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“Take up to ten (10) shortcuts as parameters” Don’t think so..?

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Upon testing, it turns out that this template can take more than 10 shortcuts. I don’t know what the maximum number is. Did I misunderstand something, or should the documentation be edited as necessary? -Colathewikian (talk) 06:18, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I assume it's been outdated since it was turned into a module. Removed. Nardog (talk) 06:30, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, my tests showed around 9 quadrillion parameters, but that was using {{shortcut|9000000000000000=WP:FOO}}. It would probably break a lot sooner if you actually put that many shortcuts... CLYDE TALK TO ME/STUFF DONE (I will not see your reply if you don't mention me) 06:56, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please add a width parameter

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This could be useful on more than just help pages.

On a lot of help pages there is this: 

{{Wikipedia how to|Example. Link2. Link3. Link4}}
{{Wiki markup}}

Here is how it looks:

Wikitext

But {{Wikipedia how to}} is broken, and does not wrap around the shortcut. So in portrait view in a cell phone the how-to text looks weird with a long column of text and a lot of wasted whitespace to the right and left of it. Like the following. I wrapped a narrow table around it so you could see the problem without having to go to your cell phone. Here is how it looks in my iphone SE 2020:


It has been like this for a long time, and has been asked about at WP:VPT, etc., but it is still broke. See:

In the meantime there is an easy fix by putting the shortcut(s) below it. But it needs to be in a wider box. So that it takes up less vertical space in the right sidebar. I used a table below, not the shortcut template.

Like this:

Shortcuts: Example. Link2. Link3. Link4
Wikitext

--Timeshifter (talk) 22:51, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion on the Commons:
c:Commons:Village pump/Proposals#Needs to be a better box for Current and Recent templates
--Timeshifter (talk) 01:46, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi,

I am considering proposing a rename of template:Shortcut to template:Linkbox.

Reasons to rename include:

1. The template does not enable the function of shortcut, but instead produces the display of a WP:LINKBOX
2. Some editors think that listing new shortcuts in the linkbox is required for the shortcut to work
3. Due to #2 above, LINKBOXES are often excessively populated, contrary to the advice at WP:LINKBOX

In the result produced on the page, I suggest changing the heading text in the box from “Shortcuts” to “Recommended shortcut” (singular, even though multiple shortcuts may be listed).

- SmokeyJoe (talk) 08:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Question about anchors

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It says that it automatically adds the shortcut as an anchor (For example: "WP:UNCIVIL").

But does it add an anchor without the """"WP:"?

For example, it would be nice if it added "UNCIVIL" instead of "WP:UNCIVIL" - or add both as anchors, if that is preferred.

I ask, because of pages like WP:OC, where each section has an anchor template and a shortcut template. - jc37 08:22, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, for example all of these should land at the same spot:
"WP:" is a namespace alias and can be used in place of "Wikipedia:" for any page. — xaosflux Talk 10:25, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So if I remove the anchor template from WP:OC, and leave only the shortcut template; and then add WP:OC#OCYEAR to some other page, I will still land at the correct section? - jc37 10:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh shoot, sorry I only anecdotally test this quickly, didn't realize both were there. So no, {{shortcut}} is not producing a named section for the anchor without the "WP". That could potentially be built in to the module. For that specific page, as there are many anchors in each section removing just one of the anchor keywords doesn't seem very useful though (and even if a shortcut is removed later, keeping the anchor could still be useful). — xaosflux Talk 11:05, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oh ok.
And true about OC, but I'm seeing this over a lot of policy pages. So I think it would be nice to add that in.
I don't know how the module is coded, but I think it's the difference between {{PAGENAME}} and {{FULLPAGENAME}} - jc37 11:20, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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