Template:Tag

<tag>...</tag>

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This template is about 'displaying' markup tags. For 'using' markup tags, see the #tag magic word. For the inline maintenance tag, see Template:Fix.

{{tag|tagname [|type] [|content=text] [|attribs=attributes and values]}}

A markup tag is an open < and a close > angle brackets and the content within them, in a markup language, as XML or HTML:

For example, the <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.

This template provides a quick way to mention a markup-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Parameters

Required parameters shown in bold italics.

|1=  (tagname above) 

The XML/HTML tag's name (e.g. code, ref).

|2=  (type above) 

To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented:

p  (pair) (default) 

A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. <div>...</div>).
To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter (for example, <div></div>).

o  (open) 

An open/start tag (e.g. <span>).

c  (close) 

A close/end tag (e.g. </span>).

e  (empty)  or  s  (single)  or  v  (void) 

An empty element, formed with a single self-terminating tag (e.g. <hr />); in HTML5 these are now known as "void" elements, though "empty" is the more common term.

|content= 

Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.

|attribs= 

Attributes and values to be included as part of an open/start tag (this parameter can also be called |params=).

|wrap=yes 

Disable nowrap for long samples, so allowing wraps (line breaks).

|link=yes 

Link to the element's entry at the HTML element Wikipedia article, e.g.:
     {{Tag|del|link=y}}
produces:
     <del>...</del>
This is only for HTML elements; the page is hard-coded, so it cannot be used for, e.g., XML elements from a particular schema. If desired, a feature for specifying the link page can be added.

Examples

Markup	Renders as
{{tag|ref}}	<ref>...</ref>
{{tag|ref|content=}}	<ref></ref>
{{tag|ref|content=hello}}	<ref>hello</ref>
{{tag|span|content=foo}}	<span>foo</span>
{{tag|span|open}}	<span>
{{tag|span|open|content=hello}}	<span>hello
{{tag|span|close|content=hello}}	hello</span>
{{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}	<span>hello</span>
{{tag|ref|open|attribs=group="note"}}	<ref group="note">
{{tag|references|single}}	<references />
{{tag|br|single}}	<br />
{{tag|!--|content=comment}}	<!--comment-->
{{tag|a |attribs=href="<nowiki>https://sarna.net/</nowiki> |content=BattleTechWiki}}	<a href="https://sarna.net/">BattleTechWiki</a>

See also

• Wikipedia's page on HTML tag
• {{XMLElement}}
• {{xtag}} adds a MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the extension page.
• #tag:, the parser function that generates working tags.

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