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This template is used on approximately 6,100 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Templates {{Start tab}} and {{End tab}} can be used to create a tabbed interface on portals, projects, help pages and user pages. They should not be used in articles.

1 Usage
2 Parameters
3 Examples
4 See also

Usage

{{Start tab
|tab-1               = <!-- up to |tab-20= -->
|link-1              = <!-- up to |link-20= -->
|image-1             = <!-- up to |image-20= -->
|rounding            = 
|border              = 
|off tab class       =
|on tab class        =
|off tab color       = 
|on tab color        = 
|tab spacing percent = 
|tab font-size       = 
|tab alignment       = 
|nowrap              = 
|frame               = 
|frame color         = 
|no margin           =
}}

<!-- Text for main part of page goes here. -->

{{End tab
|tab-1         = 
|link-1        = 
|tab-2         = 
|link-2        = 
|tab-3         = <!-- up to |tab-10= -->
|link-3        = <!-- up to |link-10= -->
|off tab color = 
|border        = 
|rounding      = 
}}

{{End tab}} is optional. It makes a "Next page:" button to go to the next tab. If {{Start tab}} has |frame = yes then either {{End tab}} or </div></div> is required to close the frame.

Parameters

General
tab-n: The name of the tab, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20.
link-n: The tab link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20.
image-n: Name of optional image (set to 20px) to place next to tab title number n.
rounding: Add rounding effect to edges of tab boxes.
border: Border style.
off tab class: Class of the currently unselected tabs.
on tab class: Class of the currently selected tab.
off tab color: Color of the currently unselected tabs.
on tab color: Color of the currently selected tab.
tab spacing percent: Override the width between the tabs.
tab font-size: Override the font size of the text in the tab.
tab alignment: Override alignment of tab's title (left/center/right).
nowrap: Prevent long names from wrapping on each tab.
frame: Set to yes to add a page frame underneath the tabs. This parameter does nothing in talk namespaces. This can be closed by adding </div></div> or {{End tab}} to the end of the page, or wherever else you want the frame to close. This option is generally not recommended, as it breaks VisualEditor and the reply tool.
frame color: Background color for frame. Default is on tab color.
no margin: Set to yes to disable the margin in between the tabs.

Freeform
freeform-n: Set freeform-n = yes to allow for arbitrary code in that tab's tab-n entry rather than just being plain text and a link. See below. When using the freeform attribute, the link attribute remains empty; for example:

|freeform-1 = yes
|tab-1      = [http://www.nytimes.com/ ''The New York Times'']
|link-1     = 
|image-1    =

This example below is how it would be used for internal pages or subpages for sandboxes, talk page archives, and other pages.

| freeform-2 = yes
| tab-2  = Sandbox ([[User:Example/Sandbox/1|1]] {{dot}} [[User:Example/Sandbox/2|2]] {{dot}} [[User:Example/Sandbox/3|3]])

tab-n: The name of the tab, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20.
link-n: The tab link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20.
link2-n: The tab 2nd link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20. (only applies when using freeform-n)
link3-n: The tab 3rd link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20. (only applies when using freeform-n)
link4-n: The tab 4th link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20. (only applies when using freeform-n)
link5-n: The tab 5th link ___location, where "n" is number of the tab up to 20. (only applies when using freeform-n)

The maximum number of available tabs is 20.
To use the next page feature, end the page with the {{End tab}} template.

Each tab needs a link attribute with the title of the page it refers to, and a tab attribute with a label for the tab. If the current page title matches a link then that tab will be styled differently. The freeform attribute can be used with any tab (for instance |freeform-2=yes to allow for a freeform label with multiple internal and external links if desired; otherwise, the text in tab is used as a wikilink to the page specified by link.

Special use
preums: Internally used only on Template:Page tabs

Examples

Example for Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics:

{{Start tab
| tab-1   = Current page
| link-1  = Template:Start tab
| tab-2   = Project
| link-2  = Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-3   = Project talk
| link-3  = Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-4   = Olympics Project
| link-4  = Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics
| image-4 = Olympic Rings.svg
| frame   = yes
}}

Text for main part of page goes here.

{{End tab
| tab-1  = Current page
| link-1 = Template:Start tab
| tab-2  = Project
| link-2 = Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-3  = Project talk
| link-3 = Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-4  = Olympics Project
| link-4 = Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics
| frame  = yes
}}

Text for main part of page goes here.

Next page: Project→

Example for Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics with rounding:

{{Start tab
| tab-1         = Current page
| link-1        = Template:Start tab
| image-1       = Curly Brackets.svg
| tab-2         = Project
| link-2        = Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-3         = Project talk
| link-3        = Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-4         = Olympics Project
| link-4        = Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics
| image-4       = Olympic Rings.svg
| rounding      = 5em
| border        = 1px solid #808080
| off tab color = #f0f0ff
| tab alignment = center 
| frame         = yes
}}

Text for main part of page goes here.

{{End tab
| tab-1         = Current page
| link-1        = Template:Start tab
| tab-2         = Project
| link-2        = Wikipedia:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-3         = Project talk
| link-3        = Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Athletics
| tab-4         = Olympics Project
| link-4        = Wikipedia:WikiProject Olympics
| rounding      = 5em
| border        = 1px solid #808080
| off tab color = #f0f0ff
| frame         = yes
}}