Parameters Templat:Sidebar

No parameters are required unless {{navbar}} links (V - T - E) are to appear at the bottom of the sidebar, in which case the |name= parameter is needed (see entry in the table immediately below).

Principal

ParameterExplanation
|name=The sidebar's name, i.e., the name following "Template:" in the page's name. Required for the {{navbar}} links at the bottom of the sidebar to function correctly, unless these are omitted (see |navbar= at the bottom of this table). It is recommended to use {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this field.
|outertitle=Use to place a title for the sidebar immediately above the sidebar.
|topimage=Use to place an image at the top of the sidebar, i.e., above any |title= included.

Full wikisyntax expected (i.e., [[File:...]]).
To add a caption below the image, use |topcaption=.

|pretitle=Use to place a line such as "Part of the X series on" before the title.
|title=Use to place a title for the sidebar at the top of the sidebar (immediately below the |topimage=, if used).
|image=Use to place an image between the |title= (if used) and first section.

As with |topimage=, full wikisyntax expected (i.e., [[File:...]]).
To add a caption below the image, use |caption=.

|headingstyle=Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section headings.

To alter the CSS styling for a specific section's heading, use |headingnstyle=, where n is the number of the section.

|contentstyle=Use to alter the default CSS styling set for section content.

To alter the CSS styling for a particular section's content, use |contentnstyle=, where n is the number of the section.

|heading1=First section's heading (if needed).
|content1=First section's content (required).
|heading2=Second section's heading (if needed).
|content2=Second section's content (if needed).
|heading3=Third section's heading (if needed).
|content3=Third section's content (if needed).
...... etc ......
|heading35=Currently, the last possible section heading and/or content (if needed).
|content35=

Other parameters

ParameterExplanation
|above=Corresponds to |above= offered by {{navbox}}.
  • |bodyclass= (or |class=)
  • |outertitleclass=
  • |topimageclass=
  • |pretitleclass=
  • |titleclass=
  • |imageclass=
  • |aboveclass=
  • |headingclass=
  • |contentclass=
  • |belowclass=

Microformat classes for the corresponding parameters.
(|bodyclass= (or |class=) applies to the sidebar as a whole.)

|below=Use to, e.g., add one or more portal links to the bottom of the template (by default in bold).
  • |bodystyle= (or |style=)
  • |outertitlestyle=
  • |topimagestyle=
  • |topcaptionstyle=
  • |pretitlestyle=
  • |titlestyle=
  • |imagestyle=
  • |captionstyle=
  • |abovestyle=
  • |headingstyle=
  • |headingnstyle=
  • |contentstyle=
  • |contentnstyle=
  • |belowstyle=
  • |navbarstyle= (or |tnavbarstyle=)

Use to alter default CSS styling for the corresponding parameters.
(|bodystyle= (or |style=) applies to the sidebar as a whole.)

|cellspacing=Use to amend the default cellspacing set for the infobox-class table with which the sidebar is built.
|cellpadding=Ditto the default cellpadding.
|navbar= (or |tnavbar=)Set to "none" (without the quotes) to remove the navigation bar links appearing at the bottom of the sidebar.
|navbarfontstyle= (or |tnavbarfontstyle=)Use to specify the font style used by the navbar at the bottom of the sidebar (see {{navbar}} for options available).