Template:Clickable button/doc

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Module:Clickable button (sandbox)

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This template styles a link like a button, using the deprecated mediawiki.ui.button module. This expands the clickable area and tap target for the link.

Usage

All parameters: {{Clickable button|wikilink|display|color=color|url=url|class=class|link=}}
wikilink: Unnamed first parameter; the title of the page being linked. Brackets are not necessary
display (optional): Optional unnamed second parameter; the text to display. Not needed if the text to display is the wikilink itself
|color= or |class=: Color to display. |color= accepts blue and red, |class= accepts mw-ui-progressive and mw-ui-destructive
|url=: URL to link through the button. If no wikilink/display text is provided, will show the URL, otherwise will show the wikilink/display text
|link=no: Use this parameter set to "no" to display a button without linking to anything

Examples

Wikilinks

{{Clickable button|Main Page}} → Main Page

{{Clickable button|Main Page|Click here to visit the main page}} → Click here to visit the main page

{{Clickable button|Click here|link=no}} → Click here

Colors

{{Clickable button|Main Page}} → Main Page – without defined |color= and |class=, the default is a white button

{{Clickable button|Main Page|color=blue}} → Main Page

{{Clickable button|Main Page|color=red}} → Main Page

{{Clickable button|Main Page|class=mw-ui-progressive}} → Main Page

{{Clickable button|Main Page|class=mw-ui-destructive}} → Main Page

URLs

{{Clickable button|url=https://example.com}} → https://example.com

{{Clickable button|Example|url=https://example.com}} → Example

{{Clickable button|2=Example|url=https://example.com}} → Example

Template data

Styles a link like a button, using the mediawiki.ui.button module

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Link/Label	`1`	Defines the page to link to, and uses that page's title as the text for the button Example Foobar	Page name	required
Label	`2`	Defines the text that appears on the button Default the page being linked to	Unknown	suggested
URL	`url`	Defines a web address for the button to link to Example https://www.example.com	URL	optional
class	`class`	Defines the visual type of the button Suggested values `mw-ui-progressive` `mw-ui-destructive`	String	optional
Custom CSS styling	`style`	Allows custom CSS styling to be applied to the button Default None Example border: 2px solid red;	String	optional
Category switch	`category`	Whether or not categories should be on Default yes Example no Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
color	`color`	no description Suggested values `blue` `red` `green`	Unknown	optional

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