| Template | Example output | Use |
|---|
| {{strong}} | Important! | To indicate <strong> importance, seriousness, or urgency instead of just simple typographical boldfacing |
| {{strongbad}} | "Never use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in red |
| {{stronggood}} | "Only use ..." | Same as {{strong}} but in green |
| {{em}} | "An emphatic phrase" | To indicate <em> stress emphasis (not just purely typographical italicization like for book titles or foreign terms) |
| {{var}} | strPrefix | To indicate text is a variable name. Use for any variable names except those including "I" (uppercase i) and/or "l" (lowercase L); for these, {{var serif}} should be used to ensure a noticeable distinction |
| {{var serif}} | strIllustratePrefix | (see {{var}} above) |
| {{tld}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Y, X}} | To display wikicode variables and magic words as they would appear in code |
| {{para}} | |year=2008 | To display template parameters with or without values |
| {{param}} | {{{title|alt}}} | To display parameters as used in code (i.e. with triple braces), especially to indicate relationships between them. May be combined with {{para}} above |
| {{param value}} | ··2·blanks·fore·and·aft·· | To display parameter values lightly bordered; replaces <code>...</code>, especially when value contains embedded or leading/trailing blanks; visualized here with middot (·) but can use ␠, ▯, or any character. |
| {{tlx}} etc. | {{Template|1|2|...|10}} | To display a template call (with or without parameters and values) as code |
| {{tag}} | "The <img>...</img> tags ..." | To render HTML elements ("tags") in prose |
| {{code}}/{{codett}} | "Ensure the alt= parameter ..." | To indicate text is source code. To nest other templates within {{code}}, use <code>...</code>. {{codett}} differs only in styling: someMethod becomes someMethod |
| {{subst:codenowiki}} | {{small|small text}} | To wrap example code in <code><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> |
| {{subst:kbdnowiki}} | {{big|big text}} | To wrap example code in <kbd><nowiki>...</nowiki></kbd> |
| {{syntaxhighlight}} | [this is a block template] | ( or {{sxhl}} ) Wrapper for <syntaxhighlight>...</syntaxhighlight>, but will wrap overflowing text |
| {{deprecated code}} | "Do not use <blink>." | ( or {{dc}} ) To indicate deprecated source code in template documentation, articles on HTML specs, etc. The {{dc2}} variant uses strike-through (<blink>) while {{dcr}} uses red (<blink>). |
| {{pre}} | [this is a block template] | For larger blocks of source code and other pre-formatted text |
| {{quote}} | [this is a block template] | For block quotations (only – never for non-quotations) |
| {{block indent}} | [this is a block template] | For indented blocks of material; visually identical to {{quote}} but without quote markup |
| {{kbd}} | user input | To indicate user input |
| {{key press}} | Ctrl+x | To indicate specific-keystroke input, including combinations |
| {{key top}} | Left shift | Similar; includes more symbols, but does not directly support combinations |
| {{PlayStation key press}} | □ | To indicate PlayStation-style gamepad key presses |
| {{button}} | Don't save | To indicate a button in a user interface |
| {{samp}} | example output | To indicate sample or example output |
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