View source for Template:Prevnext3

<includeonly><ul class="pager">
<li>{{#if: {{{prevpage|}}} | [[{{{prevpage}}}|&larr; {{{prevtext|{{{prevpage}}}}}}]] | }}</li>
<li>'''{{#if: {{{index|}}} | [[{{{index}}}|&uarr; {{{indextext|{{PAGENAME}}}}} &uarr;]] | {{{indextext|{{PAGENAME}}}}}}}'''</li>
<li>{{#if: {{{nextpage|}}} | [[{{{nextpage}}}|{{{nexttext|{{{nextpage}}}}}} &rarr;]] | }}</li>
</ul></includeonly><noinclude>

{{Info|This template is a work-in-progress and will probably be re-named to something less obtuse quite soon, so avoid using it just at the moment.}}

Use this template when you want to provide links to the previous and the next sections of the article so the user isn't forced to go back to the index to navigate.


== Arguments ==

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevpage  = The path of the previous article.</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevtext  = The link name for prevpage.*</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nextpage  = The path to the next article.*</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nexttext  = The link name for nextpage.*</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| index     = The path to the manual index.*</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| indextext = The link name for index.*</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>


(* - Optional arguments.)

== Example usage ==
Writing this:

<br><tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevpage=path/to/article | nextpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevtext=previous section| nexttext=The next section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt><br>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| prevpage=path/to/article | nextpage=path/to/article
| prevtext=previous section| nexttext=The next section
}}
----

== Example usage: omitting arguments ==

Writing this:

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nextpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nexttext=The next section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| nextpage=path/to/article
| nexttext=The next section
}}
----

Writing this:

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevtext=previous section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| prevpage=path/to/article
| prevtext=previous section
}}
----

== Example usage: the least amount of typing ==
Writing this:

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nextpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevpage=path/to/lastsection</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| nextpage=path/to/article
| prevpage=path/to/lastsection
}}
----

== Example usage: including every argument ==

Writing this:

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevpage=path/to/article       | nextpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| prevtext=previous section      | nexttext=The next section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| index=   {{PAGENAME}}/Manual   | indextext=Contents page</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| prevpage=path/to/article     | nextpage=path/to/article
| prevtext=previous section    | nexttext=The next section
| index={{PAGENAME}}/Manual    | indextext=Contents page
}}
----

Writing this:

<tt><nowiki>{{Prevnext3</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nextpage=path/to/article</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| nexttext=The next section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
| indextext=Contents section</nowiki><br><nowiki>
}}</nowiki></tt>

Gets you this:
----
{{Prevnext3
| nextpage=path/to/article
| nexttext=The next section
| indextext=Contents section
}}
----

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