Template:Sidebox

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Purpose & Usage

This template creates a left or right floating "sidebox." It is generally desirable to call the {{clear}} template after it to clear the float.

Required Parameters

header - The heading or title

Values

Default: n/a, title=Title Text

text - The body text

Values

Default: n/a, body=body text ...

Optional Parameters

width - Sets the % width of the sidebox

Values

Default: width=50

• 1-100 (always use 10%-50% )

float - Sets the direction the sidebox floats

Values

Default: float=right

• left
• right

Examples

Default Call

The simplest call returns defaults for the template.

Code:

{{Sidebox
|title=This is a heading
|text=This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write.}}

Result:

This is a heading

---

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Optional Call

NOTE

Use {{clear}} when using this template near headings or other markup that should clear the Sidebox.

Code:

{{Sidebox
|width=75
|float=left
|title=This is a heading
|text=This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write.}}
{{clear}}

Result:

This is a heading

---

This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write. This is my sidebar with as much text as I could quickly write.

Related Templates

None