Template:Template-linking templates

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to the styles of generated text and link produced

Text style ↓	{{tlg}} options to achieve text style	Link style
		Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Unlinked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
{{tlg}} options to achieve link style	—	DEFAULT	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">nolink=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">subst=yes</syntaxhighlight>	nolink=yes|subst=yes	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">braceinside=yes</syntaxhighlight>	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">alttext=Foo</syntaxhighlight> <syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">2=Foo</syntaxhighlight>
normal	DEFAULT	Template:Nowrap Template:Tl Template:Tlp {{Template:tlu}}	{{tlf}} <template link>	Template:Tls {{subst:Template:tlsu}}	{{subst:tlsf}} <template link>	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">code=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} {{Template:tlxu}}	Template:Tlc <template link> {{tnull}}<template link>	{{subst:tlxs}}	{{subst:tlsc}} <template link>	—
monospace	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">plaincode=yes</syntaxhighlight>	—		{{subst:tltss}}	—
kbd	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">kbd=yes</syntaxhighlight>
bold	<syntaxhighlight lang="text" class="" style="" inline="1">bold=yes</syntaxhighlight>	{{tlb}}	—
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{tlxi}}

Other formatting templates

Templates producing specialised formatting effects for given templates, modules or parameters

Code example	Effect	Notes
Template:Tlx	REDIRECT Template:Template journal || Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
<source lang="wikitext"> <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Some text </syntaxhighlight> </source>	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Some text </syntaxhighlight>	Same as above
Template:Tlx	{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}	Supports colors, placeholder texts, named and unnamed parameters
Template:Xtag{{Hatnote|Some text|selfref=yes|category=no|lang=fr}}Template:Xtag	<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> Some text </syntaxhighlight>	Same as above
Template:Tlx	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
Template:Tlx	lang=fr|Some text}}</syntaxhighlight> Some text	Shows code and example
Template:Tlx	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
Template:Tlx Template:Tlx	[[Template:Hatnote]] [[Template:Hatnote|Hatnote]]	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
Template:Tlx	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to Template:Tl for linking to Lua modules
Template:Tlx	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Similar to Template:Tl, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
Template:Tlx	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to Template:Tl for linking to Lua modules
Template:Tlx	<syntaxhighlight lang="lua" inline="1">require('Module:Example')</syntaxhighlight>	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
Template:Tlx	Template:Para	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
Template:Tlx	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a [[WP:CODE|Template:Tag]] tag.
Template:Tlx Template:Tlx	Template:Tag Template:Xtag	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
Template:Tlx	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to Template:Tl
Template:Tlx Template:Tlx	{{#if}} {{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}	Parser function equivalent to Template:Tl
Template:Tlx	{{uc:}}	Magic word links

With utility links

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