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Template:Lts is a smaller variant of {{Lt}} with pleasant output, for use especially also on browsers which don't support ·.

Usage

{{Lts|template}} shows links for the specified template.
{{Lts}} shows links for a template wrt the {{PAGENAME}}.

Example

Code	Result
`{{Lts\|Lt}}`	Template:Lt `(`edit talk links history`)`
`{{Lts}}`	Template:Lts/doc `(`edit talk links history`)`

Comparison

We got a zoo of similar templates, pick what you like. This list is probably incomplete and intentionally omits variants with parameters like {{Tlx}} and redirections like {{Tln}}:

Source	Code	Result
links talk edit	`{{lt\|x4}}`	Template:Lt
links talk edit	`{{lts\|x4}}`	Template:X4 `(`edit talk links history`)`
links talk edit	`{{lts/\|x4}}`	links talk edit
links talk edit	`{{tetl\|x4}}`	{{ x4 }} links talk view
links talk edit	`{{ti\|x4}}`	{{x4}}
links talk edit	`{{tic\|x4}}`	Template:x4 (talk links edit)
links talk edit	`{{tiw\|x4}}`	Template:x4 (backlinks, edit)
links talk edit	`{{tl\|x4}}`	{{x4}}
links talk edit	`{{tn\|x4}}`	{{x4}}
links talk edit	`{{tlc\|x4}}`	`{{x4}}`
links talk edit	`{{tls\|x4}}`	{{subst:x4}}
links talk edit	`{{tlsetl\|x4}}`	{{ subst`:`x4 }} links talk view
links talk edit	`{{tlt\|x4}}`	{{x4}} (talk)
links talk edit	`{{ttl\|x4}}`	{{x4}} (t/l)
links talk edit	`{{twlh\|x4}}`	Template:x4 (links, talk)

General-purpose formatting

¹ {{tlg}} is the most general, allowing any combination of text style and/or link style options.
² Prevents wrapping of text by placing it inside <span class="nowrap">...</span> tags.
³ Uses monospace font but not <code>...</code>.
⁴ Allows links to templates in any namespace.

Other formatting templates

Code example	Effect	Notes
`{{tl2\|Hatnote\|lang=fr}}`	`{{hatnote}}`	Supports linking to sister projects (e.g., fr:Hatnote)
`{{tlu\|User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}`	{{User:Ahunt/SSHFS}}	Supports linking to any namespace
`{{xpd\|Hatnote\|Some hatnote text}}`	Some hatnote text}}" gives " Some hatnote text " [1]	Shows code, example and a link to expand the template code

With utility links

Code example	Effect
`{{lts\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote `(`edit talk links history`)`
`{{t links\|Hatnote}}`	Hatnote (edit · talk · history · links · /subpages · /doc · /doc edit · /sbox · /sbox diff · /test · Module:hatnote)
`{{tfd links\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (edit · talk · history · links · logs · subpages · delete)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:hatnote (backlinks, edit)
`{{tltt\|Hatnote}}`	`{{Hatnote}}`
`{{tetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{ Hatnote }} links talk view
`{{Tlsetl\|Hatnote}}`	{{ subst`:`Hatnote }} links talk view
`{{ti\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}}
`{{tic\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (talk links edit)
`{{tiw\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (backlinks, edit)
`{{tlt\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (talk)
`{{ttl\|Hatnote}}`	{{Hatnote}} (t/l)
`{{Twlh\|Hatnote}}`	Template:Hatnote (links, talk)

Template:Las `(`edit talk links history`)`	'Lts' formatted, but for anything, Defaults to article space, but accepts category or template, etc. namespace prefixes too.
Template:Lts `(`edit talk links history`)`	for templates (List Template Short ["Lt"])
Template:Lcs `(`edit talk links history`)`	for categories
Template:Lps `(`edit talk links history`)`	for `{{ns:Project}}` (= DeviWiki)
Template:Ltsmeta `(`edit talk links history`)`	for templates copied from Meta
Template:Lts/ `(`edit talk links history`)`	for template lists (see below)
Template:Lx `(`edit talk links history`)`	boilerplate for the Lx family
Category:Internal link templates	for a comparison of this zoo see below
Template:Ltsmeta
Template:Ltsmeta
Template:Ltsmeta

	Link style →	Linked	Unlinked	Linked with subst	Linked including braces	Linked with alternative text
Text style ↓	↓ `{{tlg}}` options¹ →	N/A	`nolink=yes`	`subst=yes`	`braceinside=yes`	`alttext=Foo` `2=Foo`
Normal	N/A	`{{tlg}}`^{1, 2} `{{tl}}` `{{tlp}}`² `{{tlu}}`⁴	`{{tlf}}`²	`{{tls}}` `{{tlsp}}`	`{{tn}}`	`{{tla}}`
`Code`	`code=yes` or `tt=yes`	`{{tlx}}` `{{tltt}}` `{{tltt2}}`	`{{tlc}}`² `{{tld}}`² `{{tnull}}`	`{{tlxs}}` `{{tltts}}` `{{Tltts3}}` `{{Tltss}}`³	N/A
Bold	`bold=yes`	`{{tlb}}`	N/A
`Bold code`	`bold=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxb}}`
`Italic code`	`italic=yes\|code=yes`	`{{tlxi}}`