Template:!xt/doc

This subpage contains documentation, categories and other content that is not part of the template.
To view the template page itself, see Template:xt, Template:bxt, Template:mxt, Template:xtd, Template:bxtd, Template:!xt, Template:!xts, Template:!bxt, and Template:!mxt.

This and related templates produce an inline typeface change suitable to render eXample Text on Wikipedia's help pages.

Using example-formatting templates in general

The category of example-formatting templates is used frequently in non-mainspace general help pages such as Wikipedia:Manual of Style (MOS) when inline typeface changes are needed.

{{xt}} changes the typeface to serif and the text color to green.

For cases where the serif typeface is not desirable (e.g. in blocks of computer code), use {{bxt}}, which substitutes boldfacing, or {{mxt}}, which substitutes a monospaced font. For style examples that break to their own line (e.g. paragraphs), use {{xt2}}.

For examples of bad/wrong style, in red, use {{!xt}}, {{!bxt}}, {{!mxt}}, or {{!xt2}}, respectively to the previous paragraph (the addition of the ! indicates the opposite effect). Use {{!xts}} for bad/wrong style with strikethrough formatting.

The {{xtd}} template exists for Template:Xtg examples. Its alias {{xtg}} (for "grey") can be used to indicate uncertain, unavailable, disabled, lorem, etc., examples without implying deprecation. The bold, sans-serif equivalent is {{bxtd}} (and {{bxtg}} alias). The mono-spaced equivalent is {{mxtd}}.

The {{xtn}} template is for Template:Xtn examples, and has no color change, but is otherwise identical to {{xt}}. It can be used with {{xt}} and {{!xt}} to indicate usage that is neither advised nor advised against or deprecated. The bold, sans-serif equivalent is {{bxtn}}.

Parameters

• |text here or |1=text here – The text to which to apply the markup. As with all templates, when the text has any equals characters ("="), explicitly prefix the text with |1= or the template will break.
• |title=tooltip text here – Takes text, which cannot be marked up in any way, and displays it as a pop-up "tooltip" (in most browsers) when the cursor hovers over the span

Accessibility

The accompanying change in typeface to a serif or monospaced type style (as in Template:Xt) is to make it fully accessible for those with color blindness.

Keep accessibility more broadly in mind, and never construct examples such that a blind person, who may not be able to see the coloration, boldfacing, or monospace font change, cannot understand the examples. Especially indicate, with terms like "not", "don't", "wrong:", etc., that a negative example is a negative one, or with "deprecated", "avoid", etc., that deprecated material is deprecated.

Examples of {{xt}} syntax and result

What you write

...for example, {{xt|1=''T'' = 293.15 K}}, but not {{!xt|1=''m''=5.4kg}}.

What you get

...for example, Template:Xt, but not m=5.4kg.

Template class	Output typeface
{{xt}}	Template:Xt
{{!xt}}	inline typeface change
{{xtn}}	Template:Xtn
{{xtd}}	Template:Xtd
{{mxt}}	Template:Mxt
{{!mxt}}	inline typeface change
{{mxtn}}	Template:Mxtn
{{mxtd}}	Template:Mxtd
{{bxt}}	inline typeface change
{{!bxt}}	inline typeface change
{{bxtn}}	inline typeface change
{{bxtd}}	inline typeface change

User CSS for a monospaced coding font

Change system-default monospace font: