Template:mono
{{{1}}}
- The following documentation is located at Template:mono/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
{{mono|text to format here}}
renders as:
text to format here
This template is for formatting short bits of content (the only parameter) as monospaced (nonproportional) text. It is simply a quick shorthand for the necessary CSS code. It is a replacement for <tt>...</tt>
which is an obsolete element under HTML5.
This template should be used where the content is being rendered in monospaced text for purely stylistic/display reasons, where this display has no particular semantic significance.
It should not be used to indicate source code, nor for variables or variable input (use <code>...</code>
or <source>...</source>
for code and <var>...</var>
for variables). For keyboard or samples, use <kbd>...</kbd>
or <samp>...</samp>
respectively.
It cannot be used to mark up multiple paragraphs, sections or other block elements, as it uses <span>
, which is an inline element.
Parameters
There are two parameters:
|1=
or unnamed – the content to format as monospaced. If the content contains a=
character, the parameter must be numbered or the template will break. For backward compatibility with an old, merged-in template, this parameter can also be called|2=
.
|needs_review=yes
– used (e.g., by bots or AWB scripts) to indicate replacement of now-obsolete<tt>...</tt>
markup with{{mono|...}}
markup. This template displays nothing and presently does no categorization, though a cleanup category can be created if necessary. It indicates that the markup may need to be changed to something more semantically meaningful, such as<code>...</code>
,<samp>...</samp>
, or<kbd>...</kbd>
.