Help:TemplateStyles/examples
Advantage over inline CSS[edit]
The content below is styled using template styles :
| The Zebra | Looks | Really | good |
| and | cute | With | lots |
| of stripes | That make | a horse | Jealous |
| The Zebra | Looks | Really | good |
| and | cute | With | lots |
| of stripes | That make | a horse | Jealous |
In this example, the template named Template:Stylish has the content of the tables (that here are two identical tables, with only different titles), and this template refers to Template:Stylish/styles.css to describe their respective style sheets.
The tables above use CSS that uses the :nth-child() pseudo-class, which cannot be used in inline CSS.
Responsive templates[edit]
Another good use case is making templates responsive. "Responsive", in this case, means that elements dynamically grow, shrink, move around or become hidden depending on a device's features, such as height or width. Template:ResponsiveAmbox is a modified version of Template:Ambox that uses Template:ResponsiveAmbox/styles.css. The styles will hide the image to the left if the browser window is narrow enough. Here's an example:
 | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. |
Just like with the previous example, this cannot be done using inline styles.
See also[edit]
- Russian Wikipedia's Main Page uses TemplateStyles to reflow the content for smaller viewports.
- Wikidata item for Wikipedia:TemplateStyles
- beta:de:TemplateStyles - demo compiled for introducing TemplateStyles to the German Wikipedia.