Template:Legend

Shows a legend row with a colored box.

Usage

{{legend|background-color|caption|outline=outline color|border=css border}}

• background-color is passed to the css background-color property of the color box.
• The optional outline parameter is the color of the outline around the box.
• The optional border argument which overrides the outline argument and sets the css description (e.g., 1px solid #aaa) of the border that will be drawn around the box.

Examples

Use in text

{{legend|black|Africa}}
{{legend|green|Americas}}
{{legend|blue|Oceania}}
{{legend|#ffa|Europe|outline=silver}}
{{legend|#ff2800|Asia|outline=#A2A9B1}}  (#A2A9B1 is the wikitables border color.)

██ Africa ██ Americas ██ Oceania ██ Europe ██ Asia

Use in captions

Markup	Renders as
[[File:Celts in Europe.png|upright=.9|thumb|right|The Celts in Europe, past and present: {{legend|#1a8000|Present-day Celtic-speaking areas}} {{legend|#27c600|Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language}} {{legend|#97ffb6|Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture}} {{legend|#D2FFD2|Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain}} {{legend|yellow|The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC}} ]]	File:Celts in Europe.png The Celts in Europe, past and present: ██ Present-day Celtic-speaking areas ██ Other parts of the six most commonly recognized "Celtic nations" and where a Celtic language is spoken but not the dominating language ██ Other parts of Europe once peopled by Celts; modern-day inhabitants of many of these areas often claim a Celtic heritage and/or culture ██ Lusitanian area of Iberia, "Celticity" uncertain ██ The core Hallstatt territory, expansion before 500 BC

Full parameter list

{{legend
| [legend box's colo(u)r]
| [text following legend box]
| outline =  <!--colo(u)r of border around legend box-->
| border =   <!--use to specify custom CSS styling for border (overrides 'outline')-->
| color =    <!--colo(u)r of 'text'-->
| size =     <!--'text' font-size-->
| text =     <!--to place text inside the legend box-->
}}

See also

• Variant blocks
  • {{legend striped}}, two colors, for striped color areas
  • {{legend inline}}, uses display:inline to avoid line breaks after each legend
  • {{legend0}}, without the line-feed
  • {{legend2}}, without block formatting
  • {{legend4}}, with indented block formatting
  • {{leftlegend}}, with text-align set to left
  • {{color box}} and {{RouteBox}}, with text placed inside the colored legend and article linking
• {{legend-line}}, legends for lines
• Web colors

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Legend

Shows a legend row with a colored box and a caption.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Color	1	The color for the legend entry, in any CSS format Example "#6D6E00", "#ffa", "yellow"	Line	required
Caption	2	Label for the legend entry Example "soda" is most common	String	suggested
CSS border style	border	CSS style for the legend entry's border	String	optional
Entry outline	outline	CSS color for the outline of the legend entry Example silver	Line	optional
Text in the entry	text	Text to be displayed in the legend entry box, i.e. within the color specified Example Af	Line	optional
Text color	textcolor	CSS color of text inside the legend's colored box	String	optional
size	size	Font size of the legend entry, including colored box	String	optional