Template:Su
Purpose
Template for creating two smaller lines of text on one actual line, this can be used for scientific notations of uncertainty and physics symbols, such as nuclides and particles.
It was named after the <sup> and <sub> HTML tags, which share the first two letters of their name with this template. This template uses the third letter of the name of these tags, p and b, as the name of the argument that drives the output of the top and bottom line, respectively.
Arguments
| p | The contents of the top line. |
| b | The contents of the bottom line. |
| a | The alignment of both lines (r for right, c for center aligned, default is left aligned) |
| w | The size of the characters (f for fixed width (monospace), default is whatever the current font is) |
Examples
Simple example: X{{su|p=a}}X{{su|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=b}}X
- Xa
X
bXa
bX
Left aligned (default): X{{su|p=aaaaa|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
bXa
bbbbbX
Right aligned: X{{su|a=r|p=aaaaa|b=b}}X{{su|a=r|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
bXa
bbbbbX
Center aligned: X{{su|a=c|p=aaaaa|b=b}}X{{su|a=c|p=a|b=bbbbb}}X
- Xaaaaa
bXa
bbbbbX
Smaller font: <small>X{{su|p=a}}X{{su|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=b}}X</small>
- Xa
X
bXa
bX
Larger font: <big>X{{su|p=a}}X{{su|b=b}}X{{su|p=a|b=b}}X</big>
- Xa
X
bXa
bX
Fixed width:
X{{su|p=...|b=www}}X{{su|w=f|p=...|b=www}}X
- X...
wwwX...
wwwX
Line breaks
Unlike <sup> and <sub> tags, this template does not prevent line breaks between the two small lines and the preceding text. Thus, if this template is used to supply a subscript and superscript over a base symbol, the whole structure has to be enclosed in a {{nowrap}}, or this template should be invoked through another template that takes care of the wrapping in an appropriate way.
Example: {{nowrap|X{{su|p=a|b=b}}}} → Xa
b
See also
- {{sup}} – Template:Sup text
- {{sub}} – Template:Sub text
- {{e}} (1.23Template:E)
- {{±}} (1.23Template:±)
- Subscript and superscript