Editing Template:Clade/doc

==How to use the template==

This template is used for illustrating branching trees with the nodes and base labels being clickable links. They are especially suited to represent evolutionary trees.

<pre>
<nowiki>
{{clade
|label1=Base
|1=Node
}}
</nowiki>
</pre>

produces

{{clade
|label1=Base
|1=Node
}}

<pre>
<nowiki>
{{clade
|1={{clade
   |label1=[[Subtree1]]
   |1=Leaf1
   |label2=Subtree2
   |2=[[Leaf2]]
   }}
}}
</nowiki>
</pre>

produces

{{clade
|1={{clade
   |label1=[[Subtree1]]&nbsp;
   |1=Leaf1
   |label2=Subtree2&nbsp;
   |2=[[Leaf2]]
   }}
}}

<pre>
<nowiki>
{{clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75%
|1={{clade
   |label1=Subtree1
   |1=Leaf1
   |label2=Subtree2
   |2=Leaf2
   }}
}}
</nowiki>
</pre>

produces

{{clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75%
|1={{clade
   |label1=Subtree1
   |1=Leaf1
   |label2=Subtree2
   |2=Leaf2
   }}
}}

<pre>
<nowiki>
{{clade
|1={{clade
   |1={{clade | thickness=3
      |1=Leaf1
      |2=Leaf2
      }}
   |2=Leaf3
   }}
}}
</nowiki>
</pre>

produces

{{clade
|1={{clade
   |1={{clade | thickness=3
      |1=Leaf1
      |2=Leaf2
      }}
   |2=Leaf3
   }}
}}

==Editing tip==
An easy way of creating larger cladograms is to use the Newick format and proceed to edit it using a suitable text editor to produce the markup.

# Start with Newick format ((a,b),(c,d))
# Replace "(" with <nowiki>"{{clade|"</nowiki>
# Replace ")" with <nowiki>"}}"</nowiki>
# Edit to replace commas with pipes and numbers
# Edit clade labels if needed
<pre>
<nowiki>
{{clade
 |1={{clade
    |1=a
    |2=b
    }}
 |2={{clade
    |1=c
    |2=d
    }}
}}
</nowiki>
</pre>
==Using a box==
You can nest the templates and use links around the text. You may use non-breaking spaces (&amp;nbsp;) to obtain spaces or to have labels that have spaces.

The entire cladogram can be placed in a box so that text flows nicely around it.
enclose within <nowiki>
{{userboxtop| toptext=&amp;nbsp;}}
{{userboxbottom}}
</nowiki>
{{userboxtop| toptext=&nbsp;}}
{{clade| style=font-size:75%;line-height:75%
|label1=[[Neornithes]]&nbsp;&nbsp;
|1={{clade
	|label1=[[Paleognathae]]
	|1=&nbsp;
	|label2=&nbsp;[[Neognathae]]&nbsp;
	|2={{clade
	   |1=Other birds
	   |label1=&nbsp;
	   |label2=[[Galloanserae]]&nbsp;
	   |2={{clade
	       |1=[[Anseriformes]]
		   |label2=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
		   |2={{clade
		      |1=[[Galliformes]]
		      |2=[[Craciformes]]
		      }}
	      }}
	   }}
   }}
}}
<center><small>Sample of a hack that misuses [[Template:Userboxtop]] </small></center>
{{userboxbottom}}