Template:Outdent/doc

On talk pages and classic forums, — or  — is used for outdenting a reply to allow space when indentation gets too deep.

Integer examples:, ,. Indentation examples:, ,.

Parameters

 * indent
 * Supports two modes: literal indentation or an integer. In literal indentation mode the value may contain  (indents),   (unnumbered list), and   (numbered list). It is recommended to copy the colons, asterisks, and hashes from the start of the previous message. An integer value is interpreted as number or indents . Magnitude of a negative integer specifies the width of indentation (same as positive integer with y). Default value is  . Supported range is from −40 to 40.


 * y
 * Set it to add a link to Indentation. produces:


 * y (aliases y, y, y)
 * Reverses the outdentation to become indentation and vice versa.

With indentation wikitext
New post.

displays as


 * Previous post, indented with four colons.

New post.

Positive integer
New post.

displays as


 * Previous post, indented 6 levels.

New post.

With separate indent
To not outdent all the way to the left margin, indent the outdent template itself using colons: ::::::Previous post, indented 6 levels.
 * New post.

displays as


 * Previous post, indented 6 levels.
 * New post.

Indent
Using y: ::::::Previous post, indented 6 levels.
 * Start of a new post indented 2 levels using a bar of length 6−2=4.
 * Indent to indentation level 7 using a reversed bar of length 7−2=5.
 * Indent to indentation level 7 using a reversed bar of length 7−2=5.

displays as


 * Previous post, indented 6 levels.
 * Start of a new post indented 2 levels using a bar of length 6−2=4.
 * Indent to indentation level 7 using a reversed bar of length 7−2=5.
 * Indent to indentation level 7 using a reversed bar of length 7−2=5.

Or with a negative integer:
 * Original conversation.
 * Afterthought.
 * Continuation of original conversation.
 * Continuation of original conversation.
 * Continuation of original conversation.

displays as


 * Original conversation.
 * Afterthought.
 * Continuation of original conversation.
 * Continuation of original conversation.
 * Continuation of original conversation.

CSS and hide
This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template". Users who would prefer not to see the template can add the following line to their custom CSS (Special:MyPage/common.css):