Template:Quote frame/doc

Usage

Compatibility warning: This template uses |title= for the italicized title of a major work, not for a heading above the quotation as some other templates do.

This template provides a quotation in a bordered box, on a light grey background, and spanning the page width by default. Do not put quotation marks around the quoted material.

Markup	Renders as
{{Quote frame |quote=Quoted material |author=Author |title=Title |source=other details}} {{Quote frame|Quoted material|Author|Title|other details}}	Quoted material — Author, Title, other details
{{Quote frame |quote=Quoted material |author=Author |source="Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}} {{Quote frame|Quoted material|Author||"Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}}	Quoted material — Author, "Article Title", Newspaper Name, date In the short syntax, the 3rd parameter (which auto-italicizes) has been included but left empty to skip it, and we use the 4th to manually apply italics where needed.
{{Quote frame |quote=Quoted material |author=Author |title=Title}} {{Quote frame|Quoted material|Author|Title}}	Quoted material — Author, Title
{{Quote frame |quote=Quoted material}} {{Quote frame|Quoted material}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame |quote=Quoted material |source="Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}} {{Quote frame|Quoted material|||"Article Title", ''Newspaper Name'', date}}	Quoted material — "Article Title", Newspaper Name, date In the short syntax, we skip two parameters by giving them empty.
{{Quote frame|Quoted material |align=center}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame|Quoted material |align=right}}	Quoted material
{{Quote frame|Quoted material |align=right |width=33%}}	Quoted material

The |width= parameter takes any valid CSS width value, such as 33% or 25em. This should not be specified in fixed pixel sizes (like 100px). As shown in the table above, the width is relative to the size of the container not the entire page, so the displayed width will be smaller if used inside a table.

The equal sign (=)

If any of the parameters' content include an equal sign (=) in its input, this will make the template not recognize the parameter properly unless:

• The parameters are named or numbered:

     {{Quote frame|quote=Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. |author=Abdul Kalam}}
     {{Quote frame|1=Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. |2=Abdul Kalam}}

• The = in the content is escaped with the {{}} template:

     {{Quote frame|Einstein's equation, E{{=}}mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it.|Abdul Kalam}}

• The = in the content is escaped with the = character reference:

     {{Quote frame|Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it.|Abdul Kalam}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Quote frame

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Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Quoted material	1		String	required
Author	2		String	optional
Title	3		String	optional
Publication	4	Use <ref>and {{Cite book}} etc.	String	optional
Alignment	align	Alignment of the quote box on the page—left / right / center / none. Defaults to none alignment.	String	optional
Width	width	Fixed width of the quote box, in a valid CSS value. Defaults to no fixed width.	String	optional

See also

• {{divbox}}