Template:Flag decoration/sandbox
 | This is the template sandbox page for Template:Flag decoration (diff). See also the companion subpage for test cases. |
 | This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Displays the flag identified by the parameter in "icon" size, currently 22x20 pixels plus a one pixel border. This template is very similar to {{flag icon}}, except the image is not linked to an article, i.e. it is "purely decorative" per World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). This template can be used when the article text immediately adjacent to the icon provides the associated link for the flag.
- Comparison example
{{flag icon|United Kingdom}}→
{{Flag decoration|United Kingdom}}→
- Usage examples
{{Flag decoration|Portugal}} [[Lisboa]], [[Portugal]]→
Lisboa, Portugal{{Flag decoration|Portugal}} [[Portuguese First Republic|Portugal]]→ Portugal
As with {{flagicon}}, a particular variant of the flag and/or a custom size for the icon may be specified using (respectively) |variant= and/or |size=. See {{flagicon}} for further details.
Also as with {{flagicon}}, the display of a redlink when Template:Country data Foo does not exist can be suppressed by using the |noredlink=yes parameter. See
{{flagicon}} for further details.
Tracking categories[edit]
Where {{Flag decoration|Foo}} is used, but the Template:Country data Foo does not exist, then a redlink is displayed, unless the |noredlink=yes parameter has been set.
Where the redlink is displayed, the page is addded to a tracking category:
- Category:Flag decoration with missing country data templates (population: 0)