Template:Outdent/doc

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

The template is used for outdenting a reply on a talk page when it gets too deep.

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.

:::This is the previous post, indented three levels.
{{Outdent|:::}} Start of a new post.

displays as

This is the previous post, indented three levels.

┌─────────┘
Start of a new post.

:::::This is the previous post, indented 5 levels.
{{Outdent|5}} Start of a new post.

displays as

This is the previous post, indented 5 levels.

┌────────────────┘
Start of a new post.