Template:outdent/documentation

Usage
For outdenting a reply on a talk page when indention gets too deep. Indenting on talk pages is done using a colon character to produce tabs; this template produces a connector bar and initial text to indicate an outdent, based on the number of colons used in the previous indent

Usage
To outdent posts, insert the number of colons that were used for indenting in the previous post, or use an integer value for that number.

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 4 levels

start of a new post

start of a new post

displays as


 * This is the previous post, indented 6 levels

start of a new post

the outdent template may also be indented using colons, like any other text.

Do not use subst: with this template.

This template is contained in the CSS class "outdent-template" for those that would like to customize its display.