Template:Navbox with columns/doc

A navigation box that presents its content in columns. Originally intended to provide a relatively straightforward means to align links prefixed by flag icons, e.g. in templates offering links to country articles.

Basic syntax

Only required parameters and colwidth included.

{{Navbox with columns
|name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|title = 
|colwidth =  <!--(to set a default width for each column,
                  preferably in a proportional unit such as 'em'*)-->
|col1  = 
|col2  = 
}}

* See Em (typography). Using proportional units means the template should still be displayed correctly across a range of browser font-sizes. If colwidth not specified, a default 10em is used.

Parameters

Required parameters in bold. Parameters marked with a cross^† are parameters in common with the sister templates Template:T and Template:T. A much more complete description of those parameters is available at Template:T.

Setup parameters

name^†

The name of the template. The name of this template, for example, is "Navbox with columns".

state^†

Possible values are collapsed, uncollapsed, plain, off, and the default autocollapse. See Template:T for more information.

navbar^†

Possible values are plain, off, and the default value of blank. See Template:T for more information.

border^†

Possible values are child, none, and the default value of blank. Set to child if you wish to use the navbox inside of another navbox; with this option, the child navbox is borderless and fits snuggly inside of its parent navbox. The parent navbox may be the list area of Template:T, a columns of another Template:T, or a section of Template:T. See Template:T for more information and examples.

Basic data parameters

title^†

The title of the template, displayed centered in the titlebar at the top of the template.

above^†

Text or other elements to appear above the columns.

image^†

Image to the right of all of the columns.

imageleft^†

Image to the left of all of the columns.

below^†

Text or other elements to appear below the columns.

Style parameters

bodystyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the template's body (i.e. including space not used by columns)

titlestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to titlebar; usually background:color (background defaults to NavHead default).

abovestyle^†

belowstyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the above and below parameters, respectively.

basestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the title, above, and below, parameters, all at the same time.

imagestyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the image parameter.

imageleftstyle^†

CSS style/s to apply to the imageleft parameter

colsstyle

CSS style/s to apply across all columns; if used, usually background:color per titlestyle above.

oddcolstyle

evencolstyle

CSS style/s to apply to all odd/even-numbered columns, respectively.

col_nstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column only.

colheaderstyle

CSS style/s to apply to all column headers.

col_nheaderstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column header.

col_nfooterstyle

CSS style/s to apply to the n^th column footer cell.

Columns parameters

colwidth

Width, preferably in a proportional unit such as 'em', or as a percentage, used for each column whose width not specified by colNwidth below. Defaults to 10em. Examples:

colwidth = 15em

colwidth = 25%

fullwidth

If set to anything, then the total width of the columns are scaled linearly to make the sum of the widths 100%. A rather advanced parameter, this usually need not be used and should be left blank. If a colheader or colfooter is used, then fullwidth is used automatically. Example:

fullwidth = true

padding

Padding before first column, preferably in a proportional unit. Defaults to 5em. Padding is disabled by setting it to 0 (or 0em, or 0%).

col_nwidth

The n^th column's width (overrides colwidth above).

col_n

The content of the n^th column. col1 is required. There can be a maximum of 20 columns.

col_nheader

A header cell for the n^th column that appears above the column. See below for examples.

col_nfooter

A footer cell that appears below the n^th column.

col_nheadercolspan

A number specifying how many columns the n^th column header should span. It defaults to 1. If it is greater than one, then do not specify column headers that it covers. For example, if col1headercolspan = 3, then leave col2header and col3header blank.

col_nfootercolspan

A number specifying how many columns the n^th column footer should span. It defaults to 1. If it is greater than one, then do not specify column footers that it covers. For example, if col1footercolspan = 3, then leave col2footer and col3footer blank.

Additional lists

You may wish to add a few extra lists below the columns. The following parameters are given to provide such functionality. See Template:T for a more complete description of how they work, and for more examples. Groups are not allowed.

list_n^†

Allows up to 6 additional lists below the columns.

liststyle^†

The general CSS style/s for the lists.

list_nstyle^†

CSS style/s for the n^th list parameter.

listpadding^†

Amount of padding to have in each list cell.

Examples

Basic example

{{Navbox with columns
|name    = East Asia Summit (EAS)
|title   = Member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS)
|width   = 18.25em
|padding = 10em

|above = ''This is where the {{{above}}} would appear.''

|col1 = AUS<br /> BRU<br /> CAM<br /> IND
|col2 = IDN<br /> JPN<br /> LAO<br /> MAS
|col3 = MYA<br /> NZL<br /> CHN-PRC<br /> PHI
|col4 width=17em
|col4 = SIN<br /> KOR<br /> THA<br /> VIE

|below = '''Potential future members'''TLS RUS
}}

Example with percentage widths

{{Navbox with columns
| name = Plastics
| title = Plastics
| colwidth = 33%
| colstyle = text-align: center
| col1 = Polyethylene (PE)<br />Polyethylene terephthalate (PET or PETE)<br />Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)<br />Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)<br />Polylactic acid (PLA)
| col2 = Polypropylene (PP)<br />Polyamide (PA)<br />Polycarbonate (PC)<br />Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)<br />Polyurethane (PU)
| col3 = Polystyrene (PS)<br /> Polyester<br /> Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)<br /> Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)<br /> Polyoxymethylene (POM)
}}

Example with col_nheader and col_nfooter

The gray background for the columns is added for illustration only.

Using child navboxes

All three types of navbox templates, namely Template:T, Template:T, and Template:T, can be nested inside of one another using the border parameter (which is common to all three). For complex templates, it may be necessary to use nesting to achieve a desired look.

Nesting Navbox with columns in itself

This example shows how one can nest multiple Template:T templates to get the right look. Edit this section to view the code. There is a main Template:T and two additional Template:T templates, with the "child" option set (see code).

Nesting other Navbox forms

This example shows Template:T, Template:T and Template:T all working together. Press the edit button for the section to view the code. Note that each of the child navboxes has the first parameter set to child

See also

• Template:T – Allows groups/lists instead of columns
• Template:T – Another variation.