Timeline Item – Template

Latest revision as of 02:51, 27 December 2025

Displays an Armaverse Timeline item - a line in the big table of Time.

Usage

{{Timeline_Item|type|metadata|year|date|description|bgColor}}

type: (Optional, default unknown) See icon template
metadata: obsolete, unused
year: (Optional, default "?") a year number
date: (Optional, default nothing without slash separator) a more precise date if available, in format MM / DD
description: text describing the event. Use html <h4></h4> tags to name an event (usually the mission name), <h3></h3> for a title.
bgColor: (Optional) background color - use LightSteelBlue for title

Named parameters

start: defines the top border's thickness (in px). e.g: |start=2

The template adds the page to the Timeline Item template usage error category in case description is not provided.

Examples

Code

Result (put in an additional table)

{{Timeline_Item}}

Existing table
	?	-no text provided!-

{{Timeline_Item
|arma3|
|2035||
I heard of some events in the Mediterranean Sea...
}}

Existing table
	2035	I heard of some events in the Mediterranean Sea...

{{Timeline_Item
|ofp|
|2001|approx.|
Space Odyssey?
}}

Existing table
	2001 / approx.	Space Odyssey?

{{Timeline_Item
|arma3|
||01&nbsp;/&nbsp;01|
This format does not make sense...<br>
''Happy New Year I guess?''
}}

Existing table
	? / 01 / 01	This format does not make sense... Happy New Year I guess?

{{Timeline_Item
|arma3|
|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
<h4>Within Reach</h4>
Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
}}

Existing table
	2035 / 08 / 02	Within Reach Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.

{{Timeline_Item
|arma3|
|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
<h4>Within Reach</h4>
Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
|start= 10
}}

Existing table
	2035 / 08 / 02	Within Reach Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.

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+| class="timeline-item-icon"{{#if:{{{start|}}}|<nowiki/> style="border-top-width: {{{start}}}px"}} | {{#if:{{{1|}}}|{{Icon|{{{1}}}}}|{{Icon|unknown}}}}
-|style="border-bottom: 1px dotted gray; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 1.5em; font-size:120%; background-color:{{{6|white}}};"|'''{{{3|}}}'''&nbsp;/&nbsp;{{{4|}}}
+| class="timeline-item-date"{{#if:{{{6|}}}|<nowiki/> style="background-color:{{{6}}}"}} | '''{{#if:{{{3|}}}|{{{3}}}|?}}'''{{#if:{{{4|}}}|&nbsp;/&nbsp;{{{4}}}}}
-|style="border-bottom: 1px dotted gray; padding: 0.1em 0.5em 0.1em 0.5em; vertical-align:middle; background-color:{{{6|white}}};"|
+| class="timeline-item-text"{{#if:{{{6|}}}|<nowiki/> style="background-color:{{{6}}}"}} |
-{{{5|}}}</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Templates|Timeline Item]]</noinclude>
+{{{5|-no text provided!-{{TemplateCase||[[Category:Timeline Item template usage error]]}}}}}</includeonly><noinclude>
+Displays an [[Armaverse Timeline]] item - a line in the big table of Time.
+== Usage ==
+{{<nowiki/>Timeline_Item|'''''type'''''|'''''metadata'''''|'''''year'''''|'''''date'''''|'''''description'''''|'''''bgColor'''''}}
+* type: (Optional, default {{hl|unknown}}) See [[Template:Icon|icon template]]
+* metadata: obsolete, unused
+* year: (Optional, default "?") a year number
+* date: (Optional, default nothing without slash separator) a more precise date if available, in format {{hl|'''MM'''&amp;nbsp;/&amp;nbsp;'''DD'''}}
+* description: text describing the event. Use html {{hl|&lt;h4&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;}} tags to name an event (usually the mission name), {{hl|&lt;h3&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;}} for a title.
+* bgColor: (Optional) background color - use {{hl|LightSteelBlue}} for title
+; Named parameters:
+* start: defines the top border's thickness (in px). e.g: {{hl|c= {{!}}start=2}}
+The template adds the page to the [[:Category:Timeline Item template usage error|Timeline Item template usage error]] category in case ''description'' is not provided.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Examples
+! Code
+! Result (put in an additional table)
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">{{Timeline_Item}}</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item}}
+|}
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035||
+I heard of some events in the Mediterranean Sea...
+}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035||
+I heard of some events in the Mediterranean Sea...
+}}
+|}
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">
+{{Timeline_Item
+|ofp|
+|2001|approx.|
+Space Odyssey?
+}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item
+|ofp|
+|2001|approx.|
+Space Odyssey?
+}}
+|}
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+||01&nbsp;/&nbsp;01|
+This format does not make sense...<br>
+''Happy New Year I guess?''
+}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+||01&nbsp;/&nbsp;01|
+This format does not make sense...<br>
+''Happy New Year I guess?''
+}}
+|}
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
+<h4>Within Reach</h4>
+Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
+}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
+<h4>Within Reach</h4>
+Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
+}}
+|}
+|-
+| <syntaxhighlight lang="handlebars">
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
+<h4>Within Reach</h4>
+Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
+|start= 10
+}}
+</syntaxhighlight>
+|
+{| class="wikitable"
+! colspan="3" | Existing table
+{{Timeline_Item
+|arma3|
+|2035|08&nbsp;/&nbsp;02|
+<h4>Within Reach</h4>
+Kerry joins a small team bound for Stratis.
+|start= 10
+}}
+|}
+|}
+[[Category:Templates|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]</noinclude>