Template:Su
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Purpose
Template for creating two smaller lines of text on one actual line, this can be used for
It was named after the <sup>
and <sub>
HTML tags, which share the first two letters of their name with this template. This template uses the third letter of the name of these tags, p
and b
, as the name of the argument that drives the output of the top and bottom line, respectively.
Arguments
|p= |
The contents of the top line. |
|b= |
The contents of the bottom line. |
|a= |
The alignment of both lines (|a=r : right-aligned; |a=c : center-aligned; default is left-aligned).
|
|w= |
The size of the characters (|w=f : fixed-width (monospace), otherwise template inherits the current font and context by default).
|
|lh= |
The line height or distance from top to bottom (including top character). Default is 1.2em. |
Note on fractions
Usually, when using vulgar fractions it is MOS habit to use ⁄ (⁄
) (
/
for readability in most browsers:
- X1⁄2
7⁄8 (fraction slash)
and
- X1/2
7/8 (keyboard slash)
Examples
Simple
X{{su|p=a}} X{{su|b=b}} X{{su|p=a|b=b}} {{su|p=a|b=b}}X {{su|p=a|b=b}}X{{su|p=c|b=d}}
- Xa
X
b Xa
b a
bX a
bXc
d
Left-aligned (default)
X{{su|p=aaaaa|b=b}} X{{su|p=aaaaa|b=b}}Y X{{su|p=a|b=bbbbb}} {{su|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
b Xaaaaa
bY Xa
bbbbb a
bbbbbX
Right-aligned
X{{su|a=r|p=aaaaa|b=b}}X{{su|a=r|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
bXa
bbbbbX
Center-aligned
X{{su|a=c|p=aaaaa|b=b}}X{{su|a=c|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
bXa
bbbbbX
Smaller font
{{small|X{{su|p=a}}X{{su|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=b}}X}}
- Xa
X
bXa
bX
Larger font
{{big|X{{su|p=a}}X{{su|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=b}}X}}
- Xa
X
bXa
bX
Fixed-width
X{{su|p=...|b=www}}X{{su|w=f|p=...|b=www}}X
- X...
wwwX...
wwwX
Close-spacing
{{su|p=4|b=4}} {{su|lh=0.8em|p=4|b=4}}
- 4
4 4
4
Line breaks
Unlike the <sup>
and <sub>
tags, this template does not always prevent line breaks between the two small lines and the text preceding or following it. Thus, if this template is used to supply a subscript and superscript over a base symbol, the whole structure has to be enclosed in a {{nowrap}}, or this template should be invoked through another template that takes care of the wrapping in an appropriate way.
Note: Without the suggested {{nowrap}}, this is not consistent across all browsers: in Chrome, this is true, whereas in Firefox and Safari line breaks will generally be suppressed after preceding text.
Example: {{nowrap|X{{su|p=a|b=b}}}}
→ Xa
b