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https://pool.calebcooper.ie/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Template%3ATOC_left%2Fdoc Template:TOC left/doc - Revision history 2026-04-10T17:39:54Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.8 https://pool.calebcooper.ie/index.php?title=Template:TOC_left/doc&diff=13685&oldid=prev Caleb Cooper: Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} {{TOC left}} {{Uses TemplateStyles|Template:TOC limit/styles.css|Template:TOC left/styles.css}} <!--Categories where indicated at the bottom of this..." 2020-10-22T13:14:47Z

<p>Created page with "{{Documentation subpage}} {{TOC left}} {{Uses TemplateStyles|Template:TOC limit/styles.css|Template:TOC left/styles.css}} <br /> <br /> == Purpose ==<br /> {{tl|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}} forces the auto-generated "Table of Contents" for an article to appear floated to the left side of the page (as seen left), in order to improve article layout.<br /> <br /> == Usage ==<br /> Insert <code>{{braces|TOC left}}</code> at the point in the article where you want the top of the Table of Contents box to appear. Use with {{tl|clear}} or {{tl|clear left}} to prevent e.g. image collisions. To remove the small default margin/padding included above the box, set {{para|top|0}} (or, to customize it, use {{para|top|''(a value)''}}).<br /> {{clear}}<br /> <br /> == Cautions ==<br /> Do not use this template to just force word wrap around the TOC, as this is an inappropriate method of achieving this. Instead add a CSS class to your current skin's .css file, which will apply site wide. Go to [[Special:Mypage/skin.css]], which redirects to your current [[Wikipedia:WP:SKIN|skin]]'s CSS file.<br /> <br /> Do not place this template so that the TOC aligns with a large image or infobox; this breaks the layout on narrow screens (even users with screens as wide as 1024px wide can have problems). Also, a TOC that crosses a section division is probably a poor idea, if that can be avoided.<br /> <br /> Unless the section in which the {{tl|TOC left}} is placed is long enough, the result may well be undesirable. Note particularly that if the TOC is floated left of a bulleted list, the bullets will be hidden.<br /> <br /> It should only be used in cases where the TOC gets in the way of other content or is detrimental to the layout of the page; it should ''not'' simply be used for aesthetics since it tampers with the standard appearance of articles. See [[Wikipedia:Help:Section#Floating the TOC]] for further guidelines.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * {{Lts|TOC right}}<br /> <br /> <includeonly>{{Sandbox other||<br /> <br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Toc Left}}<br /> [[Category:Wikipedia table of contents templates]]<br /> }}</includeonly> <br /> <templatedata><br /> {<br /> "params": {<br /> "limit": {<br /> "label": "Limit",<br /> "description": "Limits the depth of subheadings shown. For instance using limit=4 will hide the fourth level and deeper subheadings in the hierarchy. And limit=2 will hide all subheadings leaving only the main headings. This works by hiding the lower levels with CSS",<br /> "type": "number"<br /> },<br /> "clear": {<br /> "label": "Clear",<br /> "description": "Sets the CSS clear property, which forces this float underneath the side specified with this attribute. So, clear=left (which is the default) will place the element after all the right floating elements before it. Options are left, right, both, or none.",<br /> "type": "string"<br /> },<br /> "width": {<br /> "aliases": [<br /> "1"<br /> ],<br /> "label": "Width",<br /> "description": "Overrides the CSS width"<br /> },<br /> "top": {<br /> "label": "Top spacing"<br /> }<br /> },<br /> "description": "{{TOC left}} forces the auto-generated \"Table of Contents\" for an article to appear floated to the left side of the page (as seen left), in order to improve article layout.",<br /> "paramOrder": [<br /> "clear",<br /> "limit",<br /> "width",<br /> "top"<br /> ],<br /> "format": "inline"<br /> }<br /> </templatedata></div>

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