Template:Quote box/doc

Quote box can be used to present a title, quote and source in a box such as that shown opposite, with options to customise its bordering, background, alignment and other aspects. The box itself is floating div, which, like images, can appear on the right or left or across the entire page. Article text will wrap around the div in the first two cases. This is useful in articles that are short on images and need some graphic-like element, or where an important or interesting quote wants to be presented in a way that sets it off from the surrounding text.

Caution: This is a div-based template, so it may malfunction if indented using wikitext syntax. This is a current limitation of the Wikipedia HTML parsing software.

Parameters
Basic parameters
 * title = Optional title to appear at the top of the quote box.
 * quote = The quote or text to be displayed in the box.
 * source = Optional source of the quote (author, publication, etc.).

Main box styling
 * align: Alignment of the quote box on the page—left / right / center / none. Defaults to right alignment. Using align=none will remove word wrapping.
 * width: The width of the quote box. Defaults to the width of the quote included, unless center where the width will default to 100%.
 * border: The width of the quote box border. Defaults to 1px.  Remember to include 'px' or 'em' to specify the correct width.
 * fontsize: The fontsize of the quote box text. Defaults to 88%.
 * bgcolor: The RGB background color of the box. Defaults to #F9F9F9 (light gray).
 * style: A generic CSS style parameter. Entries in this parameter supersede any duplicates in the preceding parameters.

Title styling
 * title_bg: The RGB background color of the title. Defaults to #F9F9F9 (light gray).
 * title_fnt: The title font color. Defaults to black.
 * tstyle: A generic CSS style parameter. Entries in this parameter supersede any duplicates in the preceding title parameters.

Quote styling
 * qalign: Alignment of the quote element—left / right / center. Defaults to left.
 * qstyle: A generic CSS style parameter. Entries in this parameter supersede any duplicates in the preceding quote parameters.
 * quoted: If this parameter evaluates to true (is not 0, false, or empty) the quote box will enclose the quote in fat-quotes. Use judiciously, and read the Manual of Style.

Source styling
 * salign: Alignment of the source element—left / right / center. Defaults to the value of qalign.
 * sstyle: A generic CSS style parameter. Entries in this parameter supersede any duplicates in the preceding source parameters.

Full syntax




Examples
Various example codes and their results. For more intricate examples see Template:Quote_box/examples. In the examples the lorem ipsum template merely generates several lines of sample text without meaning, and is not part of the quote syntax.

Floating and wrapping
Minimal code, defaults to floating right and minimal width:

Floating right:

Floating left:

Centered, not floating:

Custom classes
The "class=" parameter can be used add a generic CSS class to this template. Some classes are not compatible with other options or require specific options be set to be useful or look good.
 * This parameter should only be used by editors who fully understand how this template works.

Letterhead custom class
The "letterhead" class should be used with none, none, and bgcolor either not used or set to "none". Since the upper-left-corner will have a white background, it should only be used on pages with a white background.

Care should be taken that neither the title nor the text extends into the "left corner" portion of the box. To use a blank line for a title, use title. To provide a blank line at the bottom of the letterhead, add

to the end of the source parameter.

Collapsing text
Sections of text can be collapsed by use of hidden begin and hidden end.

Note that, although center, the centering is reset after the hidden begin, since that template applies its own styling. This can be resolved by using contentstyle in hidden begin with appropriate markup; in this case:

TemplateData
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