Template:Void/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Void.

It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is imported from Template:Void/doc on Wikipedia.

This template is imported from the English Wikipedia. Although the visual appearance might be different, the functionality is identical. Please refer to the Template:Void/doc page on Wikipedia for detailed documentation.

This template does nothing—more precisely, it throws away its parameters and outputs the null string.

It is useful for programming advanced templates, and is often used within a template to the right of an equals sign. It may also be used in a template to disambiguate parsing of braces.

It can also be used to temporarily disable code, and unlike "commenting out" with <!-- -->, it nests. This means that {{void|foo {{void|bar}} baz}} is valid, whereas <!-- foo <!-- bar --> baz --> will produce baz -->.

Another possible application would be to temporarily disable an infobox on an article page while a problem with the infobox template itself is resolved.

Alternatives

{{Null}} redirects here. It's also possible to use {{ns:0}}, the empty/void/null string for the main namespace.

It can be used in place of <nowiki/> to break character sequence parsing, for example {{nowrap|{''a''}{{null}}}} to force the first closing brace to be treated as part of the template parameter instead of as the end of the template expression.