Template:Clickable button

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This template styles a link like a button, using the deprecated mediawiki.ui.button module. This expands the clickable area and tap target for the link.

Usage

All parameters

{{Clickable button|wikilink|display|color=color|url=url|class=class|link=}}

wikilink

Unnamed first parameter; the title of the page being linked. Brackets are not necessary

display (optional)

Optional unnamed second parameter; the text to display. Not needed if the text to display is the wikilink itself

|color= or |class=

Color to display. |color= accepts blue and red, |class= accepts mw-ui-progressive and mw-ui-destructive

|url=

URL to link through the button. If no wikilink/display text is provided, will show the URL, otherwise will show the wikilink/display text

|link=no

Use this parameter set to "no" to display a button without linking to anything

Examples

Wikilinks

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page|Click here to visit the main page}}</syntaxhighlight> → Click here to visit the main page

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Click here|link=no}}</syntaxhighlight> → Click here

Colors

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page – without defined |color= and |class=, the default is a white button

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page|color=blue}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page|color=red}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page|class=mw-ui-progressive}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Main Page|class=mw-ui-destructive}}</syntaxhighlight> → Main Page

URLs

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|url=https://example.com}}</syntaxhighlight> → https://example.com

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|Example|url=https://example.com}}</syntaxhighlight> → Example

<syntaxhighlight inline="1" lang="wikitext">{{Clickable button|2=Example|url=https://example.com}}</syntaxhighlight> → Example

Template data

Styles a link like a button, using the mediawiki.ui.button module

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Link/Label	1	Defines the page to link to, and uses that page's title as the text for the button Example Foobar	Page name	required
Label	2	Defines the text that appears on the button Default the page being linked to	Unknown	suggested
URL	url	Defines a web address for the button to link to Example https://www.example.com	URL	optional
class	class	Defines the visual type of the button Suggested values mw-ui-progressive mw-ui-destructive	String	optional
Custom CSS styling	style	Allows custom CSS styling to be applied to the button Default None Example border: 2px solid red;	String	optional
Category switch	category	Whether or not categories should be on Default yes Example no Auto value 0	Boolean	optional
color	color	no description Suggested values blue red green	Unknown	optional

See also

• commons:Template:Clickable button, corresponding clickable button at Commons.
• Wikimedia design style guide advice on buttons

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