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

TThis template is intended as a meta-template, that is, a template that's used when constructing other templates. It's not meant for use directly in an article. See Help:Infobox for information on how to craft infoboxes in general.

Usage is similar to {{navbox}}, but with an additional distinction. Each row on the table can either be a "header", or it can have a label/data pair, or it can just be a data cell. These are mutually exclusive states so if you define a row to be both a header and a label/data pair, the label/data pair is overridden.

Note that if you want to insert an image elsewhere other than the top of the infobox, or insert other "freeform" data, using a row with just a "data" field allows for that sort of thing.

Parameters

Mandatory:

name: The template page name that the "view/discuss/edit" links should point to. You can use {{subst:PAGENAME}}.
title: A title to put in the titlebar at the top.

If no name or title are given, the pagename is used. Optional content:

image: An image to display at the top of the template. Use full image syntax, for example [[Image:example.png|200px]]. Image is centered by default.
caption: Text to put underneath the image.
header(n): Text to use as a header in row n.
label(n): Text to use as a label in row n.
data(n): Text to display as data in row n.
below: Text to put in the bottom cell. The bottom cell is intended for footnotes, see-also, and other such information.

Optional CSS styling:

bodystyle: Applies to the infobox table as a whole
titlestyle: Applies only to the title cell
imagestyle: Applies to the cell the image is in (including the caption)
captionstyle: Applies to the text of the caption
headerstyle: Applies to all header cells
labelstyle: Applies to all label cells
datastyle: Applies to all data cells
belowstyle: Applies only to the below cell

Making fields optional

A row with a label but no data is not displayed. This allows for optional infobox contents. To make a field optional, use a parameter that defaults to an empty string, like so:

|data5={{{population|}}}

For more complex fields with preformatted contents that would still be present if a parameter was unset, you can wrap it all in a simple "if" statement to make the whole thing vanish when not used. Example:

|data5= {{#if: {{{mass|}}} | {{{mass}}} kg}}

Examples

No Title
[[File:\|250px]] Caption for example.png
Family	Arlyn (Mother) Gilbert Sr. (Father) Gilbert Jr. (Brother) Shane (Sister) Martin (Grandfather) Amada (Grandmother) Restituta (Grandmother-in-Law) Bienvenido (Grandfather-in-Law) Librada (Great Grandmother-in-Law) Maximo (Great Grandfather-in-Law)

{{Infobox
|name         = Infobox/doc
|bodystyle    = 
|title        = Test Infobox
|titlestyle   = 

|image        = [[File:example.png|200px|alt=Example alt text]]
|imagestyle   = 
|caption      = Caption for example.png
|captionstyle = 
|headerstyle  = background:#ccf;
|labelstyle   = background:#ddf;
|datastyle    = 

|header1 = Header defined alone
|label1  = 
|data1   = 
|header2 = 
|label2  = Label defined alone does not display (needs data, or is suppressed)
|data2   = 
|header3 =
|label3  = 
|data3   = Data defined alone
|header4 = All three defined (header, label, data, all with same number)
|label4  = does not display (same number as a header)
|data4   = does not display (same number as a header)
|header5 =
|label5  = Label and data defined (label)
|data5   = Label and data defined (data)

|belowstyle = background:#ddf;
|below = Below text
}}

Notice how when a label is defined without an accompanying data cell the row doesn't appear in the displayed infobox, and when a header is defined on the same row as a data cell all of them are displayed.

For this example, bodystyle = width:20em; and labelstyle = width:33%;

No Title
Family	Arlyn (Mother) Gilbert Sr. (Father) Gilbert Jr. (Brother) Shane (Sister) Martin (Grandfather) Amada (Grandmother) Restituta (Grandmother-in-Law) Bienvenido (Grandfather-in-Law) Librada (Great Grandmother-in-Law) Maximo (Great Grandfather-in-Law)

{{Infobox
|bodystyle   = width:20em;
|name        = Infobox/doc
|title       = Test Infobox
|titlestyle  = 
|headerstyle = 
|labelstyle  = width:33%
|datastyle   = 

|header1 = 
|label1  = Label 1
|data1   = Data 1
|header2 = 
|label2  = Label 2
|data2   = Data 2
|header3 = 
|label3  = Label 3
|data3   = Data 3
|header4 = Header 4
|label4  = 
|data4   = 
|header5 = 
|label5  = Label 5
|data5   = Data 5: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.

|belowstyle = 
|below = Below text
}}

Embedding

One infobox template can be embedded into another using the |child= parameter. This feature can be used to create a modular infobox, or to create more well defined logical sections.

No Title
Family	Arlyn (Mother) Gilbert Sr. (Father) Gilbert Jr. (Brother) Shane (Sister) Martin (Grandfather) Amada (Grandmother) Restituta (Grandmother-in-Law) Bienvenido (Grandfather-in-Law) Librada (Great Grandmother-in-Law) Maximo (Great Grandfather-in-Law)

{{Infobox
| title = Top level title
| data1 = {{Infobox
  | child = yes
  | title = First subsection
  | label1= Label 1.1
  | data1 = Data 1.1
}}
| data2 = {{Infobox
  | child = yes
  | title = Second subsection
  | label1= Label 2.1
  | data1 = Data 2.1
}}
|belowstyle = 
|below = Below text
}}

Note, in the examples above, the child infobox is placed in a data field, not a header field. The title will be enclosed in <b>...</b> bold tags, which can create a "double bolding effect" in some browsers if the child infobox is placed in a header field. To place the child infobox in a header field and avoid the double bolding effect, use

No Title
Family	Arlyn (Mother) Gilbert Sr. (Father) Gilbert Jr. (Brother) Shane (Sister) Martin (Grandfather) Amada (Grandmother) Restituta (Grandmother-in-Law) Bienvenido (Grandfather-in-Law) Librada (Great Grandmother-in-Law) Maximo (Great Grandfather-in-Law)

{{Infobox
| title = Top level title
| header1 = First subsection
  {{Infobox
  | child = yes
  | label1= Label 1.1
  | data1 = Data 1.1
}}
| header2 = Second subsection
  {{Infobox
  | child = yes
  | label1= Label 2.1
  | data1 = Data 2.1
}}
|belowstyle = 
|below = Below text
}}

Full blank declaration

(Note: the template currently handles up to 99 rows; only 20 are given below since infoboxes larger than that will be relatively rare. Just extend the numbering as needed. The microformat "class" parameters are also omitted as they are not commonly used.)

{{Infobox
|name         = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|bodystyle    = 
|title        = 
|titlestyle   = 
|above        = 
|abovestyle   = 

|imagestyle   = 
|captionstyle = 

|image        = 
|caption      = 
|image2       = 
|caption2     = 

|headerstyle  = 
|labelstyle   = 
|datastyle    = 

|header1  = 
|label1   = 
|data1    = 
|header2  = 
|label2   = 
|data2    = 
|header3  = 
|label3   = 
|data3    = 
|header4  = 
|label4   = 
|data4    = 
|header5  = 
|label5   = 
|data5    = 
|header6  = 
|label6   = 
|data6    = 
|header7  = 
|label7   = 
|data7    = 
|header8  = 
|label8   = 
|data8    = 
|header9  = 
|label9   = 
|data9    = 
|header10 = 
|label10  = 
|data10   = 
|header11 = 
|label11  = 
|data11   = 
|header12 = 
|label12  = 
|data12   = 
|header13 = 
|label13  = 
|data13   = 
|header14 = 
|label14  = 
|data14   = 
|header15 = 
|label15  = 
|data15   = 
|header16 = 
|label16  = 
|data16   = 
|header17 = 
|label17  = 
|data17   = 
|header18 = 
|label18  = 
|data18   = 
|header19 = 
|label19  = 
|data19   = 
|header20 = 
|label20  = 
|data20   = 

|belowstyle =
|below = 
}}