Template:Legend/doc

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.

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')-->
| color =    <!--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

Templates

• To colour text and background:
  • {{Font color}}
  • {{background color}}
  • {{font}}
• To provide example squares of colour:
  • {{Color sample}}
  • {{Swatch}}
  • {{Swatch inline}}
• To provide a list colors
  • {{Colornames}}
  • {{Formula Supported Named Colors}}
  • {{X11 color chart}}
  • {{Web Colors}}

Wikipedia articles

• Color picker
• Web colors
• HTML color names

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TemplateData for Legend

Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	1	The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format Example "#6D6E00", "#ffa", "yellow"	Line	required
Caption	2	Label for the legend entry Example "soda" is most common	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 Example silver	Line	optional
Text in the entry	text	Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified Example Af	Line	optional
Text color	textcolor	CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box	String	optional
Size	size	Font size of the legend entry, including colored box	String	optional