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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Left.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Warning

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Description

It is to left align elements on a page. The only parameter is the content to be aligned. See also Template:Align for more options and flexibility.

Usage

With no input arguments, it saves typing the following text (in a table):

style="text-align:left"|

To use, type {{left}} at the start of the table cell. It will leave Category:Pages using left with no arguments.

With an input argument, it saves typing:

<div style="float:left;">...</div>

To use, type {{left|content}} to align contents.

Examples

Example 1

{| class="wikitable" style="width:30em; text-align:center"
!colspan="4"| Header text
|-
| {{Left}} Content1A <br/> Content1B || Content2
|}

Header text
Content1A Content1B	Content2

Example 2

{| class="wikitable" style="width:30em; text-align:center"
!colspan="4"| Header text
|-
| {{Left|Content1A}} <br/> Content1B || Content2
|}

Header text
Content1A Content1B	Content2

TemplateData

Left aligns elements on a page

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Content	`1`	Content to be left aligned	Content	required

Tracking category

Category:Pages using left with no arguments (8)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Documentation subpage}}
 <!-- Please add categories at the bottom of this page, and interwikis at Wikidata (see Wikipedia:Wikidata) -->
+{{High-use}}
 == Description ==
-It is to '''left''' align elements on a page. The only parameter is the content to be aligned.
+It is to '''left''' align elements on a page. The only parameter is the content to be aligned. See also [[Template:Align]] for more options and flexibility.
 == Usage ==
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 : <code><nowiki>style="text-align:left"|</nowiki></code>
-To use, type <code><nowiki>{{left}}</nowiki></code> at the start of the table cell.
+To use, type <code><nowiki>{{left}}</nowiki></code> at the start of the table cell. It will leave [[:Category:Pages using left with no arguments]].
-With an input argument, this template saves typing:
+With an input argument, it saves typing:
 : <code><nowiki>&lt;div style="float:left;">...</div&gt;</nowiki></code>
-To use, type <code><nowiki>{{left|content}}</nowiki></code> to left-align content.
+To use, type <code><nowiki>{{left|content}}</nowiki></code> to align contents.
 == Examples ==
@@ Line 24: / Line 25: @@
 !colspan="4"| Header text
 |-
-| {{Left}} Left1 || Center1 || Center2 || {{Left}} Left2
+| {{Left}} Content1A <br/> Content1B || Content2
 |}
 </pre>
@@ Line 31: / Line 32: @@
 !colspan="4"| Header text
 |-
-| {{Left}} Left1 || Center1 || Center2 || {{Left}} Left2
+| {{Left}} Content1A <br/> Content1B || Content2
 |}
 {{col-end}}
@@ Line 42: / Line 43: @@
 !colspan="4"| Header text
 |-
-| {{Left|Left1}} || Center1 || Center2 || {{Left|Left2}}
+| {{Left|Content1A}} <br/> Content1B || Content2
 |}
 </pre>
@@ Line 49: / Line 50: @@
 !colspan="4"| Header text
 |-
-| {{Left|Left1}} || Center1 || Center2 || {{Left|Left2}}
+| {{Left|Content1A}} <br/> Content1B || Content2
 |}
 {{col-end}}
+==TemplateData==
+<templatedata>
+{
+	"params": {
+		"1": {
+			"label": "Content",
+			"description": "Content to be left aligned",
+			"type": "content",
+			"required": true
+		}
+	},
+	"description": "Left aligns elements on a page"
+}
+</templatedata>
+==Tracking category==
+* {{clc|Pages using left with no arguments}}
 == See also ==
-*{{tl|align}}
+* {{tl|align}}
-*{{tl|center}} and {{tl|right}}, which use div tags instead of modifying cell properties.
+* {{tl|center}}, {{tl|right}} and {{tl|justify}}
-*{{tl|float left}}
+* {{tl|Center block}}
-*{{tl|Image frame}}
+* {{tl|Image frame}}
 <includeonly>{{sandbox other||
 <!-- Add categories below this line, and interwikis at Wikidata -->
-[[{{ns:Category}}:Positioning templates]]
+[[Category:Positioning templates]]
-[[{{ns:Category}}:Typing-aid templates]]
+[[Category:Typing-aid templates]]
 }}</includeonly>