Template talk:Left margin

Issues with Parser?
I just wanted to point out a couple issues I've come across while trying to use this template. First, note below that I have five examples of nearly the same code, labeled 1 through 5. Some don't appear. 3 and 4 not only don't appear, but there are no closing div tags so you get nested margins. It seems that the equals sign in defining the parameter of the link is messing with the template. It seems to be a parser bug as the code is completely correct. For now, I'll get around this by using CSS directly. Examples with code are below.

1. French title, without using the template, with a link.

Gatti, sur les Préjugés qui s'opposent au progrès et a la perfection de l'inoculation. p. 88.

2. French title, using the template, but without a link.

3. French title, using the template, with a link.

4. One word title, using the template, with a link

5. French title, using the template, with a link that has the parameter (id=HIggjtyUwKkC) removed.

6.French title, using the template, with a link that has the parameter definition (=HIggjtyUwKkC) removed.

1. French title, without using the template, with a link.

Gatti, sur les Préjugés qui s'opposent au progrès et a la perfection de l'inoculation. p. 88.

2. French title, using the template, but without a link.

3. French title, using the template, with a link.

4. One word title, using the template, with a link

5. French title, using the template, with a link that has the parameter (id=HIggjtyUwKkC) removed.

6.French title, using the template, with a link that has the parameter definition (=HIggjtyUwKkC) removed.

The Haz talk 19:02, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Shrink wrapping
Does it make sense to add "display: inline-block;" to the style so that the div "shrink-wraps" and then templates like center will work within the div, rather than across the whole page:

dsdfsfdsdfsfdfsv sfs fs fssdfsfsf fsdfsdf sfsdfsv sfs fs fssdfsfsf fsdfsdf

dsdfsfdsdfsfdfsv sfs fs fssdfsfsf fsdfsdf sfsdfsv sfs fs fssdfsfsf fsdfsdf

Currently the title ends up in the middle of the whole page, miles from the contents, unless it's very long. Inductiveload— talk/contribs  17:39, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

Categories for left margin?
Can you tell me why we have the two tracking categories? Are they still useful for us? — billinghurst  sDrewth  21:42, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
 * G'day mate. No idea, sorry. They were introduced by with no edit summary in [//en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Left_margin&diff=prev&oldid=9428402 this diff]. Hesperian 00:14, 18 July 2019 (UTC)


 * These were added as tracking categories so that I had some idea of how many pages needed to be re-examined if the template was updated to have simplified logic, when eliminating Linter flagged concerns. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 07:54, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

Left margin vs. Left
Can anyone please explain the difference between this template Left margin and the Template:Left. And, second question, can this template Left margin be used when the text is spread over more than one page? Thanks, --Dick Bos (talk) 15:05, 30 October 2019 (UTC)