Template:Utlp/doc

This is the utlp or user template link with parameters template.

It is based on the tlp template, but does not link to template namespace.

It can be used in documentation and talk page discussions to show how a user-space template name would be used in code.

Here is how this template looks. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right:



Features of :
 * It shows a transcluded page name with a link to that page.
 * It shows up to eight parameters.
 * It also shows empty parameters. (See examples below.)
 * It prevents line wraps in its output.
 * It uses normal text style. (While for instance uses   text style.)

This template belongs to a whole family of similar templates. See the see also section below for some of them. For instance, when writing documentation you might want to avoid a lot of unnecessary links, since it decreases readability. Then on the first occurrence of a template name use tl, or, and then use ,  or.

Examples
If you have equal signs in your template parameters then some find it simpler to code it using  tags, or the   or   character references. Here's how to do that. Code to the left and actual rendering to the right: