VideoLAN Wiki:List of templates

See also: Help:Templates, Category:Templates, Sandbox (testing) area, and Full list of templates

Formatting

Name	Description
{{Clear}}	If there are elements (e.g. wikipedia box) to the left or right of the page, this will place text under those, rather than beside it.
{{Lowercase}}	If the initial letter of article title should be lowercase (e.g. libdvbpsi) add this to the top of the article.
{{Anchoring space}}	Adds space for anchoring along with the associated message "This space is left blank to make anchoring work correctly".

Interwiki links

Name	Description
{{Mmwiki}}	Box to Multimedia Wiki
{{Website}}	Box to official website
{{Wikipedia}}	Box to Wikipedia:
{{Xiph}}	Box to Xiph Wiki
{{Open}}	Marks free open source projects

Links to VLC project

Name	Description
{{Bug}}	Link to a bug
{{Doc}}	Link to documentation
{{Faqlink}}	Link to FAQs Does not work anymore - videolan.org/doc is down
{{Forum}}	Link to forum thread
{{File}}	Link to source code
{{VLCSourceFile}}	Same as {{File}} but does not add a leading bullet

Maintenance

Name	Description
{{Check}}	Adds [Please check] and adds to Category:Pages to check
{{Dead link}}	Adds [dead link] and adds to Category:Pages with broken links
{{Delete}}	Places a page in Category:Delete for deletion.
{{Historical}}	Tags obsolete pages as being for historical purposes only.
{{Outdated}}	Tags outdated pages and adds to Category:Outdated pages or Category:Important outdated pages
{{Merge}}	Request for a page merge.
{{Stub}}	Is a stub. Adds to Category:Stubs

Page type banners

Name	Description
{{Documentation}}	Marks as being from the official documentation
{{VSG}}	Marks as part of the VLC Support Guide pages
{{Howto}}	Marks as part of the how to pages
{{Mux}}	Marks as a container.
{{Codec audio}}	Marks as an audio codec.
{{Codec video}}	Marks as a video codec.
{{Protocol}}	Marks as an access module (http, cdda, etc).
{{Top box}}	A box with a square and a bit for text, used for {{mux}}, etc.
{{example code}}	Page is example code

Yes and no

Test status

Name	Description
{{Yes}}	Yes
{{No}}	No
{{Ok}}	Ok / Upgradable
{{Partial}}	Partial
{{Middle}}	Middle
{{Untested}}	untested ???
{{Up-to-date}}	Up-to-date

Needed

Name	Description
{{Needed}}	X
{{UnNeeded}}	-

Modules

Name	Description
{{Module}}	Module info box
{{Option}}	Module option

Other

Name	Description
{{Navbox}}	The classic navigational box used to create navigational aids in the wiki.
{{Languages}}	Navigation box for translations of this wiki. Please read the associated documentation before using!
{{Compat}}	Asks for compatibility information, e.g. for hardware.
{{Tl}}	For templates, does the groovy {{tl}} thing.
{{Unsupported}}	Not compatible box
{{VLC}}	Expands to VLC media player.
{{VLC icon}}	Expands to the VLC icon .
{{VLC:latest version}}	Expands to VLC latest version. Currently 3.0.12
{{Checkmark}}	Expands to a checkmark
{{Done}}	Expands to the text Done
{{%}}	Expands to % for use at the start of console stuff
{{!}}	Expands to the vertical bar for use inside templates
{{GPL notice}}	GPL notice ("Permission is granted to...")
{{CVE}}	Link to a CVE.
{{US-CERT}}	Link to a US-CERT Vulnerability Notice.
{{VideoLAN-SA}}	Link to a VideoLAN Security Advisory.
{{-*}}	Expands to →