Template:Edit/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Edit (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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This template is used on approximately 665,000 pages, or roughly 1% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

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It provides a clickable link to edit a page, or a section of the page.

Usage

{{Edit
|1=
|2=
|section=
|editintro=
|preload=
|preloadtitle=
|tooltip=
}}

1: the page to edit. If omitted, it will be the current page.
2: the label text of the edit link. If omitted, it is "edit" by default.
section: the section to edit, in which 0 for the top (i.e. lead section), 1 for the first (sub-)section, and new for adding a new section.
editintro: the content of a page/template that will be transcluded above the edit box when you edit the page. Usually used to load template messages.
preload: the content of a page/template that will be preloaded into the text area of the edit form. It works only if the page to be edited does not exist.
preloadtitle: if making a new section (i.e. |section=new), the title to be preloaded into the title box of the edit form.
tooltip: the text to display when you hover over the link.

Notes:

All parameters are optional.
The parameter names must be in lowercase or they will fail.

Examples

Code	Output	Notes
{{edit}}	edit	Edit current page
{{edit\| \|edit template doc}}	edit template doc
{{edit\|1=Infobox foo\|2=E}}	E
{{edit\|2=edit template doc}}	edit template doc
{{edit\|friendship}}	edit	Edit the article friendship
{{edit\|friendship\|section=3}}	edit	Edit the third order of a (sub-)section of the article friendship, which is Adolescence as of 10 Jan 2020
{{edit\|Draft:Sandbox\|editintro=Template:Disambig editintro}}	edit	Load {{Disambig editintro}} when you edit
{{edit\|Template:Some new template\|preload=Template:Documentation/preload}}	edit	Preload the whoole content of {{Documentation/preload}} when you create a new template
{{edit\|Wikipedia talk:Sandbox\|section=new\|\|preloadtitle=Custom title of the new section}}	[1]	Create a new section of a custom title
{{edit\|2=link with tooltip\|tooltip=This is a tooltip}}	edit	Hover over the link to see the tooltip

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Edit in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Edit

Displays a link to edit a page.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	`1`	The page to edit Default The current page Example Example	Page name	suggested
Label	`2`	The link label Default Edit Example Edit this page	String	optional
Section	`section`	The section to edit; 0 for the top section; new for a new section Default None (whole page gets edited) Example 0	String	optional
Edit intro	`editintro`	Content that will be rendered above the edit box Example Template:Disambig editintro	Page name	optional
Preload	`preload`	Content to preload in the edit form when creating a new page or section Example Template:Documentation/preload	Page name	optional
Preload title	`preloadtitle`	If making a new section, preload text into the title box	String	optional
Tooltip	`tooltip`	Text to display on mouseover Default Page or section name	String	optional

Comparison

[] Compare different edit templates:

{{Ed}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags, specifically for templates only
{{Ed right}} — plain-style edit link surrounded by <small> tags and aligned to right of page, specifically for templates only
{{Edit}} — plain-style edit link, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
{{Edit section}} — edit link surrounded by <div> tags by default which can specify which section to edit on a page, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces
{{Vedit}} — plain-style edit link which edit with the Wikipedia:VisualEditor, applicable to all Wikipedia namespaces

Templates with view, talk and edit links:

{{Navbar}} — navigation bar with configurable caption and view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
{{View}} — navbar-style view·talk·edit links, specifically for templates only
{{VTE}} & {{V}} — navbar-style V·T·E links (i.e. view·talk·edit links in short forms), specifically for templates only