Template:Infobox block/doc

Template:Doc/start Template:Block This template provides a uniform design for block pages.

<onlyinclue>{{ {{{1|Block}}}
|image=
|image2=
|image3=
|invimage=
|invimage2=
|invimage3=
|invimage4=
|type=
|gravity=
|dirt=
|transparent=
|light=
|tntres=
|tool=
|stackable=
|data=
|fluidspeed=
|movespeed=
}}</onlyinclude>

Please note the unusual markup at the beginning and end; copy it verbatim if you are creating a new block page. Also note that if the item has multiple data values, use |multipledata= instead of |data=. See below:

Parameter Function Default value

name Only needed to change the name from the page name {{BASEPAGENAME}}

image Image of the block (should be approx. 150x150px) No block image.png

image2 Second image for two-state blocks (also approx. 150x150px) None

image3 Third image for three-state blocks (also approx. 150x150px) None

invimage Image for object in inventory (should be approx. 36x36px) None

invimage2 Second image for two-state objects in inventory (should be approx. 36x36px) None

invimage3 Third image for three-state objects in inventory (should be approx. 36x36px) None

invimage4 Fourth image for four-state objects in inventory (should be approx. 36x36px) None

type Type (solid block, solid, block, or fluid) ?

gravity Affected by gravity? ?

dirt Requires sunlight/dirt? None

transparent Allows light to pass through? ?

light Emits Light? ?

tntres Do not use, except for special cases.
Update the value in Template:Blast Resistance Values instead. ?

tool Tool to use ?

stackable Stackable N/A

data Single decimal data value None

multipledata Multiple decimal data values, use {{dv}} None

fluidspeed Speed of fluid movement None

movespeed Speed of walking through None

Transcluding block pages

The unusual header <onlyinclude>{{ {{{1|Block}}} and footer are there so that block pages can be transcluded (used like templates) into other pages. Specifically, this allows the use of {{Safe get}} to get specific data fields out of the infobox header in the block page. Here's some examples:

Code	Result
`{{Safe get\|Cobblestone\|tntres}}`	Template:Safe get
`{{Safe get\|Cobblestone\|tool}}`	Template:Safe get
`[[File:{{Safe get\|Cobblestone\|image}}]]`	[[File:Template:Safe get]]
`{{Safe get\|Cobblestone\|non-existing field}}`	Template:Safe get
`{{Safe get\|Main Page\|tntres}}`	Template:Safe get

Although transcluding non-template pages is somewhat unusual, doing it this way allows all the data properties for a block to be defined in the infobox header, next to each other, and right where most people will think to look for them. At the same time, it allows us to make tables of values for things like Blast Resistance and Hardness that auto-update whenever the main values are changed.

See {{Blast Resistance Table}} for a simple example of how to use this functionality to automatically build tables.

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