Template:Lts

Template:Lts (edit talk links history)

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Template:Lts is a smaller variant of {{Lt}} with pleasant output, for use especially also on browsers which don't support ·.

Usage

{{Lts|template}} shows links for the specified template.
{{Lts}} shows links for a template wrt the {{PAGENAME}}.

Example

Code	Result
{{Lts|Lt}}	Template:Lt (edit talk links history)
{{Lts}}	Template:Lts (edit talk links history)

See also

Template:Las (edit talk links history)	'Lts' formatted, but for anything,  Defaults to article space, but accepts category or template, etc. namespace prefixes too.
Template:Lts (edit talk links history)	for templates (List Template Short ["Lt"])
Template:Lcs (edit talk links history)	for categories
Template:Lps (edit talk links history)	for {{ns:Project}} (= TechInfoDepot)
Template:Ltsmeta (edit talk links history)	for templates copied from Meta
Template:Lts/ (edit talk links history)	for template lists (see below)
Template:Lx (edit talk links history)	boilerplate for the Lx family
Category:Internal link templates	for a comparison of this zoo see below
Template:Lps (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Lts (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta
Template:Ltsmeta (edit · talk · links · history) at Meta

Comparison

We got a zoo of similar templates, pick what you like. This list is probably incomplete and intentionally omits variants with parameters like {{Tlx}} and redirections like {{Tln}}:

Source	Code	Result
Template:Lts/	{{lt|x4}}	Template:Lt
Template:Lts/	{{lts|x4}}	Template:X4 (edit talk links history)
Template:Lts/	{{lts/|x4}}	Template:Lts/
Template:Lts/	{{tetl|x4}}	Template:Tetl
Template:Lts/	{{ti|x4}}	{{x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tic|x4}}	Template:Tic
Template:Lts/	{{tiw|x4}}	Template:x4 (backlinks edit)
Template:Lts/	{{tl|x4}}	{{x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tn|x4}}	Template:Tn
Template:Lts/	{{tlc|x4}}	Template:x4 (talk links edit)
Template:Lts/	{{tls|x4}}	{{subst:x4}}
Template:Lts/	{{tlsetl|x4}}	Template:Tlsetl
Template:Lts/	{{tlt|x4}}	Template:Tlt
Template:Lts/	{{ttl|x4}}	Template:Ttl
Template:Lts/	{{twlh|x4}}	Template:Twlh

General-purpose formatting

Comparison of template-linking templates according to their style

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ {{tlg}} options1 →	DEFAULT	nolink=yes	subst=yes	braceinside=yes	alttext=Foo 2=Foo
normal	DEFAULT	{{tlg}}1 {{tl}} {{tlp}}2 {{tlu}}3 {{tln}}	{{tlf}}2	{{tls}} {{tlsp}}	{{tn}}	{{tla}}
code	code=yes	{{tl2}} {{tlx}} {{tlxu}}3	{{tlc}}2 {{tld}}2 {{tnull}}	{{tlxs}}	N/A
monospace kbd	plaincode=yes4 kbd=yes5	{{tltt}}5 {{tltt2}}5	N/A	{{tltts}}5 {{tltts3}}5 {{tltss}}6
bold	bold=yes	{{tlb}}	N/A
bold+code	bold=yes|code=yes	{{tlxb}}
italic+code	italic=yes|code=yes	{{tlxi}}
1  {{tlg}} is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options. 2  Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">…</span> tags. 3  Allows links to templates in any namespace. 4  {{tlg|plaincode=yes}} uses <code style="border:none; background-color:transparent;">…</code>. 5  Displays monospaced font using <kbd>…</kbd> tags (changed from <tt>…</tt> for HTML 5 compliance). 6  Displays monospaced font using <span style="font-family:monospace;">…</span>.

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
{{tl2|Hatnote|lang=fr}}	{{hatnote}}	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
{{tlu|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Template:Tlu	Supports linking to any namespace
{{demo|<nowiki>{{Hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}</nowiki>}}	Template:Demo	Shows code and example
{{xpd|Hatnote|Some hatnote text}}	Template:Xpd	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code
{{elc|Template:Hatnote}} {{elc|Template:Hatnote|Hatnote}}	Template:Elc Template:Elc	Formats wikilink, with optional piped link text and blended suffix
{{mlx|Bananas|hello}}	Template:Mlx	Counterpart to {{tlx}} for linking to Lua modules
{{para|title|<var>book title</var>}}	title=book title	Formats template parameters for display, with or without values
{{sclx|LASTING}}	Template:Sclx	Takes a shortcut suffix in project namespace and displays it with brackets and the WP: alias in a <code>…</code> tag.
{{tag|ref}} {{xtag|templatedata}}	<ref>…</ref> <templatedata>	Formats [X]HTML tags; can add content, choose opening, closing, or self-closing
{{dtl|Ping project}}	Template:Dtl	Wikidata counterpart to {{tl}}

With utility links

Code example	Effect
{{lt|Hatnote}}	Template:Lt
{{lts|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (edit talk links history)
{{t links|Hatnote}}	Template:T links
{{tfd links|Hatnote}}	Template:Tfd links
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tltt|Hatnote}}	Template:Tltt
{{tetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tetl
{{tsetl|Hatnote}}	Template:Tsetl
{{ti|Hatnote}}	{{Hatnote}}
{{tic|Hatnote}}	Template:Tic
{{tiw|Hatnote}}	Template:Hatnote (backlinks edit)
{{tlt|Hatnote}}	Template:Tlt
{{ttl|Hatnote}}	Template:Ttl
{{twlh|Hatnote}}	Template:Twlh