Module:Navbox
Note: While this module should not be invoked directly, the use of its corresponding template (Template:Navbox) is not absolutely necessary.
On other templates that use or generate navigation boxes, you can call _navbox
(note the underscore in front). The navbox
function (without the underscore) is used by Template:Navbox as a wrapper.
On other modules, you can include local navbox = require("Module:Navbox")._navbox
at or near the top.
This template allows a navigation box to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it with one or more lists of links. It comes equipped with default styles that should work for most navigational templates. Changing the default styles is possible, but not recommended. The default styling for our navigation boxes is modelled off of RuneScape Wiki's navigation box, instead of Wikipedia's.
See also
-- Page is following provisonal style guide: User:Ganaram_inukshuk/Provisional_style_guide_for_Lua
-- Loosely modeled off of Runescape Wiki's navbox, not Wikipedia's
local getArgs = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs
local yesno = require("Module:Yesno")
local p = {}
-- TODO:
-- - Address navbox nesting further by introducing navbox options:
-- -- Navbox with outer div --> Root navbox; has collapse options
-- -- Navbox without outer div --> Nested navbox for headerless row; has collapse options
-- -- Navbox without title --> Nested navbox for subcategories; no collapse options
-- - Header and data interactions
-- -- Header and normal data --> Normal row
-- -- No header and normal data --> Headerless row (used for a header, footer, or spacer)
-- -- Header and nested table --> Category with subcategories (nested table has no title and no collapse options)
-- -- No header and nested table --> Nested navboxes (both navboxes have collapse options)
-- - Add a navbox type option to specify whether a navbox has a title bar (normal or nested navbox) or not (navbox for subcategories)
-- Navbox row
function p.navbox_row(row_content)
local row_header = row_content["Header"]
local row_data = row_content["Data"]
local is_row_navbox = row_content["Is Navbox"]
local row = '<tr>\n'
if row_header == nil then
-- Headerless row
if is_row_navbox then
-- Row data is a child navbox
row = row
.. '<td style="width:5%; text-align:center; background-color:#eaecf0; white-space:nowrap; padding:0em; border:1px solid white" colspan="2">\n'
.. row_data
.. '</td>\n'
else
-- Row data is normal data
row = row
.. '<td style="width:5%; text-align:center; background-color:#eaecf0; white-space:nowrap; padding:0em; border:1px solid white" colspan="2">\n'
.. '<div style="padding:0.25em 0.5em">' .. row_data .. '</div>\n'
.. '</td>\n'
end
else
-- Simple row with header and data
if is_row_navbox then
-- Row data is a child navbox
row = row
.. '<th style="width:5%; text-align:right; background-color:#eaecf0; white-space:nowrap; padding:0.25em 0.5em; border:1px solid white">' .. row_header .. '</th>\n'
.. '<td style="padding:0em">' .. row_data .. '</td>\n'
else
-- Row data is normal data
row = row
.. '<th style="width:5%; text-align:right; background-color:#eaecf0; white-space:nowrap; padding:0.25em 0.5em; border:1px solid white">' .. row_header .. '</th>\n'
.. '<td style="padding:0em">\n'
.. '<div style="padding:0.25em 0.5em">' .. row_data .. '</div>\n'
.. '</td>\n'
end
end
local row = row .. '</tr>\n'
return row
end
-- Navbox title
-- Child navboxes used for subcategories don't need a title or collapse options.
function p.navbox_title(title, is_collapsible, is_collapsed)
local is_collapsible = is_collapsible or true -- Not implemented
local is_collapsed = is_collapsed or true -- Not working?
local navbox_type = navbox_type or "Normal"
local navbox_title = ''
if title == nil then
navbox_title = '<table style="width:100%; border-spacing:0px">\n'
else
navbox_title = navbox_title
.. '<table class="mw-collapsible' .. (is_collapsed and ' mw-collapsed ' or '') .. 'nowraplinks" style="width: 100%; border-spacing:0px">\n'
.. '<tr>\n'
.. '<th style="width:5%; text-align:center; background-color:#eaecf0; white-space:nowrap; padding:0.25em 0.5em; border:1px solid white" colspan="2"><b>' .. title .. '</b></th>\n'
.. '</tr>\n'
end
return navbox_title
end
-- Navbox to be called by other modules; also called by wrapper function
function p._navbox(args)
local title = args["Title"] or "Navbox Title"
local rows = args["Rows"]
local is_collapsible = yesno(args["Is Collapsible"], true )
local is_collapsed = yesno(args["Is Collapsed" ], false)
local navbox_type = ((args["Navbox Type"] == nil) and "Normal" or args["Navbox Type"])
-- Start of table
local navbox = p.navbox_title(title, is_collapsible, is_collapsed)
for i = 1, #rows do
navbox = navbox .. p.navbox_row(rows[i])
end
navbox = navbox
.. '</table>\n'
if navbox_type == "Nested" then
navbox = '<div class="wikitable">\n' .. navbox .. '</div>'
end
return navbox
end
-- Navbox to be #invoke'd
-- Wrapper function for template-based navboxes
function p.navbox(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
-- Preprocess individual entries for, headers, data, and is-row-child into
-- one single table.
-- Both the Wikipedia and RsWiki navboxes go up to 20 rows so follow that.
local rows = {}
for i = 1, 20 do
local header = args["Header " .. i]
local data = args["Data " .. i]
local is_navbox = yesno(args["Is Data " .. i .. " Navbox"])
local row = nil
if (header ~= nil or data ~= nil or is_navbox ~= nil) then
row = {
["Header"] = header,
["Data"] = ((header ~= nil and data == nil) and "" or data),
["Is Navbox"] = is_navbox
}
end
if row ~= nil then
table.insert(rows, row)
end
-- Remove original entries as cleanup
args["Header " .. i] = nil
args["Data " .. i] = nil
args["Is Data " .. i .. " Navbox"] = nil
end
args["Rows"] = rows
return p._navbox(args)
end
return p