Template:Sort/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Sort.
It contains usage information,

categories and other content or metadata that is not part of the original template.

This template should be avoided. Table sort keys are best defined using the data-sort-value attribute, like so: | data-sort-value="Doe, John" | John Doe. Please see WP:SORT § Specifying a sort key for a cell for details.

The original code was quite different than what is currently on Wikipedia

This template is for manually adjusting sorting order in sortable tables by specified sortkeys.

Usage: {{Sort | 1 = {{{sort value}}} | 2 = {{{displayed value}}} }} → Warning: Default sort key "{{{sort value}}}" overrides earlier default sort key "Sort/doc".

The first parameter is the sortkey; the second parameter is the wikitext of what has to be displayed. By default, this is the sortkey with link brackets:

{{Sort | 1 = {{{displayed value}}} }} → Warning: Default sort key "{{{displayed value}}}" overrides earlier default sort key "{{{sort value}}}".

A table using this template should use it in all rows.

This template works by adding a hidden sort value, which replaces the value of the visible text for sorting purposes. The HTML output looks like: <span data-sort-value="sortvalue">[[displayed value]]</span>.

Example

|{{Sort|Brothers Karamazov|[[The Brothers Karamazov]]}}

Sorting by numerical value, date, etc.: See Help:Sorting#Numerical sorting problems and meta:Help:Sorting#Sort modes

Equal rank: If you simply code as the second parameter an indicator that two items are equally ranked, e.g. "4=", the template interpreter will treat this as an additional parameter (i.e. parameter 4, which it will then not use). You must explicitly code this as parameter 2:

{{Sort|4|2=4=}}

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