Template:WPMILHIST Infobox style/doc

Military history WikiProject infobox style
The various primary and auxiliary infobox templates maintained by the Military history WikiProject are all coded to use a common set of styling characteristics. This is needed primarily because a number of the templates are designed to be stacked together to present the appearance of a continuous block; it is also beneficial for providing a consistent appearance to the entire set of articles within our scope.

The style is controlled by the WPMILHIST Infobox style template, which generates a number of different codes based on the parameter passed to it.


 *   – produces the CSS class and style parameters for the entire infobox.
 *   – produces the CSS style parameters for a horizontal header bar.
 *   – produces the CSS style parameters for a standard image & caption block with a bottom border.
 *   – produces the CSS style</tt> parameters for a standard image & caption block without a bottom border; this is typically used when the image block is placed immediately above a header bar, or at the bottom of the infobox.
 *  </tt> – produces the CSS style</tt> attributes for a border between parts of the same infobox section; note that this does not replace an entire style</tt> block, and must be associated with a valid border attribute.
 *  </tt> – produces the CSS style</tt> attributes for a border between different infobox sections; note that this does not replace an entire style</tt> block, and must be associated with a valid border attribute.

A sample infobox using all of these options can be seen at right. From the top, it includes:
 * 1) The main header_bar</tt> in a table heading cell.
 * 2) A header_bar</tt> in a normal table cell.
 * 3) An image_box</tt>.
 * 4) Two normal fields with labels.
 * 5) A secondary header_bar</tt> in a heading cell.
 * 6) A pair of cells divided by an internal_border</tt>.
 * 7) A cell with a section_border</tt> at the top.
 * 8) Another secondary header_bar</tt> in a heading cell.
 * 9) An image_box_plain</tt>.

More sophisticated samples of the code can be found by examining the actual infoboxes used by the project.