Template:Code/doc

Usage

Wraps a short span of text in <syntaxhighlight> tags (see  mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight). This template should be used for short samples; longer content should use <pre>...</pre> or <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>. See  Help:Wiki markup for an explanation of what the various tags do.

If the content includes an equals sign (=), you must specify the parameter explicitly: {{code|1=date=30 Feb 2010}}.

The template uses the <syntaxhighlight> tag with the attribute inline=1. This works like the combination of the <code> and <nowiki> tags, applied to the expanded wikitext. For example, {{code|some '''wiki''' text}} will not render the word "wiki" in bold, and will render the tripled-single-quotes:

some '''wiki''' text

However, {{code|a {{template}} call}} will still invoke the template:

a {{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}} call

Use <nowiki>...</nowiki> around the template name to avoid this problem:

a {{template}} call

When used inline with regular text, {{code}} generally looks best and is easiest to read when it is explicitly spaced apart from the regular text:

foo  {{code|bar baz}}  quux.

is well spaced:

foo  bar baz  quux.

versus:

foo {{code|bar baz}} quux.

which is going to be visually confusing for many:

foo bar baz quux.

because "foo" and "bar" will seem more closely associated than "bar" and "baz"; the width of the space character in a monospaced font is almost always larger than in a proportional font.

Use parameter {{{2}}} (unnamed, as |2 =, or more explicitly as |lang =) to specify a language for  mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight. This option defaults to plain-text, i.e. no highlighting. There is no highlighting option for wikitext as a markup language, though html4strict and html5 are valid values, as are php, perl, css, javascript, mysql and many others. Attempting to use an invalid one causes a list of valid ones to be displayed in place of the template output, when the page is previewed or saved.

This template does not need to be  substituted.

Examples

Lorem {{code|ipsum '''dolor'''}} sit amet

Included templates

Embedded templates do not function as expected inside {{code}}; for longer, free-form blocks of code, which can contain templates such as {{var}} and {{samp}}, use <code>...</code> as a wrapper instead of this template.

Templates used inside {{code}} expose the rendered HTML— this can be useful. For example:

{{code| {{cite web |title=Title |url=http://example.org}} }}

The above example shows the HTML rendered by the citation template, including the hidden metadata.

TemplateData

 TemplateData

{
	"description": "An inline source code string.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Code",
			"aliases": ["code"],
			"description": "The code to display.",
			"required": true,
			"type": "string"
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Language",
			"aliases": ["lang"],
			"description": "The programming language of the source code. List of valid values is at: [[mw:Extension:SyntaxHighlight#Supported_languages]]",
			"default": "text",
			"suggested": true,
			"type": "string"
		},
		"class": {
			"label": "Class",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"id": {
			"label": "ID",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"style": {
			"label": "CSS Style",
			"type": "string"
		}
	}
}

See also

• {{codett}}, wrapper for this template that removes background and border styling
• {{mono}}, monospaced font only
• {{param value}}, monospaced; friendly handling for blank space
• {{Syntaxhighlight}}
• {{kbd}}, for keyboard input
•  Help:Wiki markup

Semantic markup templates

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