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class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-template" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/sandbox" title="View the template [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Template</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Edit/sandbox" rel="discussion" class="mw-redirect" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/sandbox"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/sandbox"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Edit/sandbox" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Template:Edit/sandbox" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&oldid=1089529137" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTemplate%3AEdit%2Fsandbox"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FTemplate%3AEdit%2Fsandbox"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-electronpdfservice-sidebar-portlet-heading" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-electronpdfservice-sidebar-portlet-heading" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="electron-print_pdf" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Template%3AEdit%2Fsandbox&action=show-download-screen"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="javascript:print();" rel="alternate" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"><div class="subpages">< <bdi dir="ltr"><a href="/wiki/Template:Edit" title="Template:Edit">Template:Edit</a></bdi></div></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit {{{1}}}"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit">edit</a></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237875617">.mw-parser-output .documentation,.mw-parser-output .documentation-metadata{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#ecfcf4;clear:both}.mw-parser-output .documentation{margin:1em 0 0 0;padding:1em}.mw-parser-output .documentation-metadata{margin:0.2em 0;font-style:italic;padding:0.4em 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.mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sandbox.svg/50px-Sandbox.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sandbox.svg/75px-Sandbox.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Sandbox.svg/100px-Sandbox.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="424" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This is the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_test_cases" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template test cases">template sandbox</a> page for <a href="/wiki/Template:Edit" title="Template:Edit">Template:Edit</a> (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AComparePages&page1=Template%3AEdit&page2=Template%3AEdit%2Fsandbox">diff</a>).<br />See also the companion subpage for <a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/testcases" title="Template:Edit/testcases">test cases</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="documentation-container" role="complementary" aria-labelledby="documentation-heading"> <div class="documentation"> <div class="documentation-startbox"> <span class="documentation-heading" id="documentation-heading"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg/50px-Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg/75px-Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg/100px-Test_Template_Info-Icon_-_Version_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1792" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> Template documentation</span><span class="mw-editsection-like plainlinks">[<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/doc" title="Template:Edit/doc">view</a>] [<a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Edit/doc" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Edit/doc">edit</a>] [<a href="/wiki/Special:PageHistory/Template:Edit/doc" title="Special:PageHistory/Template:Edit/doc">history</a>] [<a href="/wiki/Special:Purge/Template:Edit/sandbox" title="Special:Purge/Template:Edit/sandbox">purge</a>]</span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Warning" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Ambox_warning_orange.svg/40px-Ambox_warning_orange.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Ambox_warning_orange.svg/60px-Ambox_warning_orange.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5f/Ambox_warning_orange.svg/80px-Ambox_warning_orange.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="378" data-file-height="326" /></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This template is used on <a class="external text" href="https://linkcount.toolforge.org/?project=en.wikipedia.org&page=Template%3AEdit#transclusions">approximately 655,000 pages, or roughly 1% of all pages</a></b>.<br /> To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's <a class="mw-selflink selflink">/sandbox</a> or <a href="/wiki/Template:Edit/testcases" title="Template:Edit/testcases">/testcases</a> subpages, or in your own <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages#SUB" title="Wikipedia:User pages">user subpage</a>. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Edit" title="Template talk:Edit">talk page</a> before implementing them.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It provides a clickable link to edit a page, or a section of the page. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/doc&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <pre>{{Edit |1= |2= |section= |editintro= |preload= |preloadtitle= |tooltip= }} </pre> <ul><li><b>1</b>: the page to edit. If omitted, it will be the current page.</li> <li><b>2</b>: the label text of the edit link. If omitted, it is "edit" by default.</li> <li><b>section</b>: the section to edit, in which <code>0</code> for the top (i.e. lead section), <code>1</code> for the first (sub-)section, and <code>new</code> for adding a new section.</li> <li><b>editintro</b>: the content of a page/template that will be transcluded above the edit box when you edit the page. Usually used to load <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Template messages">template messages</a>.</li> <li><b>preload</b>: the content of a page/template that will be preloaded into the text area of the edit form. It works only if the page to be edited does not exist.</li> <li><b>preloadtitle</b>: if making a new section (i.e. <code>|section=new</code>), the title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form.</li> <li><b>tooltip</b>: the text to display when you hover over the link.</li></ul> <p>Notes: </p> <ul><li>All parameters are optional.</li> <li>The parameter names <b>must be</b> in lowercase or they will fail.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/doc&action=edit&section=T-2" title="Edit section: Examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width: 35%;">Code </th> <th style="width: 15%;">Output </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit {{{1}}}"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit">edit</a></span></td> <td>Edit current page </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit| |edit template doc}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit">edit template doc</a></span></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|1=Infobox foo|2=E}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Infobox foo"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Infobox_foo&action=edit">E</a></span></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|2=edit template doc}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit {{{1}}}"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit">edit template doc</a></span></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|friendship}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit friendship"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friendship&action=edit">edit</a></span></td> <td>Edit the article <a href="/wiki/Friendship" title="Friendship">friendship</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|friendship|section=3}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit friendship"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friendship&action=edit&section=3">edit</a></span></td> <td>Edit the third order of a (sub-)section of the article <a href="/wiki/Friendship" title="Friendship">friendship</a>, which is <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Friendship&oldid=930460849#Adolescence">Adolescence</a></span> as of 10 Jan 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|Draft:Sandbox|editintro=Template:Disambig editintro}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Draft:Sandbox"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Sandbox&action=edit&editintro=Template:Disambig_editintro">edit</a></span></td> <td>Load <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Disambig_editintro" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Disambig editintro">Disambig editintro</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> when you edit </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|Template:Some new template|preload=Template:Documentation/preload}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Template:Some new template"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Some_new_template&action=edit&preload=Template:Documentation/preload">edit</a></span></td> <td>Preload the whoole content of <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Documentation/preload" title="Template:Documentation/preload">Documentation/preload</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> when you create a new template </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|Wikipedia talk:Sandbox|section=new||preloadtitle=Custom title of the new section}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="Edit Wikipedia talk:Sandbox"><a class="external autonumber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Sandbox&action=edit&section=new&preloadtitle=Custom+title+of+the+new+section">[1]</a></span></td> <td>Create a new section of a custom title </td></tr> <tr> <td>{{edit|2=link with tooltip|tooltip=This is a tooltip}}</td> <td><span class="noprint plainlinks" title="This is a tooltip"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/sandbox&action=edit">edit</a></span></td> <td>Hover over the link to see the tooltip </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="TemplateData">TemplateData</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/doc&action=edit&section=T-3" title="Edit section: TemplateData"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="templatedata-header">This is the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TemplateData" title="Wikipedia:TemplateData">TemplateData</a> for this template used by <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TemplateWizard" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:TemplateWizard">TemplateWizard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor" title="Wikipedia:VisualEditor">VisualEditor</a> and other tools. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bambots.brucemyers.com/TemplateParam.php?wiki=enwiki&template=Edit">See a monthly parameter usage report</a> for <a href="/wiki/Template:Edit" title="Template:Edit">Template:Edit</a> in articles based on its TemplateData. <p><b>TemplateData for Edit</b> </p> </div> <section class="mw-templatedata-doc-wrap"><header><p class="mw-templatedata-doc-desc">Displays a link to edit a page.</p></header><table class="wikitable mw-templatedata-doc-params sortable"><caption><p class="mw-templatedata-caption">Template parameters<span class="mw-editsection-like"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/doc&action=edit&templatedata=edit" title="Template:Edit/doc">Edit template data</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></p></caption><thead><tr><th colspan="2">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th>Type</th><th>Status</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th>Page</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>1</code></td><td><p>The page to edit</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd>The current page</dd><dt>Example</dt><dd>Example</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">Page name</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-suggested" data-sort-value="1">suggested</td></tr><tr><th>Label</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>2</code></td><td><p>The link label</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd>Edit</dd><dt>Example</dt><dd>Edit this page</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Section</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>section</code></td><td><p>The section to edit; 0 for the top section; new for a new section</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd>None (whole page gets edited)</dd><dt>Example</dt><dd>0</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Edit intro</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>editintro</code></td><td><p>Content that will be rendered above the edit box</p><dl><dt>Example</dt><dd>Template:Disambig editintro</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">Page name</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Preload</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>preload</code></td><td><p>Content to preload in the edit form when creating a new page or section</p><dl><dt>Example</dt><dd>Template:Documentation/preload</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">Page name</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Preload title</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>preloadtitle</code></td><td><p>If making a new section, preload text into the title box</p><dl></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr><tr><th>Tooltip</th><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-name"><code>tooltip</code></td><td><p>Text to display on mouseover</p><dl><dt>Default</dt><dd>Page or section name</dd></dl></td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-type">String</td><td class="mw-templatedata-doc-param-status-optional" data-sort-value="0">optional</td></tr></tbody></table></section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comparison">Comparison</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template:Edit/doc&action=edit&section=T-4" title="Edit section: Comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div>[<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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