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  • {{Horizontal list}}
  • {{dotlist}}

This template creates horizontal lists. Each item in the list may be individually styled with CSS.

Lists output by {{Flatlist}} and {{Hlist}} are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.

Contents

  • 1 Usage
  • 2 Parameters
  • 3 Examples
  • 4 Avoiding Linter errors

Usage

Basic usage

{{hlist|first item|second item|third item|...}}

All parameters

{{hlist
|first item|second item|third item|...
|class       = class for div tag
|style       = style for div tag
|list_style  = style for ul tag
|item_style  = style for all li tags
|item1_style = style for first li tag
|item2_style = style for second li tag
|...
|indent      = the number of tabs to indent
}}

Example

{{hlist|Jazz|rock|pop|rap}}

produces:

  • Jazz
  • rock
  • pop
  • rap

Parameters

  • Positional parameters (1, 2, 3...): these are the list items. If no list items are present, the module will output nothing.
  • class: a custom class for the <div>...</div> tags surrounding the list. Set to inline when using {{hlist}} inside text.
  • style: a custom CSS style for the <div>...</div> tags surrounding the list, e.g. font-size: 90%;.
  • list_style: a custom CSS style for the <ul>...</ul> tags around the list. The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
  • item_style: a custom CSS style for all of the list items (the <li>...</li> tags). The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
  • item1_style, item2_style, item3_style...: custom CSS styles for each of the list items. The format is the same as for the |style= parameter.
  • indent: the number of tabs to indent the list. Default value is 0.

Examples

Markup Renders as
{{hlist|entry1|entry2|entry3|entry4|entry5|entry6|entry7|entry8|entry9}}
  • entry1
  • entry2
  • entry3
  • entry4
  • entry5
  • entry6
  • entry7
  • entry8
  • entry9
Giant planets ({{hlist|[[Jupiter|J]]|[[Saturn|S]]|[[Uranus|U]]|[[Neptune|N]]}}).
Giant planets (
  • J
  • S
  • U
  • N
).
Giant planets ({{hlist|class=inline|[[Jupiter|J]]|[[Saturn|S]]|[[Uranus|U]]|[[Neptune|N]]}}).
Giant planets (
  • J
  • S
  • U
  • N
).
{{hlist|Winner|Runner-up|Third place|indent=2}}
  • Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place
{{hlist|Winner|Runner-up|Third place|item_style=color:blue;}}
  • Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place
{{hlist|Winner|Runner-up|Third place|item1_style=background-color:yellow;|item2_style=background-color:silver;}}
  • Winner
  • Runner-up
  • Third place

Avoiding Linter errors

{{hlist}} will produce Linter errors if placed inside a template that uses <span>...</span> tags, such as {{small}}, {{larger}}, etc. To avoid this, use the substitutions from the table below:

☒N Incorrect markup checkY Correct markup
{{small|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:85%}}
{{resize|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:90%}}
{{midsize|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:92%}}
{{larger|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:120%}}
{{big|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:120%}}
{{large|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:120%}}
{{huge|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:180%}}
{{resize|x%|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:x%}}
{{font|size=x%|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=font-size:x%}}
{{nowrap|{{hlist|...}}}} {{hlist|...|style=white-space: nowrap}}
  • v
  • t
  • e
HTML lists
More information:
  • Help:List
  • WP:List dos and don'ts
  • WP:Manual of Style/Embedded lists
  • WP:Manual of Style/Accessibility § Lists
  • WP:WikiProject Lists
Horizontal list
{{hlist}}
{{hlist|item1 |item2 |...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Horizontal list
{{flatlist}}
{{flatlist|
* item1
* item2
* ...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Horizontal list
{{cslist}}
{{cslist|item1 |item2 |...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
{{bold list}}
{{bold list|item1 |item2 |...}}

item1 , item2 , or ...

Bulleted list
{{bulleted list}}
{{bulleted list|item1 |item2 |...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Numeric ordered list
{{ordered list}}
{{Ordered list|first |second |...}}
  1. first
  2. second
  3. ...
Alphabetic ordered list
{{ordered list}}
{{Ordered list|list_style_type=lower-alpha |first |second |...}}
  1. first
  2. second
  3. ...
Unbulleted list
{{unbulleted list}}
{{unbulleted list|item1 |item2 |...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Unbulleted list
{{plainlist}}
{{plainlist|
* item1
* item2
* ...}}
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Glossary or definition list
{{glossary}}
(glossary, description, definition, association)
{{glossary}}

{{term|first term}}{{defn|first description}}
{{term|second term}}{{defn|second description}}
{{term|...}}{{defn|....}}
{{glossary end}}

first term
first description
second term
second description
...
....
Bulleted list to flow around an image
{{flowlist}}
[[File:Bad Title Example.png|left|thumb|100px]]

{{flowlist|
*item1
*item2
*...}}

File:Bad Title Example.png
  • item1
  • item2
  • ...
Ordered list in columns
{{columns-list}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=5em|
# first
# second
# third
# ...}}
  1. first
  2. second
  3. third
  4. ...
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