Template:Messagebox/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Messagebox. It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

Usage

Parameters

{{Messagebox
|class = (optional) one of the classes listed below
|image = the image to be shown in the top left corner, without the File: prefix
|width = (optional) set a width for the image, default being full size; don't use on inv icons
|style = (optional) inline CSS styles to be applied to the messagebox
|title = the bolded title in the top half
|desc = the description in the lower half
|reason = (optional) used in templates requiring an action
|source = (optional) used in licenses to cite a source
|type = (optional) used in image licenses 
|subject = (optional) used in image licenses
}}

For parameters that are to be filled in by users (reason, source, type, or subject), you will need to pass them through one more time to the actual messagebox, since you won't be calling this template directly on articles or files. For example, if you were creating a template for tagging unused files for deletion that required a reason parameter, this is what you would put on the template page:

{{Messagebox
|class = action
|title = This file is unused and should be deleted.
...
|reason = {{{reason|}}}
}}

The |reason = {{{reason|}}} being the key part. If you need to do this, please keep the parameter name the same as the one in this base template to reduce confusion.

TemplateData

The base template for creating messageboxes. You should not be using this directly on article or file pages.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Class	class	One of the classes listed on [[Template:Messagebox/doc]]	String	optional
Styles	style	Inline CSS styles to be applied to the messagebox	Unknown	optional
Image	image	The image to be shown in the top left corner, without the File: prefix Example Dragon dagger.png	File	required
Image width	width	Set a width for the image, the default being full size; don't use this on inventory icons Example 35px	Number	optional
Title	title	The bolded title in the top half	String	required
Description	desc	The description in the lower half	String	required
reason	reason	no description	Unknown	optional
source	source	no description	Unknown	optional
type	type	no description	Unknown	optional
subject	subject	no description	Unknown	optional