Tempulet:Legend

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This template uses TemplateStyles:

Template:Legend/styles.css

Shows a legend row with a colored box.

Usage

{{legend|background-color|caption|outline=outline color|border=css border}}

background-color is passed to the css background-color property of the color box.
The optional outline parameter is the color of the outline around the box.
The optional border argument which overrides the outline argument and sets the css description (e.g., 1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.

Examples

Use in text

{{legend|black|Africa}}
{{legend|green|Americas}}
{{legend|blue|Oceania}}
{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}}  (#A2A9B1 is the wikitables border color.)

Africa

Americas

Oceania

Europe

Asia

Use in captions

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Full parameter list

{{legend
| [legend box's colo(u)r]
| [text following legend box]
| outline =  <!--colo(u)r of border around legend box-->
| border =   <!--use to specify custom CSS styling for border (overrides 'outline')-->
| color =    <!--colo(u)r of 'text'-->
| size =     <!--'text' font-size-->
| text =     <!--to place text inside the legend box-->
}}

Limitations

Using certain special characters in Tempulet:Para that have meaning in wikitext can cause unexpected results. To use Tempulet:Asterisk in Tempulet:Para, use Tempulet:Para. To use # in Tempulet:Para, use Tempulet:Para.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Legend

Tempulet:Sandbox other

Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	`1`	The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format Example "#6D6E00", "#ffa", "yellow"	Line	required
Caption	`2`	Label for the legend entry Example "soda" is most common	String	suggested
CSS border style	`border`	CSS style for the legend entry's border	String	optional
Entry outline	`outline`	CSS color for the outline of the legend entry Example silver	Line	optional
Text in the entry	`text`	Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified Example Af	Line	optional
Text color	`textcolor`	CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box	String	optional
Size	`size`	Font size of the legend entry, including colored box	String	optional