Template:Sidebar/doc
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This template is intended as a metatemplate for sidebar templates (vertically-aligned navigation (navbox) templates usually positioned on the righthand sides of pages) in the same spirit as {{Infobox}} for infobox templates and {{Navbox}} for navbox templates.
{{Sidebar with collapsible lists}} adds collapsibility to a Sidebar's sections, i.e. the means to show or hide sections by clicking links beside their headings.
Usage
Parameters with infrequent use omitted.
{{sidebar
| name         = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| outertitle   = 
| topimage     = 
| pretitle     = 
| title        = 
| image        = 
| headingstyle = 
| contentstyle = 
| heading1     = 
| content1     = 
| heading2     = 
| content2     = 
| heading3     = 
| content3     = 
...
| heading35    = 
| content35    = 
}}
Parameters
No parameters are required unless {{navbar}} links ("v·d·e") are to appear at the bottom of the sidebar, in which case the parameter name is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).
Principal
| Parameter | Explanation | 
|---|---|
| name | The sidebar's name, i.e. the name following "Template:" in the page's name. Required for the {{navbar}} links at the bottom of the sidebar to function correctly, unless these are omitted (see navbar at the bottom of this table). It is recommended to use {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this field. | 
| outertitle | Use to place a title for the sidebar immediately above the sidebar. | 
| topimage | Use to place an image at the top of the sidebar, i.e. above any title included. Full wikisyntax expected (i.e. [[Image:...]]).To add a caption below the image, use topimagecaption. | 
| pretitle | Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title. | 
| title | Use to place a title for the sidebar at the top of the sidebar (immediately below the topimage, if used). | 
| image | Use to place an image between the title (if used) and first section. As with topimage, full wikisyntax expected (i.e. [[Image:...]]).To add a caption below the image, use imagecaption. | 
| headingstyle | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings. To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use headingNstyle, where N is the number of the section. | 
| contentstyle | Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content. To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use contentNstyle, where N is the number of the section. | 
| heading1 | First section's heading (if needed). | 
| content1 | First section's content (required). | 
| heading2 | Second section's heading (if needed). | 
| content2 | Second section's content (if needed). | 
| heading3 | Third section's heading (if needed). | 
| content3 | Third section's content (if needed). | 
| ...... etc ...... | |
| heading35 | Currently, the last possible section heading and/or content (if needed). | 
| content35 | |
| navbar | Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the {{navbar}} links appearing at the bottom of the sidebar. | 
Other parameters
| Parameter | Explanation | 
|---|---|
| above | Corresponds to above parameter offered by {{Navbox}}. | 
| class  (or bodyclass)  | Microformat classes for the corresponding parameters.  | 
| below | Use to e.g. add one or more portal links to the bottom of the template (by default in bold). | 
| style  (or bodystyle)  | Use to alter default CSS styling for the corresponding parameters.  | 
| cellspacing | Use to amend the default cellspacing set for the infobox-class table with which the sidebar is built. | 
| cellpadding | Ditto the default cellpadding. | 
| navbaroptions | Use to specify more options for the navbar at the bottom of the sidebar (see {{navbar}} for options available). | 
Handling long links
{{normalwraplink}} may be used to handle links that should wrap within the sidebar or otherwise need to be made to wrap in order to prevent the sidebar becoming too wide. Use {{normalwraplink|longlinkname}}, where longlinkname is the long link without its square brackets.
Use the wraplinks parameter to turn link wrapping off for the whole template.
Full blank syntax
(omitting sections 4 to penultimate)
{{Sidebar
| name  = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| class =        <!--or bodyclass-->
| style =        <!--or bodystyle-->
| cellspacing = 
| cellpadding = 
| sectdivider = 
| outertitle = 
| outertitleclass = 
| outertitlestyle = 
| topimage = 
| topimageclass = 
| topimagestyle = 
| topcaption = 
| topcaptionstyle = 
| pretitle = 
| pretitlestyle = 
| title = 
| titleclass = 
| titlestyle = 
| image = 
| imageclass = 
| imagestyle = 
| caption = 
| captionstyle = 
| abovestyle = 
| above = 
| headingstyle = 
| contentstyle = 
| heading1style = 
| heading1 = 
| content1style = 
| content1 = 
| heading2style = 
| heading2 = 
| content2style = 
| content2 = 
| heading3style = 
| heading3 = 
| content3style = 
| content3 = 
<!--etc.-->
| heading35style = 
| heading35 = 
| content35style = 
| content35 = 
| belowstyle = 
| below = 
| navbar = 
| navbarstyle = 
| navbaroptions = 
| wraplinks = true/false
}}
See also

