Template:Template link

{{[[Template:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]]}}

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Template link displays a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing the template name as code rather than actually invoking it.

Note that this template has aliases {{tl}} ("T el") and {{t1}} ("T one"). They should not be confused with {{ti}} ("T eye"), which is an alias for {{Template information}}.

{{Tla}} works exactly like {{tl}} but allows displaying alternative label text (link label).

{{Tlg}} can display parameters for the template.

Examples

A short example of its use:

{{tl|Example}}

which generates

{{Example}}

Other longer examples:

Code	Result	Notes
{{tl|Void}}	{{Void}}	Standard usage
{{tls|Example}}	{{subst:Example}}	For templates that should be substituted
{{tl2|X1}}	{{X1}}	This formats the link to show how it would look in code (i.e., monospace font)
{{tl2|sister=M:|3x}}	{{3x}}	Same as above, for templates on another Wikimedia project (in this example, Meta, using m:). See Interwiki codes.
{{tl2|sister=wikibooks|lang=de:|WP}}	{{WP}}	For templates on another language project
{{tl|1==)}}	{{=)}}	Use the format {{tl|1=templatename}} if the template contains template coding characters such as {{=)}} or {{!}}

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Template link

This template displays a template name as a link surrounded by braces, thus showing how the template name would be used in code. Its primary use is in instruction and documentation.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Template name	1	Positional parameter: the template name without the namespace prefix “Template:”, which is added automatically	Template	required

See also

• Template:tl2 (backlinks edit)
• Template:tl (backlinks edit)
• Template:tlp (backlinks edit) to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink with a single [p]arameter
• Template:tlx (backlinks edit) to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink with an e[x]panded number of parameters
• Template:tlsp (backlinks edit) to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink that's [s]ubst:ituted, with a single [p]arameter
• Template:lts (backlinks edit)
• Template:tlu (backlinks edit), tl or tlp in any namespace
• Category:Internal template-link templates(edit talk links history)
• Template:tl-r (backlinks edit) to produce a [t]emplate [l]ink to a template [r]edirect

General-purpose formatting

Template-linking templates by text style and link style

Templ.	Example output	Text style	Link style	Subst style	{{tlg}} equivalent	Notes
{{tlg}}	{{tlg}}	normal			—N/a	Most general: accepts any combination of the options below
{{tl}}	{{tl}}
{{tlp}}	{{tlp|1|2|...}}					No wrapping
{{tlu}}	{{Template:tlu}}					Any namespace
{{tlf}}	{{tlf}}				nolink=yes	No wrapping
{{tls}}	{{subst:tls}}				subst=yes
{{tlsu}}	{{subst:Template:tlsu}}					Any namespace
{{tlsf}}	{{subst:tlsf}}				nolink=yes subst=yes	No wrapping
{{tn}}	{{tn}}		with braces		braceinside=yes
{{tla}}	{{tla}}		alt text		alttext=Foo or 2=Foo
{{tl2}}	{{tl2}}	code			code=yes
{{tlx}}	{{tlx}}
{{tlxu}}	{{Template:tlxu}}					Any namespace
{{tlc}}	{{tlc}}				code=yes nolink=yes	No wrapping
{{tnull}}	{{tnull}}
{{tlxs}}	{{subst:tlxs}}				code=yes subst=yes
{{tlsc}}	{{subst:tlsc}}				code=yes nolink=yes subst=yes	No wrapping
{{tltss}}	{{subst:tltss}}	monospace			plaincode=yes subst=yes	Sets font to monospace
{{tlb}}	{{tlb}}	bold			bold=yes
{{tlxb}}	{{tlxb}}	bold + code			bold=yes code=yes
{{tlxi}}	{{tlxi}}	italic + code			italic=yes code=yes

Styles with no dedicated template are available only through {{tlg}}: plaincode=yes renders monospace with <code style="border: none; background-color: transparent;">, and kbd=yes renders with <kbd>...</kbd>.

Other formatting templates

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

Code example	Effect	Notes
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> {{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Hatnote | Some text | selfref = yes | category = no | lang = fr }}	Same as above
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> {{Template|Text|links=yes}} </syntaxhighlight>	{{Template|Text|links=yes}}
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	{{hatnote|Some text}} Some text	Shows code and example
{{tln|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote	Produces a normal link to the template
{{elc|Template:Example}}	[[Template:Example]]	Shows how wikilink would be entered in wiki markup, with optional link text and suffix
{{elc|Template:Example|Text|suffix}}	[[Template:Example|Text]]suffix
{{ml|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tl}} for linking to Lua modules
{{mfl|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Similar to {{ml}}, but expects the function to be documented and creates a link to the corresponding section
{{mlx|Example|hello}}	{{#invoke:Example|hello}}	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{ml-lua|Module:Example}}	require('Module:Example')	Link to Lua modules and built-in libraries, showing Lua code.
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	|title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	[[WP:LASTING]]	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>...</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}}	<ref>...</ref>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{xtag|templatedata}}	<templatedata>
{{dtl|Ping project}}	{{d:Ping project}}	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}
{{mwl|#if}}	{{#if}}	Magic word links
{{mwl|#if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}
{{pf|if}}	{{#if}}	Parser function equivalent to {{tl}}
{{pf|if|{{{1}}}|true|false}}	{{#if:{{{1}}}|true|false}}

With utility links

Templates producing utility links for a given template (Hatnote used here as example)

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote(edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (edit talk history links # /subpages /doc /doc edit /sbox /sbox diff /test)
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} links talk edit
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	{{subst:Hatnote}}  links talk edit
{{ti|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk · links · edit)
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

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