Template:Tab top/doc

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This template provides a tabbed interface to navigate between the core/main sections of a set of articles. This will result in displaying a menu of tabs for linking different pages. Up to 9 tabs can be specified. Whichever tab is the current page is automatically detected and the specified tab is presented with a different style.

Usage

{{Tab top
 | Tab-1 = 
 | URL-1 = 
 | Image-1 = 
 | tab background-1 = 
 | Tab-2 = 
 | URL-2 = 
 | Image-2 = 
 | tab background-2 = 
etc...
 | Tab-9 = 
 | URL-9 = 
 | Image-9 = 
 | tab background-9 = 
 | tab align = left, center, right
 | frame background = 
 | tab background = 
 | border = 
 | rounding = 
 | asym = 
 | gap =
 | frame = Yes, No
}}

Parameters

Tab-n

Caption to display in tab #n. required for each tab to be displayed. use |Tab-n=Title for tab #n.

URL-n

wiki link (thus, not an external URL) to the destination page to be reached if the tab #n is selected. required for each displayed tab. use |URL-n=wiki link to the associated page for tav #n.

Image-n

Optional. Name of optional image (set to 30px) to place next to tab title. Use |Image-n=Name of the picture as stored in the wiki if you want to add a small picture in the tab.

tab background-n

Optional. Color (either a named color or an Hex triplet) of the associated tab. If not specified, either the specified background parameter or the default built-in color is used. Use |tab background-n=color name or Hex triplet if you want to specify a dedicated color for this specific tab.

tab align

Optional. Text alignment in the tab boxes. It could be left, center or right. If not specified, the default alignment is center. Use |tab align=left or center or right if you want to specify a text alignment into the tab boxes.

frame background

Optional. Color (either a named color or an Hex triplet) of the selected tab and its body. If not specified, the default color is transparent. Use |frame background=color name or Hex triplet if you want to specify a color for the selected tab and its body.

tab background

Optional. Default color (either a named color or an Hex triplet) of each non-selected tab. If not specified, the default color is skyblue . If a tab get its own background color (tab background-n parameter set) then this last one prevails for this tab. Use |tab background=color name or Hex triplet if you want to specify a default color for the non-selected tabs.

border

Optional. CSS style (i.e. width, style and color) of the tabbed interface borders. If not specified, the default style is a solid line of 2px width with the color #87CEEB . Use |border=CSS Style if you want to specify a color for the borders. A typical CSS style could be : solid 2px #87CEEB. This is the combination of

a line style: solid, dashed, double or dotted

a line width: specified in pixel (with the px suffix)

a color name or color Hex triplet.

rounding

Optional. Add rounding effect to edges of tab boxes. If not specified, the tab boxes are square and slightly separated. Use |rounding=numeric value to specify the radius (in px) of the rounded edges.

asym

Optional. useful only if rounding parameter is set. Add an asymmetric rounding effect by applying a coefficient on the radius of the left corner only. If not specified, the tab boxes are symmetrically rounded. Use |asym=numeric value to specify coefficient to apply.

gap

Optional. Specify the width (in % or the page width) of the gap between tabs. If not specified, the default gap is 2%, except if the rounding parameter is set (in this case there is no gap). Use |gap=percentage to specify the gap you want between tabs.

frame

Optional. Specify if there is a frame (body) below the tabs bar or not. If not specified, the default value is Yes. Use |frame=No if you don't want a frame below the tabs bar.

Important : if you use a frame below the tabs bar (i.e. default behavior) then the frame will extend until the end of the page. If you want to close the frame before the end of the page, put the template {{Tab bottom}} at the desired position

Examples

Visit the Template:Tab top/Examples page to see the various customisation that can be applied on this template.

Where used

You can find all occurrences of this template with this link.

Category added

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