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{{Navbox right|Presidents of the United States|[[George Washington]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]]}} | {{Navbox right|Presidents of the United States|[[George Washington]], [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Herbert Hoover]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Barack Obama]]}} | ||
What do you get by using this approach to creating a navbox? Something that works right out of the box. No fiddling with code, no experimenting with colours, no sizing ''this'' margin or that ''padding' setting. It'll fit right under any pre-existing infoboxes and look like it ''belongs'' on the page. '''It just ''works''''' | What do you get by using this approach to creating a navbox? Something that works right out of the box. No fiddling with code, no experimenting with colours, no sizing ''this'' margin or that ''padding' setting. It'll fit right under any pre-existing infoboxes and look like it ''belongs'' on the page. '''It just ''works''''' | ||
==Proper usage== | |||
Generally speaking, navboxes that are in this position are discouraged. You are generally recommended to use {{tl|navbox}} for a bottom-of-page navbox. We don't want all navigation happening in a 260px wide column on the right of the page! | |||
However, there are a few points of navigation which are better done underneath a navbox. Generally, such cases are things with a small list that doesn't change often and can be compacted down to a few number of characters. Examples include {{tl|doctors}}, {{tl|romanas}}, {{tl|K9s}} and {{tl|looks like}}. | |||
'''If your navbox is more than 50% as tall as the infobox on the page, you should be using {{tl|navbox}} instead.''' | |||
Also, this template should ''never'' be directly used on a page in the main [[namespace]]. You should always create another template which then ''calls'' this template. See, for instance, the code at {{tl|looks like}}. | |||
==Limitations== | |||
This navbox only allows for two rows: the title, and the list. More ''could'' be added, but more ''won't'' be added. This template is for very simple lists only. | |||
