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

  • first parameter(mandatory) the name of the HTML tag
  • second parameter — what type of tag to display:
    • p or pair(default) display a matched pair of open-and-close tags: ‎<font>...‎</font>
      • To suppress the ellipsis which appears between the tags, add an empty |content= parameter
    • o or open – display only the opening tag of an open-and-close pair: ‎<span>
    • c or close – display only the closing tag of an open-and-close pair: ‎</span>
    • s or single – display a single tag: ‎<br />
  • content= — the text content of the tags
  • params= — any parameters to be included in the opening tag
  • {{tag|ref}}‎<ref>...‎</ref>
  • {{tag|ref|content=}}‎<ref>‎</ref>
  • {{tag|ref|content=hello}}‎<ref>hello‎</ref>
  • {{tag|font|content=foo}}‎<font>foo‎</font>
  • {{tag|font|open}}‎<font>
  • {{tag|font|open|content=hello}}‎<font>hello
  • {{tag|span|close|content=hello}}hello‎</span>
  • {{tag|span|pair|content=hello}}‎<span>hello‎</span>
  • {{tag|ref|open|params=group="note"}}‎<ref group="note">
  • {{tag|references|single}}‎<references />
  • {{tag|br|single}}‎<br />
  • {{HTMLElement}}
  • {{XMLElement}}
  • {{Xtag}} adds a MediaWiki parser or extension tag that links to the extension page.
  • The #tag: parserfunction generates working tags.