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This template provides a [[Web Content Accessibility Guidelines|WCAG]]/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code> separated lists, per [[WP:UBLIST]] and [[WP:PLIST]]

== Usage ==
{{tl|plainlist}} starts a plain (i.e. unbulleted) list, such as:

{{plainlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}

It uses proper HTML list markup, which is more standards-compliant and more accessible than separating list items with {{tag|br|s}}. Detailed reasons for using this template can be found at [[WP:UBLIST]].

This template can be used with or without {{tl|endplainlist}}. It is an alternative to {{tl|unbulleted list}}, which performs the same function in a more concise but less wiki-style manner. Note that {{tl|unbulleted list}} will work inside image captions, whereas {{tl|plainlist}} does not.

== Examples ==
{{Markup
|<nowiki>
{{plainlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}
</nowiki>
|
{{plainlist|
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
}}
}}

=== Alternative syntax ===
{{Markup
|<nowiki>
{{plainlist}}
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
{{endplainlist}}
</nowiki>
|
{{plainlist}}
* [[cat]]
* [[dog]]
* [[horse]]
* [[cow]]
* [[sheep]]
* [[pig]]
{{endplainlist}}
}}

== Parameters ==
{{Format TemplateData|JSON= {
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "List content",
			"description": "If supplied, the list, as a normal bulleted list. (Every line should start with an asterisk. No blank lines between lines.) See template page for how this works otherwise.",
			"type": "content",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"class": {
			"label": "CSS classes",
			"description": "Adds a CSS class to the containing div.",
			"type": "string",
			"default": "The class \"plainlist\" is always applied."
		},
		"style": {
			"label": "Custom CSS",
			"description": "Adds CSS style options. Complex styles should not be used in articles (per [[WP:Deviations]]) but may be acceptable on user, project, and talk pages.",
		    "type": "string",
            "example": "border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow"
		},
		"indent": {
			"label": "Indent level",
            "description": "Indents the list by a number of standard indents (one indent being 1.6em), particularly handy for inclusion in an indented discussion thread.",
			"type": "number",
            "example": "2"
		}
	},
	"description": "This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to &lt;br /&gt; separated lists, per [[WP:UBLIST]] and [[WP:PLIST]]. It uses proper HTML list markup, which is more standards-compliant and more accessible than separating list items with &lt;br /&gt;. Detailed reasons for using this template can be found at WP:UBLIST."
} }}

=== Controlling line-breaking ===
Template {{tlx|nbsp}} may be used with {{tlx|wbr}} and {{tlx|nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See [[Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes]] for details.

== Technical details ==
{{tl|Plainlist}} works by constructing a [[span and div|div]] with the [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] class "plainlist" which has the following style (see [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]):
<syntaxhighlight lang="css">
.plainlist ul {
    line-height: inherit;
    list-style: none none;
    margin: 0;
}
.plainlist ul li {
    margin-bottom: 0;
}
</syntaxhighlight>

{| class="wikitable"
! Wikitext
! Expanded template
! HTML
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| class="nowrap" | <pre>
{{Plainlist|
* Example 1
* Example 2
* Example 3
}}
</pre>
| class="nowrap" | {{nowiki2|tag=pre|
{{Plainlist|
* Example 1
* Example 2
* Example 3
}}
}}
| <syntaxhighlight lang="html">
<div class="plainlist">
<ul>
<li>Example 1</li>
<li>Example 2</li>
<li>Example 3</li>
</ul>
</div>
</syntaxhighlight>
|}

== Redirects ==
* {{tl|Startplainlist}}

== See also ==
* {{tl|unbulleted list}} – essentially the same but uses <code><nowiki>| ... | ... | ...</nowiki></code> instead of <code><nowiki>|* ... * ... * ...</nowiki></code>
* {{tl|flatlist}} and {{tl|hlist}} (replacements for comma- or dash-separated lists)
* {{tl|bulleted list}}
* {{tl|Indented plainlist}}
* {{tl|ordered list}}
* {{section link|Template:Infobox person#Inline lists}} for more information on creating lists within the Infobox family of templates, with examples in the following {{section link|Template:Infobox person#Examples|nopage=y}} 
{{navbox lists}}
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