Template:Subpages/doc: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:29, 15 September 2025

This template just adds a heading above the SubPageList parser function call.

You must pass an empty argument (the pipe character) in order to get the correct output due to a quirk with how template calls are given default arguments that would otherwise change the output of the parser function.

By transcluding this template with {{Subpages|}} you get

{{#subpages:
page={{PAGENAME}}
|format=ul
|default="There are no subpages of the current page"}}

wherever you want to show a list of links to subpages.

The parser hook used comes from the mw:Extension:SubPageList extension, and the documentation gives further examples of customizing the output https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/SubPageList/blob/master/doc/USAGE.md

Simple template to create a heading and invoke the #subpages parser function.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
No parameters specified

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-BROKEN
+This template just adds a heading above the [https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/SubPageList/blob/master/doc/USAGE.md SubPageList] parser function call.
-TLDR;
+{{Messagebox
-Use something like
+|text=You '''must''' pass an empty argument (the pipe character) in order to get the correct output due to a quirk with how template calls are given default arguments that would otherwise change the output of the parser function.
-<pre>
+}}
-== Subpages ==
-{{#subpages:}}
+By transcluding this template with '''<nowiki>{{Subpages|}}</nowiki>''' you get
 <pre>
+{{#subpages:
+page={{PAGENAME}}
+|format=ul
+|default="There are no subpages of the current page"}}
+</pre>
 wherever you want to show a list of links to subpages.
-This template outputs (an unlinked) list of pages rather than links. If you use the #subpages parser hook IN a page, it works as intended, outputting page links.
+The parser hook used comes from the [[mw:Extension:SubPageList]] extension, and the documentation gives further examples of customizing the output https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/SubPageList/blob/master/doc/USAGE.md
+<templatedata>
-The parser hook used comes from the Subpages extension, and the documentation example seems to indicate that you can format output with a template, but doesn't say anything about using the parser function from a template. https://github.com/ProfessionalWiki/SubPageList/blob/master/doc/USAGE.md
+{
+	"params": {},
+	"description": "Simple template to create a heading and invoke the #subpages parser function.",
+	"format": "inline"
+}
+</templatedata>