Template:Thetop


{{{1}}}	{{{2}}}	{{{3}}}

Uses, Limitations, Parameters and Options

Uses

Intended to make a top section for a Wikibooks page so that the Table of Contents,(TOC), a block of text, and an image can line up horizontally. Options allow multi-use of the three spaces. This avoids the white space which usually results to the side of the TOC.

The template merges well, edge to edge, with another instance of the template following it. Simply avoid any line breaks between the calls.

A wide range of options is given.

It is called as follows:

{{Thetop|background=ivory|leader=the top text|1=__TOC__|2=Two paragraphs here|3=[[image:ArialSpecimen.svg|200px|center]]|trailer=the bottom text}}

Limitations

Care must be taken to distinguish between the number 'one' and the lower case of the letter L.

Note that the widths are defaulted to percentage values, and that these units make sense only when the cell widths add to 100%.

The Table in a Template Problem

The template suffers from the usual problems when a wikitext table is used. The method found to work for tables used as parameters is as follows:

Make an HTML table from the wikitext table.
Remove any cellspacing attribute from the table and a CSS style for spacing.
Use a numbered or named parameter.
Remove the wikitext apostrophe code headings and replace them with the HTML tag equivalents.

Note that the leader and trailer parameters must be named, and are lower case spellings. They do not use numbered parameters. Line height could not be provided since it works only in a block element. Use a text span if it is needed.

Parameters

There are five parameters:

leader: fills a full width of the page at the top. Must be named.
1 , theleft: is the leftmost of three cells in a row
2 , themiddle: is the middle cell of the three cells
3 , theright: is the rightmost cell of the three
trailer: fills a full width of the page at the bottom. Must be named.

The Parameter Layout; all parameter names are lower case.

This is the 'leader' It wraps text in the top section, all the way across the page. If it is used, it must be named. If it is not used, it just collapses and is unseen. The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.
This is 'theleft'. It has a default width of 25%. The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.	This is 'themiddle'. It has a default width of 50%.The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.	This is 'theright'. It has a default width of 25%. The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.
This is the 'trailer'. It wraps text in the bottom section all the way across the page. If it is used, it must be named. If it is not used, it just collapses and is unseen. The time has come for all good men to come to the aid of the party. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog 0123456789 times. Of all the fishes in the sea the mermaid is the one for me. Peter Piper picked a pot of pickled pepper. The Leith police inhibiteth us.

The leader and trailer need not be used, while the three others will signify any omission.

Options

An excess of options has been added.

Container:

br: Table perimeter border, defaults to 1px solid lightgrey
bd: Table background color, defaults to transparent
cs: cellspacing, defaults to 5px, for collapsed state enter cs=0
cp: Table cell padding, default zero, overridden by local cell padding.
m: Table margin, defaults to zero
w: Table width, defaults to 100%

Parameter:leader (must be named)

ffle: font-family,inherit
fsle: font-size, inherit
fcle: text color,inherit
vale: vertical alignment, defaults to top
hale: horizontal alignment, defaults to left
cple: padding, defaults to 0 5px 5px 5px
wle: width, defaults to 100%
brle: border, defaults to none
bdle: background color, defaults to transparent

Parameter:1 or theleft

ff1: font-family,inherit
fs1: font-size, inherit
fc1: text color,inherit
va1: vertical alignment, defaults to top
ha1: horizontal alignment, defaults to left
cp1: padding, defaults to 0 5px 5px 5px
w1: width, defaults to 25%
br1: border, defaults to none
bd1: background color, defaults to transparent

Parameter:2 or themiddle

ff2: font-family,inherit
fs2: font-size, inherit
fc2: text color,inherit
va2: vertical alignment, defaults to top
ha2: horizontal alignment, defaults to left
cp2: padding, defaults to 0 5px 5px 5px
w2: width, defaults to 50%
br2: border, defaults to none
bd2: background color, defaults to transparent

Parameter:3 or theright

ff3: font-family,inherit
fs3: font-size, inherit
fc3: text color,inherit
va3: vertical alignment, defaults to top
ha3: horizontal alignment, defaults to left
cp3: padding, defaults to 0 5px 5px 5px
w3: width, defaults to 25%
br3: border, defaults to none
bd3: background color, defaults to transparent

Parameter:trailer (must be named)

fft: font-family,inherit
fst: font-size, inherit
fct: text color,inherit
vat: vertical alignment, defaults to top
hat: horizontal alignment, defaults to left
cpt: padding, defaults to 0 5px 5px 5px
wt: width, defaults to 100%
brt: border, defaults to none
bdt: background color, defaults to transparent