpage}}.
Indicating optional use of state name
The |state = parameter used to manage collapsible templates need not always be named explicitly, i.e. {{Template name|state}} can be the same as {{Template name|state=state}}, if the template is coded that way. To indicate this in the {{Collapsible option}} message, add the parameter |statename = optional. This modifies the message so that it reads (if it were used for itself):
Initial visibility: currently defaults to autocollapse
To set this template's initial visibility, the |state = parameter may be used:
- |state = collapsed:
{{Collapsible option|state=collapsed}}to show the template collapsed, i.e., hidden apart from its title bar - |state = expanded:
{{Collapsible option|state=expanded}}to show the template expanded, i.e., fully visible - |state = autocollapse:
{{Collapsible option|state=autocollapse}}
If the |state = parameter in the template on this page is not set, the template's initial visibility is taken from the |default = parameter in the Collapsible option template. For the template on this page, that currently evaluates to autocollapse.
This possibility is enabled by including:
{{{1|}}}as part of a collapsible template's |state = parameter – for instance, as |state = {{{state|{{{1|}}}}}} or |state = {{{state|{{{1|<noinclude>expanded</noinclude>}}}}}}, etc.<noinclude>,<includeonly>as part of a collapsible template'sstateargument – for instance, as |state = {{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}}
If, however, the template includes collapsible sections within itself (e.g. {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}), then enabling this possibility may introduce ambiguity as regards what is to be collapsed or expanded. In those instances, therefore, the requirement to use |state = should be retained.
Changing the default state
To change the default state {{Collapsible option}} uses, add the parameter |default = collapsed or |default = expanded accordingly. To restore the default, remove any |default = previously included.
The |default = collapsed option must not be used in main article content in mainspace, e.g. to hide tables of information, or to cram extraneous details into infoboxes. (For more information, see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Scrolling lists and collapsible content § Notes.) This option is permissible in navboxes, which are not part of the article content Template:Lang.
Slashes and the nobase parameter
If the template name given to {{Collapsible option}}</nowiki> includes a forward-slash (virgule) character – / – then the parameter |nobase = (set to on, true, etc.) will need to be added so that the name is displayed correctly (i.e., so that {{PAGENAME}} rather than the default {{BASEPAGENAME}} is used to display it).