Template:Block

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Documentation

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This is a commonly used and widely-visible template. Do not make changes without getting consensus first.

Block

File:No block image.png

Type	?
Requirements	?
Physics	?
Transparency	?
Luminance	?
Blast Resistance [edit]	?
Tool	?
Stackable	N/A
Speed of fluid movement	?
Speed of walking through	?

This template provides a uniform design for block pages.

<onlyinclude>{{ {{{1|Block}}}
|title=
|image=
|image2=
|image3=
|invimage=
|invimage2=
|invimage3=
|invimage4=
|invimage5=
|invimage6=
|invimage7=
|invimage8=
|invimage9=
|invimage10=
|invimage11=
|invimage12=
|invimage13=
|invimage14=
|invimage15=
|invimage16=
|type=
|gravity=
|dirt=
|transparent=
|light=
|tntres=
|tool=
|stackable=
|data=
|fluidspeed=
|movespeed=
|firstver=
|notes=
}}</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
title	Only needed to change the title from the page name	{{BASEPAGENAME}}
image	Image of the block (should be approx. 150x150px)	{{{title}}}.png if it exists, otherwise No block image.png (linking to the page where to upload the missing image)
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. Can use None to force no invimage. Uses Template:Grid.	Grid {{{title}}}.png if it exists, otherwise None
invimage2	Second image for two-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage3	Third image for three-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage4	Fourth image for four-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage5	Fifth image for five-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage6	Sixth image for six-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage7	Seventh image for seven-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage8	Eighth image for eight-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage9	Ninth image for nine-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage10	Tenth image for ten-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage11	Eleventh image for eleven-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage12	Twelfth image for twelve-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage13	Thirteenth image for thirteen-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage14	Fourteenth image for fourteen-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage15	Fifteenth image for fifteen-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
invimage16	Sixteenth image for sixteen-state objects in inventory. Uses Template:Grid.	None
type	Type (solid block, solid, block, or fluid)	?
gravity	Affected by gravity?	?
dirt	Requires sunlight/dirt?	None
transparent	Can you see through some part of this block? Not as obvious as it seems, see Opacity.	?
light	Emits Light? If "Yes," add the light value like this: "Yes, 9"	?
tntres	Block's resistance to explosions. The value comes from the code; there aren't any units for it.	?
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
firstver	First version that it was seen in (e.g. Alpha 1.0.17, classic 0.0.23a).	None
notes	Adds a centred column spanning across both rows at the bottom of the box	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}}	tntres}}
{{Safe get|Cobblestone|tool}}	tool}}
[[File:{{Safe get|Cobblestone|image}}]]	[[File:{{#vardefine:Safeget/name|image}}]]
{{Safe get|Cobblestone|non-existing field}}	non-existing field}}
{{Safe get|Main Page|tntres}}	tntres}}

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.

See also

• {{3rd Party Tool}}
• {{Block}}
• {{Entity}}
• {{Food}}
• {{Potion}}
• {{Gamemode}}
• {{Item}}
• {{Mod}}
• {{Person}}
• {{Program}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Block/doc. (edit | history)