Template:Collapsible option

How to manage this template's visibility

• Use {{Template name |state=collapsed}}  to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state.
• Use {{Template name |state=expanded}}  to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state.
• Use {{Template name |state=autocollapse}}  to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another template of the same type on the page. (This is usually the default, i.e. doesn't usually need specifying.)

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{{Collapsible option}} provides a standardised message for transclusion on the pages of collapsible templates whose collapsibility may be managed by the parameter state.

It may be used on either the template page itself (wrapped within <noinclude>...</noinclude> tags) or on the template's {{documentation subpage}}.

Indicating optional use of state name

The state parameter used to manage collapsible templates need not always be named explicitly, i.e. {{[Template name]|state}} can be the same as {{[Template name]|state=state}}. To indicate this in the {{Collapsible option}} message, add the parameter |statename=optional. This modifies the message so that it reads (if it were used for itself):

How to manage this template's visibility

• Use {{Collapsible option |collapsed}}  to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state.
• Use {{Collapsible option |expanded}}  to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state.
• Use {{Collapsible option |autocollapse}}  to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another template of the same type on the page. (This is usually the default, i.e. doesn't usually need specifying.)

(This possibility is enabled by including:

• {{{1|}}} as part of a collapsible template's state parameter – for instance, as |state={{{state|{{{1|}}}}}} or |state={{{state|{{{1|<noinclude>expanded</noinclude>}}}}}}, etc.
• <noinclude>,<includeonly>as part of a collapsible template's state argument – for instance, as |state={{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}}

If, however, the template includes collapsible sections within itself (e.g. {{Navbox with collapsible groups}}), then enabling this possibility may introduce ambiguity as regards what is to be collapsed or expanded. In those instances, therefore, the requirement to use |state= should be retained.)

Changing the default state

To change the default state {{Collapsible option}} uses, add the parameter |default=collapsed or |default=expanded accordingly. To restore the default, remove any |default= previously included.

nobase

If the template name given to {{Collapsible option}} includes a (forward-)slash character ("/"), the parameter |nobase= (set to "on", "true", etc.) will need to be added so that the name is displayed correctly (i.e. so that {{PAGENAME}} rather than the default {{BASEPAGENAME}} is used to display it).

See also

• {{Collapsible lists option}}
• {{Collapsible sections option}}
• Help:Collapsing

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