User:Archimerged/PhysicsNavigation/doc

Please remove the parameters that are left blank.

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name       = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
|Image      =
|Label      =
|KeyItems   =
|Topic1     =
|Items1     =
|Topic2     =
|Items2     =
...
|Topic8     =
|Items8     =
|Scientists =
}}

:;Name

:::The name of the template, which is needed for the "v • d • e" ("view • discuss • edit") links to work properly on all pages where the template is used. You can enter {{subst:PAGENAME}} for this value as a shortcut.

:;Topic1

:::The Name or Category of the Subfields, can also be a link

:;Items1

:::The links to the subfield. Please use <br />See XHTML#common errors: "Note that any of these are acceptable in XHTML: <br></br>, <br/> and <br />. Older HTML-only browsers will generally accept <br> and <br />. Using <br /> gives some degree of backward and forward compatibility." for line break Do not insert any newlines into the Items list: these cause a <p> tag in the output, which makes a wider gap between lines. Instead, hide newlines from the wikitext parser by putting them inside HTML comments: <!-- newline newline --> and {{tn|·}}The bold middot (U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT) template {{tn|·}} places a non-breaking space before the dot and includes bold tags <b>·</b>, giving "{{·}}" rather than " · ". The bullet (U+2022 BULLET) template {{tn|•}} is similar, giving "{{•}}". for separating the fields.

:::Alternately, to allow the browser to decide where the line breaks will be, while preventing line breaks within links, use {{tl|nowrap begin}} at the front, separate fields with {{tn|·w}} or {{tn|•w}}, and put the required {{tl|nowrap end}} last. This is much easier than piping each link:

::::[[Link name|Link name]].

:::Put extremely long links outside the nowrap section to avoid making the whole box very wide. See also the how-to guide.

:::For easy editing of the list of links, use HTML comments to hide newlines from the wikitext parser. Thus, put each link in on a separate line beginning with --> and ending with <!-- followed by two newlines.

::::

:;Image

:::An image under the name of the template. Use either Image or Label

:;Label

:::A general Label, most likely a math formula like

::::$\backslash partial\; \backslash int\; L\; ds\; =\; 0$.

:::Use either Label or Image

:;LabelId

:::Description or link of the Image or Label

:;KeyItems

:::Important links for the field at large, that will be out of collapsible boxes.

:;Topic2

:::Other subfields. Up to 8 topics (Topic2..Topic8) are supported.

:;Items2

:::The links to the subfields. See Items1 under Mandatory.

:;Scientists

:::A List of Scientists with important contributions in this field.

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name  = Plasma physics
|Image = Plasma.jpg
|LabelId = Plasma lamp
|KeyItems = Plasma{{·}}MHD
|Topic1 = Description
|Items1 = {{nowrap begin}}               {{·w}}Vlasov equation             {{·w}}MHD                         {{·w}}Plasma channel              {{·w}}Plasma parameters           {{·w}}Magnetohydrodynamics        {{·w}}Electric field screening    {{·w}}List of plasma physicists   {{nowrap end}}                        {{·w}}[[List of publications in physics#Plasma physics|Important publications in plasma physics]]{{·w}}IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society{{·w}}
}}

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name = Continuum mechanics
|Image = BernoullisLawDerivationDiagram.png
|KeyItems = Conservation of mass
Conservation of momentum

Navier-Stokes equations
|Topic1 = Classical mechanics
|Items1 = Stress · Strain
· Tensor

|Topic2 = Solid mechanics
|Items2 = Solids · Elasticity

Plasticity · Hooke's law
Rheology · Viscoelasticity
|Topic3 = Fluid mechanics
|Items3 = Fluids · Fluid statics
Fluid dynamics
· Viscosity · Newtonian fluids
Non-Newtonian fluids
Surface tension
|Scientists = Newton · Stokes
· Navier
|}}

That the navigation box automatically collapses if the user views an item which is defined inside

a Topic. You have to pass the cTopic variable to PhysicsNavigation.

cTopic = {{{cTopic}}}

for example

{{PhysicsNavigation
|Name = String theory
|Image = Point&string.png
|KeyItems = Superstring theory
|Topic1 = Theory
|Items1 = Bosonic string theory
M-theory (simplified)

Type I string · Type II string

String field theory · Heterotic string
|Topic2 = Concepts
|Items2 = Strings · Branes
|Topic3 = Related Topics
|Items3 = Supersymmetry · Supergravity · Quantum gravity
|Scientists = Witten
|cTopic = {{{cTopic}}}
}}

inside the article's page, add the template plus the parameter cTopic= which is named after the

browsed topic. Note both names have to match exactly !

For example, in the page about Branes add

{{String-theory|cTopic=Concepts}}

and the topic Concepts uncollapses.

• {{tl|Navbox}}
• {{tn|!}} — Permits use of piped links inside a navigation box.
• {{tn|·}} or {{tl|dot}} or {{tl|middot}} — Bold middot "·" is mostly used for dotted lists, such as for link lists in navigation boxes.
• {{tn|•}} or {{tl|bull}} or {{tl|bullet}} — Bullet "•" is mostly used for dotted lists that use small font sizes.
• {{tl|ndash}} — Ndash "–" is a short dash.
• {{tl|mdash}} — Mdash "—" is a long dash.

When making dotted lists you might need to handle proper word wrapping (line breaking):

• {{tl|nowrap begin}} ... {{tl|•w}} ... {{tl|nowrap end}} — Allows wraps only after the {{tl|•w}}, {{tl|·w}} or {{tl:wrap}.
• Wikipedia:Line break handling — The how-to guide detailing how to handle line wrapping on Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia:Line break handling#nowrap begin