Module:Calendar widget/doc

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Usage

{{#invoke:Calendar widget|calendar}}

Parameters

Calendar parameters

• |year= – specifies the year to be used when creating a monthly or yearly calendar; when omitted uses current year
• |month= – specifies the month to be used when creating an individual month calendar in the year specified by |year=; accepts a variety values:

  numbers 1 to 12 – defaults to current month when month number is out of range

  month names (January, March, etc) – defaults to current month when month name is not recognized

  keywords:

  current – display the current month

  last – display the month that occurs before the current month

  next – display the month that occurs after the current month

• |iso= – accepts the single value yes; calendar renders in ISO week format (Monday through Sunday); not needed if |iso-wk= set
• |iso-wk= – accepts the single value yes; calendar renders in ISO week format (Monday through Sunday) with ISO week number in the left column; setting |iso-wk=yes automatically sets |iso=yes

Styling parameters

• |float= – position the rendered calendar; default position is at the left page margin:

  center – middle of the page

  right – at the right page margin

• |hide_year= – accepts the single value yes; suppresses display of year in calendar headers; alias |show_year=off
• |show-today= – accepts the single value yes; highlights the current date in the current-month calendar
• |today_color= – set the highlight color used by |show-today=; alias: |today_colour=
• |title_color= – set background color for the month title bar; overrides |color=; alias: |title_colour=
• |week_color= – set background color for the day-abbreviations title bar; overrides |color=; alias: |week_colour=
• |color= – shorthand for both |title_color= and |week_color=; |color= yields to |title_color= and |week_color=; alias: |colour=
• |wknum_color= – set background color for ISO week numbers; alias: |wknum_colour=

Linking parameters

• |lk= – various date component linking options:

  d – link days in calendar to calendar day of calendar month – [[June 7]]

  m – link month in calendar header to month article – [[June]] 2019

  y – link year in calendar header to year article – June [[2025]]

  dm – link to days and month

  dy – link to days and year

  my – link to month and year

  yes – link all date components

Link prefixes and suffixes

• |lk_pref_d= – prefix for day links
• |lk_pref_m= – prefix for month links
• |lk_suff_d= – suffix for day links
• |lk_suff_m= – suffix for month links
• |prevnext= – individual month calendars only; accepts the single value yes; adds generic << and >> links to month header linked to the preceding and next month articles
• |lk_pref_mprev= – individual month calendars only; prefix for previous-month link
• |lk_suff_mprev= – individual month calendars only; suffix for previous-month link
• |lk_pref_mnext= – individual month calendars only; prefix for next-month link
• |lk_suff_mnext= – individual month calendars only; suffix for next-month link

Examples

if the current page and section is [[An example page#May]] and there is a May calendar there, to offer links to the previous month (April) and next month (June) sections set:

|k_pref_mprev=# – creates link to [[An example page#April]]

|k_pref_mnext=# – creates link to [[An example page#June]]

if the current page is a subpage [[An example page/May]] and there is a May calendar there, to offer links to the previous month and next month subpages set:

|k_pref_mprev=../ – creates link to [[An example page/April]]

|k_pref_mnext=../ – creates link to [[An example page/June]]

in ../, .. is the parent ([[An example page]]) and / is the required path separator; see Uniform Resource Identifier