Template:Tag

‎<tag>...‎</tag>

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{{tag|tagname [|type] [|content=text] [|params=parameters]}}

This template provides a quick way to mention an XML/HTML-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Parameters

Required parameters shown in bold italics.

|first unnamed=  (tagname above)

The XML/HTML tag's name (e.g. code, ref).

|second unnamed=  (type above)

To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented:

p  (pair) (default)

A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. ‎<div>...‎</div>).
To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter.

o  (open)

An open/start tag (e.g. ‎<span>).

c  (close)

A close/end tag (e.g. ‎</span>).

s  (single)

A single tag (e.g. ‎<hr />).

|content=

Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.

|params=

Parameters to be included as part of an open/start tag.

|wrap=yes

Disable nowrap for long samples.

Examples

Markup	Renders as
{{tag|ref}}	‎<ref>...‎</ref>
{{tag|ref|content=}}	‎<ref>‎</ref>
{{tag|ref|content=hello}}	‎<ref>hello‎</ref>
{{tag|span|content=foo}}	‎<span>foo‎</span>
{{tag|span|open}}	‎<span>
{{tag|span|open|content=hello}}	‎<span>hello
{{tag|span|close|content=hello}}	hello‎</span>
{{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}	‎<span>hello‎</span>
{{tag|ref|open|params={{attr|group|"note"}}}}	‎<ref group="note">
{{tag|references|single}}	‎<references />
{{tag|br|single}}	‎<br />
{{tag|!--|content=comment}}	‎<!-->comment‎</!-->
{{tag|math|params={{attr|chem}}}}	‎<math chem>...‎</math>
{{tag|a |params=href="<nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>" |content=English Wikipedia}}	‎<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/">English Wikipedia‎</a>

See also

Similar templates at English sister projects
	Meta	Tag
	Wikipedia	Tag
	Commons	Tag
	Wikibooks	Tag
	Wikispecies	Tag
	Wikiversity	Tag
	Mediawiki	Tag

• {{HTMLElement}}
• {{XMLElement}}
• {{xtag}} adds a MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the extension page.
• #tag:, the parser function that generates working tags.
• {{attr}}

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