Template:Top icon

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This is a metatemplate used to help build top icons, the little (usually 20x20 pixels) icons in the top-right area of a page. The template uses the page status indicator system.

Usage

{{Top icon
| imagename    = Image file to use as icon.
| wikilink     = The page to link to. This is where you will be taken when clicking the icon.
| description  = The tooltip will display this text when the mouse pointer hovers over the icon.
| id           = A unique id is required when using different top icons on the same page.
}}

Extra options:

| sortkey      = Allows ordering the icons according to the sortkey given.
| width        = Uses a different width for the images. Default is 20.
| height       = Uses a different height for the images. Default is 20.
| usercat      = Adds a category to be added in userspace.
| maincat      = Adds a category to be added in article mainspace.
| subpage      = For categorization on subpages (default = no).
| nocat        = Disables the automatically added category (default = no).
| skin-invert  = Sets the `skin-invert` CSS class (which inverts the value of colors when viewed in dark mode) on the image. Intended for default-black icons or others that require this for dark mode visibility.

Top icons are automatically sorted for consistency in articles. For that reason, |sortkey= should only be used in user top icons. Sort keys are sorted alphabetically, so, for example, "19" will sort before "2". If you want to use numbers as sort keys, and you have more than 10 top icons on a page, you must add leading zeroes, e.g. |sortkey=01, |sortkey=02, etc.

|width= and |height= are restrictive, meaning when one parameter is not set explicitly, the default acts as a maximum, even if the other parameter is set higher. To increase the overall size, both must be specified.

The following parameters are obsolete and no longer functional: |number=, |icon_nr=, |offset=, |extra-offset=, |class= and |style=.

Example

{{Accountcreator topicon}}
{{Rollback topicon}}
{{Autopatrolled topicon}}

Example with blank space

{{Admin topicon|sortkey=1}}
{{Top icon|imagename=Blank 50px.png|sortkey=2}}
{{Oversighter topicon|sortkey=3}}
{{Checkuser topicon|sortkey=4}}

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using Top icon with unknown parameters (0)
  • The following parameters are obsolete, "unknown", and no longer functional: |number=, |icon_nr=, |offset=, |extra-offset=, |class= and |style=.

See also

• mw:Help:Page status indicators

Template data

The topicon meta-template

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Image name	imagename image 1	Image file to use as icon Example Crystal 128 penguin.png	File	required
Link	wikilink link 2	The page to link to. This is where you will be taken when clicking the icon. Do not use images with licenses requiring attribution in a top icon if you are going to link to somewhere other than the image description page, as that is likely to violate the license Example User:Anomie/Penguin Cabal	Page name	suggested
Description	description text 3	Text displayed in a tooltip when hovering over the icon Example This user is in the Penguin Cabal	String	suggested
Id	id name	A unique id, required when using different top icons on the same page Example penguin-cabal-topicon	String	optional
Alternative text	alt	The alternative text for the image	String	optional
Sort key	sortkey	Allows ordering the icons according to the sort key given Example 2	String	optional
Width	width	Sets a different width for the images Default 20	Number	optional
Height	height	Sets a different height for the images Default 20	Number	optional
Category in userspace	usercat	Adds a category to be included in userspace Example [[Category:Penguins]]	Page name	optional
Category in the article mainspace	maincat	Adds a category to be included in the article mainspace Example [[Category:Penguins]]	Page name	optional
Subpage category	subpage	For categorization on subpages Default no	String	optional
Disable all categories	nocat	Disables the automatically added category Default no	String	optional
Invert brightness in dark mode	skin-invert	Inverts the icon's brightness when using dark mode Example yes	String	optional

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