Template:Legend
Shows a legend row with a colored box.
Usage
edit{{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
editUse in text
edit{{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.)
Africa
Americas
Oceania
Europe
Asia
Use in captions
editMarkup | Renders as |
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[[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}} ]] |
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Full parameter list
edit{{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')--> | color = <!--colo(u)r of 'text'--> | size = <!--'text' font-size--> | text = <!--to place text inside the legend box--> }}
TemplateData
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Legend
Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Color | 1 | The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format
| Line | required |
Caption | 2 | Label for the legend entry
| String | suggested |
CSS border style | border | CSS style for the legend entry's border | String | optional |
Entry outline | outline | CSS color for the outline of the legend entry
| Line | optional |
Text in the entry | text | Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified
| Line | optional |
Text color | textcolor | CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box | String | optional |
size | size | Size of the legend entry | String | optional |