This template provides a WCAG/ISO-standards-compliant accessible alternative to comma- or dash- (or other single character-) separated lists, per WP:FLATLIST and MOS:HLIST.
Lists output by {{Flatlist}} and {{Hlist}} are semantically and visually identical, and differ only in the wiki-markup used to create the lists.
{{flatlist}} starts a horizontal list, such as:
This template can be used with or without {{endflatlist}}. For navigation boxes using {{navbox}}, one can set |listclass=hlist, and achieve the same styling without using this template. For image captions, list (i.e. asterisk) markup does not work, so consider using {{hlist}} instead.
TemplateData for Endflatlist
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{"description": "Ends a flat list created by <span class="nowrap">{{</span>flatlist<span class="nowrap">}}</span>.","format": "inline","params": {}}{{flatlist|* [[cat]]* [[dog]]* [[horse]]* [[cow]]* [[sheep]]* [[pig]]}}produces:
{{startflatlist}}* [[cat]]* [[dog]]* [[horse]]* [[cow]]* [[sheep]]* [[pig]]{{endflatlist}}produces:
{{flatlist|# [[first]]# [[second]]# [[3|third]]# [[fourth]]# [[fifth]]# [[sixth]]}}produces:
{{flatlist |indent=2 |style=border:solid 1px silver; background:lightyellow; |class=nowraplinks |* [[Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics]]* [[Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics]]* [[Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics]]* [[Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics]]* [[Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics]]* [[Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics]]}}produces:
This template uses the .hlist CSS class defined in MediaWiki:Common.css to generate horizontal lists. It causes ordinary html list items to be displayed inline (horizontally), where they would normally display as block elements (vertically). The class also generates the interpuncts between list items and parentheses around nested lists. Some of the CSS used is not compatible with some older browsers, notably Internet Explorer 6 and 7.