Template:Overhead/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Overhead. It contains usage information, categories, and other content that is not part of the original template page.

The overhead template can be used to display chat and dialogue text the way it would appear above players and NPCs. The internal Jagex functions that generate this type of text are "say" and "npcsay". For game messages, use Template:Mes.

Usage

{{overhead|text|colour=optional colour}}

Additional parameters

{{overhead|text|colour=optional colour|bg=background colour|shadow=no|size=font size}}

Example

{{overhead|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.}}

Produces: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

{{overhead|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.|colour=red}}

Produces: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

To change the font size, the parameter size=<value> can be used:

{{overhead|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.|colour=red|size=15}}

Produces: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

To remove the shadow, the parameter shadow=no can be used:

{{overhead|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.|colour=red|shadow=no}}

Produces: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

To change background colour, use bg=colour. This is best combined with no shadow:

{{overhead|The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.|bg=#404040|shadow=no}}

Produces: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

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The following information is used by extensions and applications, such as VisualEditor, to help users implement this template onto pages. Please ensure that it is up-to-date. The overhead template can be used to display chat and dialogue text the way it would appear above players and NPCs. Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Text 1 Text to be displayed. String optional Text colour colour color no description Unknown optional Font size size no description Unknown optional Text shadow shadow no description Unknown optional Background colour bg no description Unknown optional CSS styling styling no description Unknown optional

See also

• Template:Mes for game messages.
• Template:Tbox for chatbox text on transcript pages.