Template:Outdent/doc

Description
For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character ( : ) to produce tabs. Outdent produces a connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent.

Usage
To outdent posts, insert the number of colons that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 4 levels

start of a new post

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

start of a new post

You can also have the template automatically add a linked tag to outdenting, by adding any second parameter (its specific value is discarded):

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

start of a new post

To not outdent all the way to the left margin, the outdent template itself can be indented using one or more colons: ::::::This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
 * start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels
 * start of a new post

Do not substitute this template (i.e., do not use  subst:  with this template).

This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template". Users who would prefer not seeing this template can add the following line to their custom CSS (by default: Special:MyPage/monobook.css):"''' span.outdent-template { display: none; }"