Editing Template:Navbox/doc (section)

== Child navboxes ==
{{Selfref|For additional examples, see the [[Template:Navbox/testcases|Navbox testcases page]].}}

It is possible to place multiple navboxes within a single border. These can either be specified inline or by using a nested navbox template, although the latter method can result in a signifcantly large [[WP:PEIS|post-expand include size]].

To specify child navboxes inline, set the <code>list<sub>n</sub></code> parameter to <code>child</code> or <code>subgroup</code>. Elements of the child navbox can be specified by prepending <code>child<sub>n</sub>_</code>, <code>subgroup<sub>n</sub>_</code>, or just <code><sub>n</sub>_</code> to the parameter names (e.g. <code>1_list1</code>). Child navboxes can be nested by adding an additional prefix (e.g. <code>1_1_list1</code>). The basic code for doing this is as follows (which adds a subgroup for the first group/list area):

<pre style="overflow: auto;">
{{Navbox
| name = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = Title

| group1 = [optional]
| list1  = child
  | 1_title = [optional]

  | 1_group1 = [optional]
  | 1_list1  = child
    | 1_1_title = [optional]
    
    | 1_1_group1 = [optional]
    | 1_1_list1  = 
    ...list contents...
  ...
...
}}
</pre>

To specify child navboxes using a nested template, use "child" as the first parameter or set the ''border'' parameter. The basic code for doing this is as follows (which adds a subgroup for the first group/list area):

<pre style="overflow: auto;">
{{Navbox
| name = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| title = Title

| group1 = [optional]
| list1  = {{Navbox|child
   ...child navbox parameters...
 }}

...
}}
</pre>

=== Subgroups example ===
This example shows two subgroups and a sub-subgroup created using <code>child</code> and <code>subgroup</code> keywords (both are interchangible). The striping is alternated automatically. To remove the striping altogether, you can set <code>child<sub>n</sub>_liststyle = background:transparent;</code> in each.

{{{{PAGENAMETDOC}}
| name = Navbox/doc
| state = uncollapsed
| title = Multiple subgroup example
| above = Above
| below = Below
| group1 = Group1
| list1  = List1
| group2 = Group2
| list2  = child
  | child2_group1 = Group2.1
  | child2_list1  = List1
  | child2_group2 = Group2.2
  | child2_list2  = List2
  | child2_group3 = Group2.3
  | child2_list3  = List3
| group3 = Group3
| list3 = List3
| group4 = Group4
| list4 = subgroup
  | subgroup4_group1 = Group4.1
  | subgroup4_list1  = List1
  | subgroup4_group2 = Group4.2
  | subgroup4_list2  = List2
  | subgroup4_group3 = Group4.3
  | subgroup4_list3  = child
    |subgroup4_child3_group1 = Group 4.3.1
    |subgroup4_child3_list1 = List1
    |subgroup4_child3_group2 = Group 4.3.2
    |subgroup4_child3_list2 = List2
}}

=== Multiple show/hides in a single container ===
{{main|Template:Navbox with collapsible groups}}

The example below is generated using a regular navbox for the main container, then its list1, list2, and list3 parameters each contain the <code>child</code> keyword. The view (v), talk (t), edit (e) navbar links are hidden automatically because the "child" or "subgroup" keyword is used, so using <code>navbar = plain</code> for each of them is not necessary. The code <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>N_state = {{#ifeq:{{{selected|}}|ABBREVIATION|uncollapsed|{{{stateN|collapsed}}}}}</syntaxhighlight> is used to replicate the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>abbrN = ABBREVIATION</syntaxhighlight> functionality of {{tl|Navbox with collapsible groups}}.

{{{{PAGENAMETDOC}}
| name = Navbox/doc
| title = [[French colonial empire|Former French overseas empire]]
| state = uncollapsed
| list1 = child
 | 1_state     = {{#ifeq:{{{selected|}}|Africa|uncollapsed|{{{state1|collapsed}}}}}
 | 1_title     = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in [[Africa]] and the [[Indian Ocean]]
 | 1_listclass = hlist
 | 1_group1 = [[Mahgreb]]
  | 1_list1  =
* [[French rule in Algeria|Algeria]]
* [[French Morocco|Morocco]] <small>([[Arguin|Arguin Island]])</small>
* [[History of Tunisia|Tunisia]]
 | 1_group2 = [[French West Africa]]
  | 1_list2  =
* [[History of Côte d'Ivoire#French Period|Côte d'Ivoire]]
* [[French Dahomey|Dahomey]]
* [[French Sudan]]
* [[French Guinea|Guinea]]
* [[History of Mauritania#French colonization and post-colonial history|Mauritania]]
* [[History of Niger#Colonization|Niger]]
* [[History of Senegal|Senegal]]
* [[French Upper Volta|Upper Volta]]
* [[French Togoland]]
* [[James Island (The Gambia)|James Island]]
 | 1_group3 = [[French Equatorial Africa]]
  | 1_list3  =
* [[Colonial Chad|Chad]]
* [[History of Gabon|Gabon]]
* [[History of the Republic of the Congo|Middle Congo]]
* [[Oubangui-Chari]]
 | 1_group4 = [[Comoros]]
  | 1_list4  =
* [[Anjouan]]
* [[Grande Comore]]
* [[Mohéli]]
* [[History of Djibouti#French Interest|French Somaliland (Djibouti)]]
* [[History of Madagascar#French control|Madagascar]]
* [[Mauritius|Ile de France]]
* [[Seychelles]]
| list2 = child
 | 2_state     = {{#ifeq:{{{selected|}}|Americas|uncollapsed|{{{state2|collapsed}}}}}
 | 2_title     = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in the [[Americas]]
 | 2_listclass = hlist
 | 2_list1 =
* [[New France]]{{spaces|2}}<small>([[Acadia]], [[Louisiana (New France)|Louisiana]], [[Canada, New France|Canada]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Terre Neuve]]) 1655–1763 </small>
 | 2_list2 =
* [[Inini]]
* [[Berbice]]
* [[Saint-Domingue]]
* <small>[[Haiti]]</small>
* [[Tobago]]
* [[History of the British Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]]
* [[France Antarctique]]
* [[France Équinoxiale]]
 | 2_below      = [[French West India Company]]
| list3 = child
 | 3_state     = {{#ifeq:{{{selected|}}|Asia|uncollapsed|{{{state3|collapsed}}}}}
 | 3_title      = [[French colonial empire|Former French colonies]] in [[Asia]] and [[Oceania]]
 | 3_listclass  = hlist
 | 3_group1 = [[Asia]]
 | 3_list1 = child
  | 3_1_group1 = [[French India]]
   | 3_1_list1  =
* [[Chandernagor]]
* [[Coromandel Coast]]
* [[History of Chennai|Madras]]
* [[Mahé, India|Mahé]]
* [[History of Pondicherry|Pondichéry]]
* [[Karaikal]]
* [[Yanam (India)|Yanaon]]
  | 3_1_group2 = [[French Indochina]]
   | 3_1_list2  =
* [[Colonial Cambodia|Cambodia]]
* [[History of Laos to 1945#French Laos|Laos]]
* [[French Indochina|Vietnam]] <small>([[Annam (French colony)|Annam]], [[Cochinchina]], [[Tonkin]])</small>
  | 3_1_group3 = Other Asian
   | 3_1_list3  =
* [[Alawite State|Alaouites]]
* [[Republic of Hatay|Alexandretta-Hatay]]
* [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]
* [[Kwangchowan]]
 | 3_group4 = [[Oceania]]
  | 3_list4  =
* [[New Hebrides]]
** [[History of Vanuatu|Vanuatu]]
 | 3_below      = [[French East India Company]]
}}