Introduction

New in v5.3.0 The $slot widget is used within transcluded content to mark "slots" that the transcluding widget can fill with the $fill widget.

See the $transclude widget for details.

Attributes

The content of the $slot widget is used as a fallback for the slot content if the corresponding $fill widget is not found.

Examples

Quoted content

When content contains quotes, passing it through attributes and parameters can be challenging. However, passing the content using the $fill widget content eliminates the need to wrap it in quotes, making the process easier.

If a variable named bold_slot contains the following $slot definition:

<b>
<$slot $name="body"/>
</b>

then the slot can be filled using this variable transclusion:

<$transclude $variable=bold_slot>
<$fill $name=body>

"""
some text
using [[Hard Linebreaks in WikiText]]
syntax
"""
</$fill>
</$transclude>

Depth

If a variable named table_slot contains the following $slot definition:

|!depth|!slot1|!slot2|
|1|<$slot $name=slot1/>|<$slot $name=slot2/>|
|2|<$slot $name=slot1 $depth=2>missing</$slot>|<$slot $name=slot2 $depth=2>missing</$slot>|

then the slot values can be filled at different transclusion depths:

<$transclude $variable=table_slot  $mode=block>
  <$fill $name=slot1>outer1</$fill>
  <$fill $name=slot2>outer2
    <$transclude $variable=table_slot $mode=block>
      <$fill $name=slot1>inner1</$fill>
      <$fill $name=slot2>inner2</$fill>
    </$transclude>
  </$fill>
</$transclude>

The slot1 slot is filled at both depths with a simple string (outer1 and outer2). For slot2, the outer instance is a simple string but the inner instance recursively transcludes the same table_slot variable again. The recursion ends at the third transclusion call since both "inner" slots are filled with simple strings.