Template:Hlist

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This template is used in MediaWiki:Citethispage-content, and on approximately 247,000 pages.
Changes to it can cause immediate changes to the Wikipedia user interface.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Please discuss changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template uses Lua:

Module:List (sandbox)

This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Hlist/styles.css

Redirects

{{Horizontal list}}
{{dotlist}}
{{hlist1}}

This template creates horizontal lists. Each item in the list may be individually styled with CSS.

Usage

Basic usage

{{hlist|first item|second item|third item|...}}

All parameters

{{hlist
|first item|second item|third item|...
|class       = class for div tag
|style       = style for div tag
|list_style  = style for ul tag
|item_style  = style for all li tags
|item1_style = style for first li tag
|item2_style = style for second li tag
|...
|indent      = the number of tabs to indent
}}

Example

{{hlist|Jazz|rock|pop|rap}}

produces:

Jazz
rock
pop
rap

Parameters

Positional parameters (1, 2, 3...): these are the list items. If no list items are present, the module will output nothing.
class: a custom class for the <div>...</div> tags surrounding the list. Set to inline when using {{hlist}} inside text.
style: a custom CSS style for the <div>...</div> tags surrounding the list, e.g. font-size: 90%;.
list_style: a custom CSS style for the <ul>...</ul> tags around the list. The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
item_style: a custom CSS style for all of the list items (the <li>...</li> tags). The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
item1_style, item2_style, item3_style...: custom CSS styles for each of the list items. The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
indent: the number of tabs to indent the list. Default value is 0.

Examples

Markup	Renders as
{{hlist\|entry1\|entry2\|entry3\|entry4\|entry5\|entry6\|entry7\|entry8\|entry9}}	entry1 entry2 entry3 entry4 entry5 entry6 entry7 entry8 entry9
Giant planets ({{hlist\|[[Jupiter\|J]]\|[[Saturn\|S]]\|[[Uranus\|U]]\|[[Neptune\|N]]}}).	Giant planets ( J S U N ).
Giant planets ({{hlist\|class=inline\|[[Jupiter\|J]]\|[[Saturn\|S]]\|[[Uranus\|U]]\|[[Neptune\|N]]}}).	Giant planets ( J S U N ).
{{hlist\|Winner\|Runner-up\|Third place\|indent=2}}	Winner Runner-up Third place
{{hlist\|Winner\|Runner-up\|Third place\|item_style=color:blue;}}	Winner Runner-up Third place
{{hlist\|Winner\|Runner-up\|Third place\|item1_style=background-color:yellow;\|item2_style=background-color:silver;}}	Winner Runner-up Third place

Avoiding Linter errors

{{hlist}} will produce Linter errors if placed inside a template that uses <span>...</span> tags, such as {{small}}, {{larger}}, etc. To avoid this, use the substitutions from the table below:

N Incorrect markup	Y Correct markup
`{{small\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:85%}}`
`{{resize\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:90%}}`
`{{midsize\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:92%}}`
`{{larger\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{big\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{large\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{huge\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:180%}}`
`{{resize\|x%\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:x%}}`
`{{font\|size=x%\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:x%}}`
`{{nowrap\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=white-space: nowrap}}`

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Hlist/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

N Incorrect markup	Y Correct markup
`{{small\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:85%}}`
`{{resize\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:90%}}`
`{{midsize\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:92%}}`
`{{larger\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{big\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{large\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:120%}}`
`{{huge\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:180%}}`
`{{resize\|x%\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:x%}}`
`{{font\|size=x%\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=font-size:x%}}`
`{{nowrap\|{{hlist\|...}}}}`	`{{hlist\|...\|style=white-space: nowrap}}`