Template:Box

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Basic usage

{{box|Contents}} produces:

Contents

Parameters

Special parameters

Parameter	Description	Values
|type=	The type of box	black , white or transparent
|span=	Uses span tags instead of div tags	yes
|wide=	Set the box to be as wide as the page/table	yes
|inline=	Set the box to be inline	text text text yes text text text
|header=	Adds an optional header	Header Text
|shadow=	Add a shadow to the box	yes

CSS parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	CSS
"content"	The contents of the box (Necessary)
opt1  |background= opt2  |color=	The color of the background of the box	White	background-color
|align=	The alignment of the box (left, center, right) (Recommended)	left	float
|padding=	The inner padding of the border	3px	padding
|style=	The style of the border	Solid	border-style
|border color=	The color of the border	Black	border-color
|border size=	The size of the border	3px	border-width
|text align=	The alignment of the text (Recommended)	left	text-align
|spacing=	The spacing of the letters		letter-spacing
|font=	The font of the box's text		font-family
|font size=	The font size of the box's text		font-size
|text color=	The color of the text	black	text-color
|margin=	The outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't inline-block or block)	3px	margin
|box type=	The type of box (inline, inline-block, block)	inline-block	display
|height=	The height of the box		height
|width=	The width of the box	(The width of the text)	width
|CSS=	Any Additional CSS you want to add (make sure to add ; to end)

Other CSS parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	CSS
|top margin=	The top outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't inline-block or block)	3px	margin-top
|bottom margin=	The bottom outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't inline-block or block)	3px	margin-bottom
|left margin=	The left outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't inline-block or block)	3px	margin-left
|right margin=	The right outer margin of the box (Only does horizontal when type isn't inline-block or block)	3px	margin-right
|top padding=	The top inner padding of the border	3px	padding-top
|bottom padding=	The bottom inner padding of the border	3px	padding-bottom
|left padding=	The left inner padding of the border	3px	padding-left
|right padding=	The right inner padding of the border	3px	padding-right
|radius=	Border radius	0	border-radius
|max-height=	The maximum height of the box		max-height
|min-height=	The minimum height of the box		min-height
|max-width=	The maximum width of the box		max-width
|min-width=	The minimum width of the box		min-width

Examples

A

B

C

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A

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DOG

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DOG

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

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TemplateData

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Box

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This template produces a variety of boxes from preset options and from CSS.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	1	The contents of the box Example Hello, world!	Unknown	suggested
header	header	A heading for the box Example Warning	Unknown	suggested
align	align	The alignment of the box Default left Example center	Unknown	suggested
box type	box type	The type of box (css display) (block, inline-block or inline) Example block Auto value inline-block	Unknown	optional
wide	wide	If set to yes the box will be wide Default no Example yes Auto value	Boolean	optional
inline	inline	Set to yes for the box type to be inline Default no Example yes	Boolean	optional
style	style	The style of the border Default solid	Unknown	optional
padding	padding	The padding of the box Default 3px	Unknown	optional
top padding	top padding	The top padding of the box	Unknown	optional
bottom padding	bottom padding	The bottom padding of the box	Unknown	optional
left padding	left padding	The left padding of the box	Unknown	optional
right padding	right padding	The right padding of the box	Unknown	optional
border color	border color	The color of the box border Default black Example red	String	optional
radius	radius	Border corner radius Default 0 Example 5em	Unknown	optional
type	type	The type of box (black,white,transparent) Example black	Unknown	optional
border size	border size	The size of the border Default 3px	Unknown	optional
color	color background	The color of background Default white Example black	Unknown	optional
text color	text color	The color of the text Default black Example green	Unknown	optional
text align	text align	The alignment of the text (css text-align) Default left Example center	Unknown	optional
spacing	spacing	The spacing of the letters	Unknown	optional
font	font	The font of the text	Unknown	optional
font size	font size text size	The size of the text	Unknown	optional
margin	margin	The size of the box's margin Default 3px Example 30px	Unknown	optional
top margin	top margin	The size of the box's top margin	Unknown	optional
bottom margin	bottom margin	The size of the box's bottom margin	Unknown	optional
left margin	left margin	The size of the box's left margin	Unknown	optional
right margin	right margin	The size of the box's right margin	Unknown	optional
height	height	The height of the box Default ''the height of the contents plus the margin'' Example 400px	Unknown	optional
max-height	max-height	The maximum height of the box Example 800px	Unknown	optional
min-height	min-height	The minimum height of the box Example 100px	Unknown	optional
width	width	The width of the box Default ''the width of the text plus the margin or padding''	Unknown	optional
max-width	max-width	The maximum width of the box	Unknown	optional
min-width	min-width	The minimum width of the box	Unknown	optional
CSS	CSS	Any additional CSS to use	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{Divbox}}

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