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==Usage==
==Usage==
<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''Edit'''|''Page''|''Label''|section=''Section''|editintro=''Editintro''|preload=''preload''|preloadtitle=''Preloadtitle''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>
<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>'''Edit'''|''Page''|''Label''|section=''Section''|editintro=''Editintro''|preload=''preload''|preloadtitle=''Preloadtitle''|tooltip=''tooltip''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>


All parameters are optional
All parameters are optional
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*Preload: Title of a page to preload into the edit form if the page to be edited does not exist
*Preload: Title of a page to preload into the edit form if the page to be edited does not exist
*Preloadtitle: if section=new, a title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form
*Preloadtitle: if section=new, a title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form
*Tooltip: the text to display when user hovers over the link


{{TemplateDataHeader}}
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
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"label": "Preload title",
"label": "Preload title",
"description": "If making a new section, preload the title box with this"
"description": "If making a new section, preload the title box with this"
}
},
"tooltip": {
"label": "Tooltip",
"description": "Text to display on mouseover",
"default": "Page or section name",
"type": "string"
}
},
},
"description": "Displays a link to edit a page.",
"description": "Displays a link to edit a page.",
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"editintro",
"editintro",
"preload",
"preload",
"preloadtitle"
"preloadtitle",
"tooltip"
]
]
}
}

Revision as of 21:36, October 18, 2019

Provides a link to edit a page. This template is a self-reference and so is part of the Wikipedia project rather than the encyclopedic content.

Usage

{{Edit|Page|Label|section=Section|editintro=Editintro|preload=preload|preloadtitle=Preloadtitle|tooltip=tooltip}}

All parameters are optional

  • Page: the page to edit, if not the current page
  • Label: the text to label the link, defaults to "edit"
  • Section: the section to edit, 0 for top section, "new" to add a new section
  • Editintro: Title of a page that will be transcluded above the edit box. Not a wikilink, templates require Template:
  • Preload: Title of a page to preload into the edit form if the page to be edited does not exist
  • Preloadtitle: if section=new, a title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form
  • Tooltip: the text to display when user hovers over the link
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

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

Title of a page that will be rendered above the edit box, no wikilinks, with namespace if not main

Example
Template:Disambig editintro
Unknownoptional
Preloadpreload

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

Unknownoptional
Preload titlepreloadtitle

If making a new section, preload the title box with this

Unknownoptional
Tooltiptooltip

Text to display on mouseover

Default
Page or section name
Stringoptional


See also

[

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