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Hide long source file

The following scripts a well-known message
{{pl2|
{{hidden|<tt>/path/file.sh</tt>
([{{#filelink: file.sh}} download])|{{#fileanchor: file.sh}}
<source lang="bash">
#! /bin/bash
echo Hello, World
</source>|headerstyle=background:#ccccff;text-align:left;}} }}

The following scripts a well-known message

/path/file.sh ([{{#filelink: file.sh}} download])

#! /bin/bash
echo Hello, World

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Use the template Template:pl2 to intend pre, source... block by 2em:

* Some header
{{pl2|<pre>A left padded block</pre>}}

Some header

A left padded block

... but the template above can't be used for tables:

* Some header
<div style="padding-left:2em;">
{|
|-
| hello || world
|}
</div>

Some header

hello

world

Use template Template:Hidden to hide some section with toggle button (see [1]).

{{hidden|header|hidden message
|style=background:#ccccff
|headerstyle=text-align:left;
|contentstyle=text-align:right}}

header

hidden message

Use template Template:Hide for a simpler version

Below you can find some hidden text {{hide|
'''This is the famous hidden text'''}}

Below you can find some hidden text

This is the famous hidden text

Use template Template:Toggle and _toggler class for more elaborate use. _toggler is used to create button to toggle visibility of tags of given class. Note that you can assign several classes to the same tag:

* {{toggle|item1|ITEM1|item1 item}}
* {{toggle|item2|ITEM2|item2 item}}
* <span class="_toggler-item1">toggle item1</span>
* <span class="_toggler-item2">toggle item2</span>
* <span class="_toggler-item">toggle both items</span>

item1
ITEM1
item2
ITEM2
toggle item1
toggle item2
toggle both items

Use __TOC__ to control the location of the Table Of Content. This is particularly handy when there are some texts before the first heading in a page, and you want the TOC to appear first.

Page REDIRECT - To automatically redirect one page to another:

#REDIRECT [[SomePage]]

REDIRECT SomePage

Frequently Used

Description	You type	You get
only at the beginning of the line
Definition list	`;Definition :item 1 :item 2`	Definition item 1 item 2

HTML entities

Description	You type	You get
anywhere
Arrows entities	`⇒ ⇐ &dArr; &uArr; ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔`	⇒ ⇐ ⇓ ⇑ ⇔ → ↓ ↑ ← ↔
Space	` `
Colon	`:`	:
Equal sign	`=`	=
Vertical bar	`\|`	\|

HTML Tags

Description	Example	Result
`font`	`Change the <font color="red">font color</font>` `Change the <font size="3">font size</font>` `Change the <font face="verdana">font face</font>`	Change the font color Change the font size Change the font face
`strike` / `s` `u` `span`	`<strike>Strike out</strike> or <u>underline</u> text, or write it <span style="font-variant:small-caps">in small caps</span>.`	~~Strike out~~ or underline text, or write it in small caps.

Linking to Uploaded Files

Description	You type	You get
Linking to file	`[[Media:Visio-Vim graphic cheatsheet-AZERTY-MIP.pdf\|My file]]`	My file

Tables

Basic syntax for table is

{| [opt-table-attr] 
|+ [opt-caption-attr]|Caption
|- [opt-line-attr]
|[opt-cell-attr |]Orange
|[opt-cell-attr |]Apple
|- [opt-line-attr]
|[opt-cell-attr |]
|[opt-cell-attr |]Pie
|- [opt-line-attr
|[opt-cell-attr |]Butter |[opt-cell-attr]| Ice cream 
|}

which gives...

<table [opt-table-attr]>
<caption [opt-caption-attr]>Caption</caption>
<tr [opt-line-attr]>
<td [opt-cell-attr]>Orange</td>
<td [opt-cell-attr]>Apple</td>
</tr>
<tr [opt-line-attr]>
<td [opt-cell-attr]></td>
<td [opt-cell-attr]>Pie</td>
</tr>
<tr [opt-line-attr]>
<td [opt-cell-attr]>Butter</td><td [opt-cell-attr]>Ice cream</td>
</tr>
</table>

Table can be easily formatted using templates like:

{| {{Prettytable}}
|-
|{{Hl2}}|First
|Second
|-
|Third
|{{Hl2}}|Fourth
|}

First	Second
Third	Fourth

Or better yet, using CSS (eg. see MediaWiki:Common.css) class wikitable (see Table):

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!First
|Second
|-
|Third
!Fourth
|}

First	Second
Third	Fourth

Cell content can be formatted for each cell individually or for all cells on a same row

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Very long header
!Very long header
!Very long header
|-
|align="left"|left
|align="center"|center
|align="right"|right
|- align="center"
|center
|center
|center
|}
|}

Very long header	Very long header	Very long header
left	center	right
center	center	center

To center a table adds style="margin:auto":

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto"
! header1 !! header2
|-
| a || b
|}

header1	header2
a	b

To center the content of all cells in a table adds style="text-align:center":

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! header1 !! header2
|-
| a || b
|}

header1	header2
a	b

Use style="table-layout:fixed" to force uniform column width in a table. The table width must be also specified for this to work correctly.

{| class="wikitable" style="table-layout:fixed" width="200pt"
|-
! h1 !! h2 !! h3 !! h4
|-
|a|very|very very|long text string in a same cell
|}

h1	h2	h3	h4
a	very	very very	long text string in a same cell

Multi-Columns

Reference: CSS Multi-column Layout Module

<div style="column-width:25em;">
...
<p style="break-before:column;"/>
...
</div>

Using Extensions

Raw File

See reference syntax here

Example without anchor (best choice when block immediately follows the link).

Download [{{#file: HelpRawScript.sh}} this file].
<source lang="bash">
#! /bin/bash

echo 'Hello, World!'
</source>

Download [{{#file: HelpRawScript.sh}} this file].

#! /bin/bash

echo 'Hello, World!'

Example with an anchor (necessary when there is intermediate block - but need keeping name in sync!).

When anchor is on another page, use notation {{#fileLink: myscript.sh|Another Page}}

Download [{{#filelink: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} this file].
<pre>
This block is just to confuse RawFile
</pre>
{{#fileanchor: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}}
<source lang="bash">
#! /bin/bash

echo 'Hello, World!'
</source>

Download [{{#filelink: HelpAnotherRawScript.sh}} this file].

This block is just to confuse RawFile

#! /bin/bash

echo 'I said "Hello, World!"'

For very long text, it is possible to hide the file content using CSS style="display:none"

Download [{{#file: HiddenRawScript.sh}} this file].
<div style="display:none"><source lang="bash">
#! /bin/bash

echo 'Hello, Wonderland!'
</source></div>

Download [{{#file: HiddenRawScript.sh}} this file].

External Links

MediaWiki

MediaWiki - Meta

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