Template:Edit/doc

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It provides a clickable link to edit a page, or a section of the page.

Usage

{{Edit
|1=
|2=
|section=
|editintro=
|preload=
|preloadtitle=
|tooltip=
}}
  • 1: the page to edit. If omitted, it will be the current page.
  • 2: the label text of the edit link. If omitted, it is "edit" by default.
  • section: the section to edit, in which 0 for the top (i.e. lead section), 1 for the first (sub-)section, and new for adding a new section.
  • editintro: the content of a page/template that will be transcluded above the edit box when you edit the page. Usually used to load template messages.
  • preload: the content of a page/template that will be preloaded into the text area of the edit form. It works only if the page to be edited does not exist.
  • preloadtitle: if making a new section (i.e. |section=new), the title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form.
  • tooltip: the text to display when you hover over the link.

Notes:

  • All parameters are optional.
  • The parameter names must be in lowercase or they will fail.

Examples

Code Output Notes
{{edit}} Edit current page
{{edit| |edit template doc}}
[[[[:Template:Fullurl:Template:]] Edit]]
{{edit|1=Infobox foo|2=E}}
{{edit|2=edit template doc}}
{{edit|friendship}} Edit the article friendship
{{edit|friendship|section=3}} Edit the third order of a (sub-)section of the article friendship, which is 1.2 Adolescence as of 10 Jan 2020
{{edit|Draft:Sandbox|editintro=Template:Disambig editintro}} Load {{Disambig editintro}} when you edit
{{edit|Template:Some new template|preload=Template:Documentation/preload}} Preload the whoole content of {{Documentation/preload}} when you create a new template
{{edit|Wikipedia talk:Sandbox|section=new||preloadtitle=Custom title of the new section}} Create a new section of a custom title
{{edit|2=link with tooltip|tooltip=This is a tooltip}}
[[[[:Template:Fullurl:Template:]] Edit]]
Hover over the link to see the tooltip

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Edit

Displays a link to edit a page.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Page1

The page to edit

Default
The current page
Example
Example
Page namesuggested
Label2

The link label

Default
Edit
Example
Edit this page
Stringoptional
Sectionsection

The section to edit; 0 for the top section; new for a new section

Default
None (whole page gets edited)
Example
0
Stringoptional
Edit Introeditintro

Content that will be rendered above the edit box

Example
Template:Disambig editintro
Unknownoptional
Preloadpreload

Content to preload in the edit form when creating a new page or section

Unknownoptional
Preload titlepreloadtitle

If making a new section, preload text into the title box

Unknownoptional
Tooltiptooltip

Text to display on mouseover

Default
Page or section name
Stringoptional

Comparison

[

This box: view • talk • edit

] Compare different edit templates:
  • {{Ed}} —– plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags, specifically for templates only
  • {{Ed right}} —– plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags and aligned to right of page, specifically for templates only
  • {{Edit}} —– plain-style edit link, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
  • {{Edit section}} —– edit link surrounded by <div> tags by default which can specify which section to edit on a page, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
  • {{Vedit}} —– plain-style edit link which edit with the Wikipedia:VisualEditor, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces

Templates with view, talk and edit links:

  • {{Navbar}} —– navigation bar with configurable caption and view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
  • {{View}} —– navbar-style view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
  • {{VTE}} & {{V}} —– navbar-style V·T·E links (i.e. view·talk·edit links in short forms), specifically for templates only

See also