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{{tag|tagname [|type] [|content=text] [|attribs=attributes and values]}}

A markup tag is an open < and a close > angle brackets and the content within them, in a markup language, as XML or HTML:

For example, the <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.

This template provides a quick way to mention a markup-style tag in a preformatted way. Mainly used in discussion/help pages.

Parameters

Required parameters shown in bold italics.

|1=  (tagname above)

The XML/HTML tag's name (e.g. code, ref).

|2=  (type above)

To indicate which of the tag's types is/are presented:

p  (pair) (default)

A matching pair of open/start and close/end tags (e.g. <div>...</div>).
To suppress the ellipsis ("...") between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter (for example, <div></div>).

o  (open)

An open/start tag (e.g. <span>).

c  (close)

A close/end tag (e.g. </span>).

e  (empty)  or  s  (single)  or  v  (void)

An empty element, formed with a single self-terminating tag (e.g. <hr />); in HTML5 these are now known as "void" elements, though "empty" is the more common term.

|content=

Text to place between open/start and close/end tags.

|attribs=

Attributes and values to be included as part of an open/start tag (this parameter can also be called |params=).

|wrap=yes

Disable nowrap for long samples, so allowing wraps ( line breaks).

|link=yes

Link to the element's entry at the HTML element article, e.g.:
     {{Tag|del|link=y}}
produces:
     < del>...</del>
This is only for HTML elements; the page is hard-coded, so it cannot be used for, e.g., XML elements from a particular schema. If desired, a feature for specifying the link page can be added.

Examples

{{tag|ref}}

{{tag|ref|content=}}

{{tag|ref|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|content=foo}}

{{tag|span|open}}

{{tag|span|open|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|close|content=hello}}

{{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}

{{tag|ref|open|attribs=group="note"}}

{{tag|references|single}}

{{tag|br|single}}

{{tag|!--|content=comment}}

{{tag|math|attribs=chem}}

{{tag|a
 |attribs=href="<nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/</nowiki>"
 |content=English Wikipedia}}

Global use and documentation

For a global use of this template in other sister or Wikimedia projects, after copying it to paste in the destination project, remember to change in the code:

|p|pair = <{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[HTML element#

by this one:

|p|pair = <{{#if:{{{link|}}}|[[Wikipedia:en:HTML element#

Remark that the code Wikipedia:en: has been added.

For template documentation in the sister project, you can use Template:Wikipedia doc.

See also

• HTML tag
• {{ HTMLElement}}
• {{ XMLElement}}
• {{ xtag}} adds a MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the extension page.
• #tag:, the parser function that generates working tags.

Other formatting templates

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
{{Hatnote
   | Some text
   | selfref = yes
   | category = no
   | lang = fr
}}
</syntaxhighlight>

{{Hatnote
    | Some text
    | selfref = yes
    | category = no
    | lang = fr
}}

{{hatnote|lang=fr|Some text}}