Template:TOC left

{{TOC left}} forces the auto-generated "Table of Contents" for a page to appear in a table that is floated to the left side of the page (as seen left), in order to improve page layout.

Usage

Insert {{TOC left}} at the point in the page where you want the top of the Table of Contents box to appear. Use with {{-}} or {{clear}} to prevent collision with text; use the clear parameter (see below) to prevent collision with images.

Parameters (optional)

clear

Sets the CSS clear property, which forces this float underneath the side specified with this attribute. So, clear=left (which is the default) will place the element after all the right floating elements before it. Options are left, right, both, or none.

width

Set the CSS width.

limit

Limits the depth of subheadings shown. For instance using limit=4 will hide the fourth level and deeper subheadings in the hierarchy. And limit=2 will hide all subheadings leaving only the main headings. This is implemented as a CSS class in the MediaWiki:Common.css.

• Avoid placing the TOC in a visually poor location. Crossing a section division is probably a poor idea.
• If the TOC is floated left of a bulleted list, the bullets will be hidden.

See also

• {{TOC right}}