Template:Categorybox

Documentation for the above template (sometimes hidden from view).

This is an automated template in the likes of {{Seriesbox}} that creates a floating list of member pages of a category.

Real-world examples

• The Category:Graphics API have one defined, which is then transcluded unto the various member pages through transclusion using {{:Category:Graphics API}}.

Related templates

• {{Categorybox}} - Automated template for use with defined categories.
• {{Categorybox/custom}} - Custom template for use with categories or situations that require manual definition (functions more similar to {{Seriesbox}}).
• {{Categorybox/row}} - Row template used by both {{Categorybox}} and {{Categorybox/custom}}.

Syntax

{{Categorybox|Category Name|Custom Title}}

Parameters

1. Name of the category to query
2. Custom title of the sidebar (the category name will be used if left blank).
   • Note that the custom title will still automatically link to the category page.
3. Custom options, of any of the following:
   • subcategoriesonly - Limits the query to only fetch the actual subcategories defined below a main category. This is used to circumvent the behavior of Semantic MediaWiki of returning pages in subcategories as if they belonged in the parent category itself.

Usage

• {{Categorybox|Graphics API}} creates the right-aligned sidebar here below, by querying Category:Graphics API.

{{#ask:|format=template|template=Categorybox/row|columns=1|}}

Graphics API

• {{Categorybox|Games in pre-alpha state|Example #2}} adding a second parameter will set that text as a custom title.

• In this example it queries Category:Games in pre-alpha state.

{{#ask:|format=template|template=Categorybox/row|columns=1|}}

Pre-Alpha state

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