Template:Menu

Template documentation

This template is a meta template for building menu templates.

Menus are useful for linking to related pages and easing navigation through them. Menus that use this template adapt well to mobile and desktop devices, big and small screens, dark and light mode, print and read mode.

To create a new menu, first read the documentation below and then use the following form:

Examples

Basic

{{Menu
| group1 = First group
| list1 =
* [[First page]]
* [[Second page]]
* [[Third page]]
| group2 = Second group
| list2 =
* [[Fourth page]]
* [[Fifth page]]
* [[Sixth page]]
| group3 = Third group
| list3 =
* [[Seventh page]]
* [[Eighth page]]
* [[Ninth page]]
}}

Vertical

Vertical menus usually float near the top right of pages.

{{Menu
| vertical = yes
| center = yes
| title = Title of the collection
| group1 = First group
| list1 =
* [[First page]]
* [[Second page]]
* [[Third page]]
| group2 = Second group
| list2 =
* [[Fourth page]]
* [[Fifth page]]
* [[Sixth page]]
| group3 = Third group
| list3 =
* [[Seventh page]]
* [[Eighth page]]
* [[Ninth page]]
}}

Advanced

{{Menu
| name = Menu name
| logo = Sunhusky.png
| logo-link = Category:MOST
| logo-size = x90px
| image = Create-Joshua-Pearce.png
| image-link = Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects
| image-size = x90px
| group1 = First group
| list1 =
* [[First page]]
* [[Second page]]
* [[Third page]]
| group2 = Second group
| list2 =
* [[Fourth page]]
* [[Fifth page]]
* [[Sixth page]]
| group3 = Third group
| list3 =
* [[Seventh page]]
* [[Eighth page]]
* [[Ninth page]]
}}

See also

• Template:Subpages menu - Generic menu for displaying the subpages of a page
• MediaWiki:TemplateMenu.js - JavaScript code run when this template is found
• Category:Menu templates - Templates that use this meta template
• Category:Meta templates - Other meta templates

Template data

Use this meta template to build navigation menus.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Vertical	vertical	Give the menu a vertical format Example yes	Boolean	optional
Center	center	Center the content of the menu Example yes	Boolean	optional
Collapse	collapse	Collapse the menu by default Example yes	Boolean	optional
Progress bar	progress-bar	Enable the progress bar Example yes	Boolean	optional
Progress buttons	progress-buttons	Enable the Start / Previous / Next buttons Example yes	Boolean	optional
Download button	download-button	Enable the "Download all as PDF" button Example yes	Boolean	optional
Name	name	Name of the menu Example Water menu	String	optional
Title	title	Title of the menu, usually linked to the main page of the collection Example Help topics	String	optional
Subtitle	subtitle	Subtitle of the menu	String	optional
Text	text	Free-form text after the subtitle but before the links	String	optional
Logo	logo	Logo above the title Example Appropedia.png	File	optional
Logo size	logo-size	Size of the logo Default x70px Example 50px	String	optional
Logo link	logo-link	Link of the logo Example Category:MOST	Page	optional
Image	image	Image below the title and subtitle Example Vegetable garden in Junín.jpg	File	optional
Image size	image-size	Size of the image Default x140px Example 200px	String	optional
Image link	image-link	Link of the image Example To Catch the Sun	Page	optional
Certificate	certificate	Name of the certificate template that generates the certificate when the user reaches the last page of the menu Example Tibial Fracture Fixation certificate	Template	optional