Template:Flatlist/doc

This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists, per WP:FLATLIST and MOS:HLIST.

Lists output by Flatlist and Hlist are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.

Usage
flatlist starts a horizontal list, such as:

cat

dog

horse

cow

sheep

pig

This template can be used with or without endflatlist. For navigation boxes using navbox, one can set hlist, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using hlist instead.

Examples
produces:

cat

dog

horse

cow

sheep

pig

Alternative syntax
produces:


 * cat
 * dog
 * horse
 * cow
 * sheep
 * pig

Syntax for ordered lists
produces:


 * 1) first
 * 2) second
 * 3) 3|third
 * 4) fourth
 * 5) fifth
 * 6) sixth

Using optional parameters
produces:

indent=2 |style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow; |class=nowraplinks |

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Technical details
This template uses the  CSS class defined in MediaWiki:Common.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary html list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists. Some of the CSS used is not compatible with some older browsers, notably Internet Explorer 6 and 7.