Template:Outline color/doc

Description

This template displays text with a colored outline. It's basic use is thus: {{outline color|This text is outlined in gold}}, which comes out as: This text is outlined in gold

Other colors can be specified but the default is a gold 2px solid outline with no blending. An optional strength parameter also allows customised blending at three strength levels.

Usage

{{outline color|text}}

or

{{outline color|text|color}}

or

{{outline color|text|color|strength=1..3}}

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	1	The string to be outlined	String	required
Color	2	The outline color. Can be specified as a named web color or the standard 6-digit or 3-digit hexadecimal codes. If this parameter is not specified a default value of #FFD700 is used which is gold. Default #FFD700	String	optional
Strength	3	An optional parameter that in the range 1..3 allows the outline to be blended at customised strength levels. A value of 0 produces no outline. If this parameter is any other value, or is not specified, then the default option is a solid 2px outline with no blending which produces a strong outline	String	optional

Usage

Examples ranging from solid 2px outline to no outline:

• {{Outline color|Outline in default color}}
  → Outline in default color
• {{Outline color|Outline in #FF69B4|#FF69B4}}
  → Outline in #FF69B4
• {{Outline color|Outline in red|red}}
  → Outline in red
• {{Outline color|Outline in red|red|strength=3}}
  → <span style= "text-shadow: red 0px 0px 1px ;">Outline in red
• {{Outline color|Outline in red|red|strength=2}}
  → <span style= "text-shadow: red 0px 0px 1px ;">Outline in red
• {{Outline color|Outline in red|red|strength=1}}
  → <span style= "text-shadow: red 0px 0px 1px ;">Outline in red
• {{Outline color|Outline in red|red|strength=0}}
  → Outline in red

Example showing outlining of bolded wikilink:

• {{Outline color|'''[[Name]]'''|gold}}
  → Name

Example showing outlining of bolded wikilink with colored text:

• [[Rare|<span style="color:yellow">{{Outline color|Rare|black|strength=3}}</span>]]
  → <span style= "text-shadow: black 0px 0px 1px ;">Rare