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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Navboxes (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used group together Navigation boxes

Parameters[edit source]

title (optional)

Text to be placed in title of this box. Defaults to: Links to related articles.

state (optional)

collapsed to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state

expanded to show this template in its expanded (fully visible) state

autocollapse to show this template in its collapsed (hidden) state only if there is another collapsible template on the page

Defaults to: collapsed.

list (required)

The templates to be grouped.

Usage[edit source]

{{Navboxes
| title = England
| state = expanded
| titlestyle = background: white <-- hexcode can also be used, like #AAFFFF (default=violet) -->
| list  = {{Place|England}}
{{England counties}}
}}

which gives

Coordinates template[edit source]

The {{coord}} template may be included in the template group. Just remember to set the "display=" parameter equal to "inline" thus: {{coord|18|25|53|N|64|37|23|W|display=inline}}. This enables the coordinates to appear no matter what skin you're in. The {{coord}} template can even be nested in a Navbox titled Geographic locale, which is already found on many country pages.

{{Navboxes
|title = Geographic locale
|list = 
'''[[Geographic coordinate system|Lat. and Long.]] {{coord|18|25|53|N|64|37|23|W|display=inline}} {{color|darkblue|([[Road Town]], [[British Virgin Islands]])}}'''
}}