Template:Element cell/doc

Usage

The template produces a content in formatted CSS style for a single element cell (to be used in a periodic table). It is part of a series.

This section:

T:Element cell ... templates (mainspace)
... cell-named See {{PT}}	cell	cell property	cell image	/navbox {{/navbox}}	/isotopes {{isotopes (navbox)}}
Mer­cury80Hg​200.59	80 Hg	Hg200.592±0.003	Hg 80	Hg	Isotopes § List Hg 80
Used in wikitable pattern: {| |- | {{element cell-abc|80|Hg}} |}
All cell templates produce a table cell output in pattern: style="background:#12abdf;" | [[Gold]] Note that there is the pipe symbol (|) in the middle (added by the template), separating cell style and cell content.
{{element cell | | | | | | | | link= | border= | bg= | style= | title= | legend= }}			{{element cell | 1= Atomic number | 2= Element name (and default page link; see also 'link=' parameter) | 3= Symbol | 4= (not used) | 5= State of matter (sets font color) | 6= Metal–nonmetal category name (sets background color, see also bg=) | 7= Occurrence (sets cell border style) | link= Wikipedia page (links 2 different, like [[Mercury (element)|mercury]]) | border= Sets border style (overrides 7. Like: border=3px solid red) | bg= Background color (overrides 6; can look like bg=#aabbcc) | style= Adds or overrides style settings (do not add the "" quotes) | title= Mousehover text (overrides title composed from 2, 3, ...) | legend= Legend text in title (overrides text part that was composed from 6; 5; 7) }}

Specials

Asterisks {{Element cell-asterisk}}

PyMOL colors {{Element cell-PyMOL}}

Simplified Chinese characters {{Element cell property/Hans}}

Not mainspace

• {{element cell/aq}}, see {{Periodic table by article quality}}
• {{Element cell/blind}}
• {{Element cell/index/pt-cell}}
• {{Element cell/period}} → ①

Parameters

All parameters are optional.

{|
|-
| {{element cell|80|mercury|Hg||Liquid|Transition metals|Primordial|link=mercury (element)}}
|}

80 Hg

Top row

Parameter 1, usually the atomic number, is put in the top row unlinked. If this parameter is present, a <br/> is added. The font color is set by parameter 5, usually the state of matter key.

Asterisk (*)

To add a plain asterisk, as is done to mark lanthanides and actinides, add them in <nowiki> tags in parameter #1 like this:

 | {{element cell|<nowiki>*</nowiki>|Lanthanides}}

Page link

The cell links to parameter 2, usually the element name. If the page name is not the element name, as with [[Mercury (element)]], the correct pagename can be set through link=Mercury (element).

Label

The link is labeled with parameter 3 (usually the symbol): link=[[Aluminium|Al]]. If there is no link provided (no parameter 2, no link=), parameter 3 will show as unlinked text.

Background

The background color is set by parameter 6, usually the category name. It can be set by parameter bg: bg=#aabbcc. Parameter bg is used for just a color, with no legend meaning (no text in the title).

Frame (cell border)

The frame style is set via parameter 7, usually the occurrence. It can be overridden by using {{{1}}}. This sets the border (frame), but does not have a legend meaning (no text in the title).

Style

All style can be set (and overridden) by using the style parameter: style=width:5em;. Do not add quotes ("").

Title

The title (mousehover text) is created from params 1: 6; 7; 5. (name: category; occurrence; state of matter).
The emercury example will give: Mercury: transition metals; primordeal; liquid
When parameters bg or border are used, their setting is not added to the title (they are meaningless). The title can be set (overridden) to any text, including a blank, by using title=...

Legend

The legend is composed from parameters 6, 5 and 7. It can be overridden by using legend=Special meaning. (This can be useful in combination with setting bg=...).

Example using parameters

{|
|-
| {{element cell|one|two|three|bg=yellow|border=3px solid red|link=Main page|title=Some example}}
|}

one three

Deprecated

Deprecated parameters: unnamed parameter number 8, unnamed parameter number 9.

See also

{{Element cell/isotopes}}