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Description: This template is used to do include various messages, in a collapsible box in text. Escalation messages, pop-up messages from Combat complexes, messages in local chat channel etc.

Syntax

{{MessageBox|<head>|<text>|<collapsed= yes>|<max_width= 40em>}}

Parameters

head: Text in the header of the message box
text: Text in the body of the box
collapsed=: Controls whether the box is initially collapsed. use collapsed= yes to have the box initially collapsed, otherwise omit it.
max_width=: for especially large message boxes, you can increase set max_width=100% to allow it to take up the entire page.

Sample

{{MessageBox|In local chat channel:|Serpentis Mug: Blah.}}

gives...

In local chat channel:
Serpentis Mug: Blah.

{{MessageBox|In local chat channel:|Serpentis Lion: And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?|collapsed=yes}}

gives...

In local chat channel:
Serpentis Lion: And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?

{{MessageBox|An Especially Wide MessageBox:|
Lord Intra gathered his retainers, who were hungry for tutelage. “Lord Intra!” said his sandal bearer, “What is the first step on the path to Royalty?” “There are no steps,” replied Intra, “It is zero-sum with your reality. It is not measured in finger-lengths.” “Lord Intra,” said his bodyguard, “Is the path to Royalty the path of struggle, then?” “No,” said Intra, “One may attain it without any effort at all. It is, in fact, the antithesis of struggle.” Intra’s steward was very discontent with his master’s evasiveness. “Lord,” he said, “Allow us lowly men some small measure of understanding. For sympathy’s sake, and the sake of we good and loyal servants, please tell us in plain language the nature of Royalty.” “I will tell you precisely what Royalty is,” said Intra, “It is a continuous cutting motion.”

-[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-6-111/ The Song of Maybe]
|collapsed=yes|max_width=100%}}

gives...

An Especially Wide MessageBox:
Lord Intra gathered his retainers, who were hungry for tutelage. “Lord Intra!” said his sandal bearer, “What is the first step on the path to Royalty?” “There are no steps,” replied Intra, “It is zero-sum with your reality. It is not measured in finger-lengths.” “Lord Intra,” said his bodyguard, “Is the path to Royalty the path of struggle, then?” “No,” said Intra, “One may attain it without any effort at all. It is, in fact, the antithesis of struggle.” Intra’s steward was very discontent with his master’s evasiveness. “Lord,” he said, “Allow us lowly men some small measure of understanding. For sympathy’s sake, and the sake of we good and loyal servants, please tell us in plain language the nature of Royalty.” “I will tell you precisely what Royalty is,” said Intra, “It is a continuous cutting motion.” -The Song of Maybe

Template data

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

Box (collapsible) to show in-game messages etc.

Template parameters
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Message title	`1`	no description	String	suggested
Message text	`2`	no description	Unknown	required
Initially collapsed?	`collapsed`	Leave empty when box should be initially expanded. Suggested values `yes`	String	optional

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 ;Syntax
-: {{T|MessageBox|head|text|4= collapsed= yes}}
+: {{T|MessageBox|head|text|4= collapsed= yes|5= max_width= 40em}}
 :; Parameters
 ::; head : Text in the header of the message box
 ::; text : Text in the body of the box
 ::; collapsed= : Controls whether the box is initially collapsed. use <code>collapsed= yes</code> to have the box initially collapsed, otherwise omit it.
+::; max_width= : for especially large message boxes, you can increase set <code>max_width=100%</code> to allow it to take up the entire page.
 ; Sample
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 {{MessageBox|In local chat channel:|Serpentis Lion: And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low?|collapsed=yes}}
+:<code><nowiki>{{MessageBox|An Especially Wide MessageBox:|
+Lord Intra gathered his retainers, who were hungry for tutelage. “Lord Intra!” said his sandal bearer, “What is the first step on the path to Royalty?” “There are no steps,” replied Intra, “It is zero-sum with your reality. It is not measured in finger-lengths.” “Lord Intra,” said his bodyguard, “Is the path to Royalty the path of struggle, then?” “No,” said Intra, “One may attain it without any effort at all. It is, in fact, the antithesis of struggle.” Intra’s steward was very discontent with his master’s evasiveness. “Lord,” he said, “Allow us lowly men some small measure of understanding. For sympathy’s sake, and the sake of we good and loyal servants, please tell us in plain language the nature of Royalty.” “I will tell you precisely what Royalty is,” said Intra, “It is a continuous cutting motion.”
+-[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-6-111/ The Song of Maybe]
+|collapsed=yes|max_width=100%}}</nowiki></code>
+::gives...
+{{MessageBox|An Especially Wide MessageBox:|
+Lord Intra gathered his retainers, who were hungry for tutelage. “Lord Intra!” said his sandal bearer, “What is the first step on the path to Royalty?” “There are no steps,” replied Intra, “It is zero-sum with your reality. It is not measured in finger-lengths.” “Lord Intra,” said his bodyguard, “Is the path to Royalty the path of struggle, then?” “No,” said Intra, “One may attain it without any effort at all. It is, in fact, the antithesis of struggle.” Intra’s steward was very discontent with his master’s evasiveness. “Lord,” he said, “Allow us lowly men some small measure of understanding. For sympathy’s sake, and the sake of we good and loyal servants, please tell us in plain language the nature of Royalty.” “I will tell you precisely what Royalty is,” said Intra, “It is a continuous cutting motion.”
+-[https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/wielder-of-names-6-111/ The Song of Maybe]
+|collapsed=yes|max_width=100%}}
 ; Template data