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Needs

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The templates in this series are designed to be used in a table to make a cell with text in that cell, with an appropriately colored background. They are commonly used in comparison tables.

For example, {{yes}} makes a cell with a green background. The text in the cell is taken from the first parameter; {{yes|Sure}} would output "Sure" otherwise it defaults to "Yes". Most templates allow authors to override the default text in this way, some require text put after the template call and some also need a vertical bar in between: {{table cell template}} text or {{table cell template}} | text. This information, the colors and default texts are found in the table below.

If you want to use other attributes for the table cells, e.g. colspan or rowspan, they need to be put before the template call and there must be no vertical bar | in between them:

Yes	No	rowspan=2 Template:N/a
Yes/No

...
!{{Yes}} ||{{No}} ||rowspan=2 {{n/a}}
|-
|colspan=2 {{Yes-No}}
...

Templates in this series

Table cell templates

Class	Template	Preview	Preview, alternative
table-rh	{{rh}} | Row header	Row header
	{{rh2}} | Row header	Row header
table-yes	{{yes}}, {{yes|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Yes	Alternative text
table-no	{{no}}, {{no|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	No	Alternative text
	{{coming soon}}	Coming soon
	{{bad}}, {{bad|F}}	Bad	F
table-siteactive	{{Site active}}	Active
table-siteinactive	{{Site inactive}}	Inactive
table-yes2	{{yes2}} Text	Text
	{{won}}, {{won|5}}	Won	5
	{{won|place=1}} or =Gold	1
	{{won|place=2}} or =Silver	2
	{{won|place=3}} or =Bronze	3
	{{won|text=white|color=blue}} or =#1122CC	Won
	{{good}}, {{good|A}}	Good	A
table-no2	{{no2}} Text	Text
	{{nom}}, {{nom|5}}	Nominated	5
	{{sho}}	Shortlisted
table-partial	{{partial}}	Partial
	{{yes-No}}	Yes/No
	{{okay}}, {{okay|C}}	Neutral	C
	{{some}}	Some
table-any	{{any}}	Any
table-na	{{n/a}}	Template:N/a
	{{BLACK}}	N/A
table-unknown	{{dunno}}	?
	{{Unknown}}	Unknown
table-depends	{{Depends}}, {{Depends|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Depends	Alternative text
table-included	{{Included}}	Included
table-dropped	{{dropped}}	Dropped
	{{terminated}}	Terminated
table-beta	{{beta}}	Beta
	{{table-experimental}}, {{table-experimental|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Experimental	Alternative text
table-free	{{free}}, {{free|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Free	Alternative text
table-nonfree	{{nonfree}}, {{nonfree|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Non-free	Alternative text
table-proprietary	{{proprietary}}, {{proprietary|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Proprietary	Alternate text
table-needs	{{needs}}, {{needs|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Needs	Alternative text
no class	{{incorrect}}, {{incorrect|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Incorrect	Alternative text
no class	{{no result}}, {{no result|N.R.}}	No result	N.R.
no class	{{pending}}	Pending
table-nightly	{{nightly}}, {{nightly|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Nightly build	Alternative text
table-release-candidate	{{release-candidate}}, {{release-candidate|Alternative [[Plain text|text]]}}	Release candidate	Alternative text
no class	{{?}}	?
no class	{{unofficial}}	Unofficial
no class	{{usually}}	Usually
no class	{{rarely}}	Rarely

Code

Common code to most if not all the templates in this series:

style="background: #abcdef; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: {{{align|center}}}; {{{style|}}}" class="automatic table-automatic"| {{{1|text}}}

Code specific to this template:

style="background: #FF9090; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="need table-needs"|Needs

To make a new table cell template you can use:

{{subst:Table cell templates| text = default text | bg = background color | class = a class name without prefix | align = 
standard horizontal alignment}}

You should leave out the align parameter and often the class parameter is unnecessary, too.

Add the new template to the table in the common documentation afterwards. Please consider reusing one of the other templates and please choose the color sensibly.

If you find a table cell template that does not take a parameter and you want to be able to change the text in the cell, do not duplicate the template! Instead, edit the template and change the text to a default parameter substitution. For example, if a template's text is Dropped, change that to {{{1|Dropped}}}.

See also

• {{multiplayer}}
• {{GPL-lic}}
• {{chg}}: calculate and display changes between two values

Notes

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Table cell templates/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this template.