Features

• Unlimited rows and sections.
• Collapsible navbox and sections.
• Possibility to customize/localize parameter names.
• Parameter documentation can be imported from Dev Wiki and it will reflect customized parameter names.

Installation

CSS

There are two things to do here. First is importing the stylesheet that gives structure to the navbox. To do that just add this at the top of your Common.css.

@import url("/load.php?mode=articles&articles=u:dev:MediaWiki:Global_Lua_Modules/NavboxBuilder.css&only=styles");

Second is changing how it looks. More info on that can be found in the Design section below.

Template

The module is designed to be used as a regular template. To do that just create a template (ex: Template:Navbox) with following content:

<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:NavboxBuilder|create}}</onlyinclude>

== Parameters ==
{{#invoke:NavboxBuilder|documentation}}

Now the template you created will accept parameters documented below.

These parameters can also be passed directly to the #invoke and will act as defaults. Their values will be overridden by same ones passed to the template.

Styling parameters are an exception. In their case both values will be combined.

The example above also includes the part that will insert parameter documentation on your wiki.

{{#invoke:NavboxBuilder|documentation}}

It'll display in your wiki's language (if a translation exists) and change to reflect customized parameters.

You can change the language by specifying it in an additional parameter:

{{#invoke:NavboxBuilder|documentation|<lang code>}}

Parameters

Below is the list of all available parameters. At least one list is required for the navbox to show up. Apart from that, all other parameters are optional.

Main

• Title – main title of the navbox.
• Links – links that appear on left side of the title bar.
  • You can put any wikisyntax here.
  • Title is required for it to work.
• State – should the navbox be collapsed or expanded by default
  • Values: collapsed or expanded (case insensitive)
  • Empty or unrecognized values will disable collapsing.
  • Title is required for it to work
• Above and Below – fields above and below sections and images.
• Left image and Right image – fields beside sections, most commonly used to add images.
  • You can put any content here, not only images.

Sections

Sections include all lists with the same or higher number up to the next section.

• Header n – heading of a section
  • n – any positive integer
  • Requires at least one list to be included to show up
• State n – should the section be collapsed or expanded by default
  • n – number of an existing header
  • Values: collapsed or expanded (case insensitive)
  • Empty or unrecognized values will disable collapsing.
• Header state – same as above, but affects all headers
  • Values: collapsed or expanded (case insensitive)
  • Empty or unrecognized values will disable collapsing.
  • Can be overridden by State n
• Layout n – selects layout for that section
  • n – any positive integer
  • Can be used without Header n to create a separate section without a header
  • Values: table or horizontal (case insensitive)
  • Empty or unrecognized values will use default (table).

Table layout (table)

Standard layout with lists and sublists.

• Left image n and Right image n – fields beside sections lists in that section, most commonly used to add images.
  • n – number of an existing header
  • You can put any content here, not only images.

Horizontal layout (horizontal)

Horizontal layout with lists forming columns. Sublists are not supported and will be treated as regular lists.

• Per row n – maximum number of lists per row.
  • n – number of an existing section.
  • Value: any number above 1.
  • Number of columns is still limited by space needed. You can't go higher than flexbox allows.
• Span n – how many columns should the list span.
  • n – number of an existing list.
  • Value: any number between 0 and corresponding Per row n

Lists

• List n – single row with a list of links
  • n – any positive integer
• Group n – heading of a list
  • n – number of an existing list or sublist

Sublists will appear as sub entries of the group with same n.

• List n.m – single row with a list of links
  • n and m – any positive integers
• Group n.m – heading of a sublist
  • n and m – numbers of an existing sublist

Styling

• Navbox class and Navbox style – applied to the main navbox element
• Title class and Title style – applied to the title bar
• Base class and Base style – applied to all groups, subgroups, headers, above and below fields
• Above class and Above style – applied to the above field
• Below class and Below style – applied to the below field
• Image class and Image style – applied to all image fields
• Left image class and Left image style – applied to the main left image field
• Right image class and Right image style – applied to the main right image field
• Header class and Header style – applied to all headers
• Header n class and Header n style – applied to the header specified with n
• Left image n class and Left image n style – applied to the left image field in the section specified with n
• Right image n class and Right image n style – applied to the right image field in the section specified with n
• Group class and Group style – applied to all groups
• Subgroup class and Subgroup style – applied to all subgroups
• Group n class and Group n style – applied to the group specified with n
• Group n.m class and Group n.m style – applied to the subgroup specified with n and m
• List class and List style – applied to all lists
• List n class and List n style – applied to the list specified with n
• List n.m class and List n.m style – applied to the list specified with n and m

Customizing parameters

When importing the module. Copy this and fill in yours:

return require('Dev:NavboxBuilder').changeParameters{
    -- Settings
    links = 'Links',
    state = 'State',
 
    -- Fields
    title = 'Title',
    above = 'Above',
    below = 'Below',
    limage = 'Left image',
    rimage = 'Right image',
 
    -- Sections
    header_n = 'Header #',
    layout_n = 'Layout #',
    state_n = 'State #',
    header_state = 'Header state',
 
    -- Table layout
    limage_n = 'Left image #',
    rimage_n = 'Right image #',
 
    -- Horizontal layout
    perrow_n = 'Per row #',
    span_n = 'Span #',
 
    -- Groups
    group_n = 'Group #',
    group_n_m = 'Group #.#',
    list_n = 'List #',
    list_n_m = 'List #.#',
 
    -- CSS
    navbox_class = 'Navbox class',
    navbox_style = 'Navbox style',
    title_class = 'Title class',
    title_style = 'Title style',
    base_class = 'Base class',
    base_style = 'Base style',
    above_class = 'Above class',
    above_style = 'Above style',
    below_class = 'Below class',
    below_style = 'Below style',
    image_class = 'Image class',
    image_style = 'Image style',
    limage_class = 'Left image class',
    limage_style = 'Left image style',
    rimage_class = 'Right image class',
    rimage_style = 'Right image style',
    header_class = 'Header class',
    header_style = 'Header style',
    header_n_class = 'Header # class',
    header_n_style = 'Header # style',
    limage_n_class = 'Left image # class',
    limage_n_style = 'Left image # style',
    rimage_n_class = 'Right image # class',
    rimage_n_style = 'Right image # style',
    group_class = 'Group class',
    group_style = 'Group style',
    subgroup_class = 'Subgroup class',
    subgroup_style = 'Subgroup style',
    group_n_class = 'Group # class',
    group_n_style = 'Group # style',
    group_n_m_class = 'Group #.# class',
    group_n_m_style = 'Group #.# style',
    list_class = 'List class',
    list_style = 'List style',
    list_n_class = 'List # class',
    list_n_style = 'List # style',
    list_n_m_class = 'List #.# class',
    list_n_m_style = 'List #.# style',
 
    -- Values
    value_expanded = 'expanded',
    value_collapsed = 'collapsed',
    value_table_layout = 'table',
    value_horizontal_layout = 'horizontal',
}

Examples

Here are a few examples to show what the module is capable of and how to achieve that.

Note: examples below use {{NavboxBuilder}} for styling.

Title and few rows

{{Navbox
| Title = Lorem ipsum

| Group 1 = Dolor
| List 1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit

| Group 2 = Sit
| List 2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum
}}

Collapsible navbox

{{Navbox
| Title = Lorem ipsum
| State = collapsed
...
}}

Template links

{{Navbox
| Title = Lorem ipsum
| Links = [[Template:NavboxBuilder|v]] · [[Template talk:NavboxBuilder|d]]
...
}}

Title and groups aren't required

{{Navbox
| Group 1 = Dolor
| List 1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit

| List 2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum
}}

Above and below

{{Navbox
...
| Above = In pellentesque sapien justo
| Below = Vel accumsan justo pulvinar non
...
}}

Sections

{{Navbox
...
| Group 1 = Dolor
| List 1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit

| Header 2 = Mauris scelerisque
| Group 2 = Sit
| List 2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Header 10 = Duis ornare aliquet
| Group 11 = Curabitur sem ex
| List 11 = faucibus · eu maximus · sit · amet

| Group 12 = Vestibulum
| List 12 = Cras · laoreet · ex · at · efficitur · auctor
}}

Collapsible sections

{{Navbox
...
| Header 1 = Mauris scelerisque
| State 1 = expanded
| Group 1 = Sit
| List 1 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Header 2 = Duis ornare aliquet
| State 2 = collapsed
| Group 2 = Curabitur sem ex
| List 2 = faucibus · eu maximus · sit · amet

| Group 3 = Vestibulum
| List 3 = Cras · laoreet · ex · at · efficitur · auctor
}}

Images

{{Navbox
...
| Left image = [[File:Example.jpg|x166px]]
...
| Header 2 = Mauris scelerisque
| Right image 2 = [[File:Example.jpg|x25px]]
...
| Header 10 = Duis ornare aliquet
| Right image 10 = [[File:Example.jpg|x53px]]
...
}}

Lorem ipsum

In pellentesque sapien justo
	Dolor Consectetur · adipiscing · elit Mauris scelerisque Sit Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum Duis ornare aliquet Curabitur sem ex faucibus · eu maximus · sit · amet Vestibulum Cras · laoreet · ex · at · efficitur · auctor
Vel accumsan justo pulvinar non

Subgroups

{{Navbox
| Title = Lorem ipsum

| Group 1 = Dolor
| Group 1.1 = Sit
| List 1.1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit
| Group 1.2 = Amet
| List 1.2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Group 2 = Quisque
| List 2.1 = Mauris · facilisis · condimentum · pretium
| List 2.2 = Proin · dictum · dui · felis
}}

Horizontal layout

{{Navbox
...
| Group 1 = Dolor
| List 1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit

| Header 2 = Mauris scelerisque
| Layout 2 = horizontal
| Group 2 = Sit
| List 2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Header 10 = Duis ornare aliquet
| Layout 10 = horizontal
| Group 11 = Curabitur sem ex
| List 11 = faucibus<br />eu maximus<br />sit<br />amet

| Group 12 = Vestibulum
| List 12 = Cras<br />laoreet<br />ex<br />at<br />efficitur<br />auctor
}}

Styling

{{Navbox
...
| Title class = neutral
| Group style = color: red;
| List style = color: blue;
| List 12 style = color: green;
}}

Bit of everything

{{Navbox
| Title = Lorem ipsum
| State = collapsed
| Links = [[Template:NavboxBuilder|v]] · [[Template talk:NavboxBuilder|d]]
| Above = Cras laoreet, ex at efficitur auctor
| Below = Nunc vel condimentum tellus

| Group 1 = Dolor
| List 1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit

| Group 2 = Sit
| List 2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Header 10 = Bibendum
| State 10 = expanded
| Right image 10 = [[File:Example.jpg|x43px]]
| Group 10 = Curabitur 
| Group 10.1 = Dolor
| List 10.1 = Consectetur · adipiscing · elit
| Group 10.2 = Sit
| List 10.2 = Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum

| Header 20 = Aenean est lectus
| State 20 = collapsed
| List 20 = Vestibulum · ante · ipsum · primis in faucibus · orci · luctus · et ultrices · posuere · cubilia · Curae

| Group style = width: 75px
| Base style = color: navy
}}

v · d

Lorem ipsum

Cras laoreet, ex at efficitur auctor

Dolor Consectetur · adipiscing · elit Sit Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum Bibendum Curabitur Dolor Consectetur · adipiscing · elit Sit Sed · commodo · quam · sed · orci · varius · bibendum Aenean est lectus Vestibulum · ante · ipsum · primis in faucibus · orci · luctus · et ultrices · posuere · cubilia · Curae

Nunc vel condimentum tellus

Additional settings

These settings require you to alter how the module is imported to:

local NBB = require('Dev:NavboxBuilder')

Put your settings here0

return NBB

N's and M's

If you want to change how they appear in the documentation, just change it like so:

NBB.n = "your N replacement"
NBB.m = "your M replacement"

Note: Only basic wikisyntax, like italics and HTML tags.

Horizontal and vertical lists

Depending on the layout, there will be a different class used for layouts with horizontal and vertical lists. By default, it's hlist and vlist respectively. You can set your own classes with:

NBB.hlist = "class for horizontal lists"
NBB.vlist = "class for vertical lists"

Or disable by setting to nil:

NBB.hlist = nil
NBB.vlist = nil

Design

If you want to customize the look of your navbox, you have few options. One of it is by using parameters, preferably by passing them to #invoke as defaults. There are few classes that adhere to wiki's theme that are perfect for this, like color1, accent. In the default skin, you can achieve the look like this:

With as little as this in your navbox template:

{{#invoke:NavboxBuilder|create
| Navbox class = toc
| Title class = color1
| Base class = accent
| List class = color2
}}

The other way is styling it in your Common.css. You can find a guide to classes below.

• Main navbox element

• • .navbox
  • .mw-collapsible – when collapsing is enabled
  • .mw-collapsed – when it's collapsed
• Title bar
  • .navbox-title
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle – when the navbox is collapsible
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle-expanded – when the navbox is expanded
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle-collapsed – when the navbox is collapsed
• Above and below
  • .navbox-above and .navbox-below
• Left and right images (both main and sections)
  • .navbox-image
• Section header
  • .navbox-header
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle – when the section is collapsible
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle-expanded – when the section is expanded
  • .mw-collapsible-toggle-collapsed – when the section is collapsed
• Rows
  • .navbox-odd – for odd numbered rows
  • .navbox-even – for even numbered rows
• Groups
  • .navbox-group
• Subgroups
  • .navbox-subgroup
• Lists
  • .navbox-list
  • .navbox-nogroup – when there's no group for this row
• Shared classes
  • .navbox-padding – a way to customize padding of cells. Applies to all lists, groups, subgroups and above/below fields. But not to headers and the title.
  • .navbox-base – a way to highlight headings. Applies to all groups, subgroups, header and above/below fields.

Spacing

If you want to change the size of spaces between cells, here's what you have to change:

.navbox-table-wrapper,
.navbox-table-layout {
  margin-left: -3px;
  margin-right: -3px;
  margin-bottom: -3px;
}
.navbox-table-wrapper:first-child,
.navbox-section-wrapper:first-child {
  margin-top: -3px;
}
.navbox-table {
  border-spacing: 3px;
}
.navbox-section {
  margin: 3px 0;
}
.navbox-horizontal-layout {
  margin-right: -3px;
}
.navbox-col {
  margin-top: 3px;
}
.navbox-col .navbox-group {
  margin-bottom: 3px;
  margin-right: 3px;
}
.navbox-col .navbox-list {
  margin-right: 3px;
}