{{Navbar}} provides a small "view · talk · edit" navigation bar. It is primarily used for content-heavy templates and other transcluded content blocks, so that the content inside the template or block is more easily editable in situ where it was found, without having track it down through examining transclusion code. {{Navbar}}'s extremely high use rate and consequent protection level are because it is integrated as a feature into numerous navigation box and infobox templates used in millions of articles. It is also a regular feature of many internal-use templates and tables of the Wikipedia, Help, and Template namespaces.
Usage
General
When one of the following examples is placed inside a given template (or block of content used for selective transclusion), it adds basic navbar navigational functionality:
The {{subst:PAGENAME}} will be substituted with the page name of the real location of the content when parsed by the servers. For example, {{navbar|Navbar/doc}} gives:
If the page is moved or renamed the substituted text will need to be updated accordingly. Alternatively, you can use {{#invoke:params|self}} instead of {{subst:PAGENAME}} to keep track of the current location of the transcluded page:
When used in content that is selectively transcluded but which is also used as-is in its original location, this template should be wrapped in <includeonly>...</includeonly> markup, so that it only appears when transcluded.
Font size and weight
Font-size is 88% when used in a topical navbar template or in plain text, and 100% when nested in a navbox or infobox (because those templates' text size is already reduced; the "100%" is relative to the surrounding template's own content, not that of the entire page). The |fontstyle= parameter can be used to adjust font size as needed (e.g. to reduce font size even more when the template is used inside a block element with a large font size). Do not abuse this to make excessively small text (i.e. less than 85% of the normal page text), since that causes accessibility problems for many readers.
In a topical navbar, the weight is "normal"; when nested in a navbox or infobox, it inherits the style of the surrounding content. The middot bullets are bold for better visibility.
Block level element
The template generates block-level markup with <div>...</div> tags, and therefore, any surrounding markup cannot include <span>...</span> tags, which would cause a div-span-flip lint error.
Examples
Required parameters
{{navbar|Template Name}} – the template name is required.
Note that to show the history, move, and watchlist links, |template= needs to be set to the template value specifically. Individual values can be left out of this list, e.g. {{navbar|template=Template Name|h|m|w}} will only show the view, history, move, and watchlist links.
Shortcut templates
The mini=y and plain=y parameters can be avoided by using the {{v}} or {{view}} templates, respectively, instead.
{{view}} and {{v}} also support changing the shown links, for example only view and edit, or only view and talk:
Navbar is contained within a <div>...</div> in order to accommodate a horizontal unnumbered list. This means it cannot be placed inside a <span>...</span> or other inline element, because the HTML Tidy extension will 'fix' situations where it finds block elements inside inline elements.
{{Ed}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags, specifically for templates only
{{Ed right}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags and aligned to right of page, specifically for templates only
{{Edit}} — plain-style edit link, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
{{Edit section}} — edit link surrounded by <div> tags by default which can specify which section to edit on a page, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
{{Vedit}} — plain-style edit link which edit with the Wikipedia:VisualEditor, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
Templates with view, talk and edit links:
{{Navbar}} — navigation bar with configurable caption and view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
{{View}} — navbar-style view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
{{VTE}} & {{V}} — navbar-style V·T·E links (i.e. view·talk·edit links in short forms), specifically for templates only
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:VTE in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for VTE
When placed inside a given template, it adds navbar navigational functionality
Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Template Name
1
The name of the template, so links work correctly
Default
String
required
Different text
text
Allows custom text to replace the default 'this box'
Default
This box
String
optional
Without 'This box:' text
plain
Removes 'This box'
Default
0
Number
optional
Short Version
mini
Shortens text to V T E
Default
0
Number
optional
with brackets
brackets
adds brackets before and after the links
Default
0
Number
optional
Font color
fontstyle
Allows you to change the color of the font (in the format color:green)
Default
String
optional
To float to the side
style
Allows the template to float to the side (format=float:right)
Template documentation