Template:Outdent/doc

{	"description": "For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character to produce tabs; this template produces a connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent.", "format": "\n\n", "params": { "1": {			"label": "indentation level", "description": "Number of colons at the start of the previous line, or the colons themselves. At most 20; more than 20 falls back to the default value of 10.", "example": "4, ::::", "type": "line", "default": "10", "suggested": true },		"2": {			"label": "link", "description": "Add a linked tag about outdenting. The parameter’s specific value is discarded, only its presence counts.", "example": "1", "type": "line" }	} }

Usage
To outdent posts, insert the number of colons that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 4 levels

start of a new post

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

start of a new post

You can also have the template automatically add a linked tag, by adding any second parameter (its specific value is discarded):

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

start of a new post

To not outdent all the way to the left margin, the outdent template itself can be indented using one or more colons: ::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
 * start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
 * start of a new post

Do not use subst: with this template.

This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template". Users who would prefer not to see the template can add the following line to their custom CSS (Special:MyPage/common.css):