This template displays the numeric composition of a thing in terms of its sub-units. For example, it is frequently used as part of {{Infobox political party}} to show the number of seats a given political party holds in a legislature. A single line, flexible width version of this template is available at Template:Composition bar compact.

Usage

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{{Composition bar|amount|total|bar-color|options...}}
amount
The first parameter is the number of sub-units.
total
The second parameter is the total number of sub-units possible.
bar-color
(default is light grey) The third parameter is the background color of the left part of the bar - a valid web color, which can be specified by name, as a hex triplet (#rrbbgg), or rgb triplet (rgb(0–255,0–255,0–255)).
In the case of political parties, most will have their logo color available in #F8F9FA templates.

Additional display options:

background-color=...
(default is transparent) is the background color of the right part of the bar - a valid web color.
border=...
(default is medium grey) is the color of the border, or "none" for no border
width=...
(default is 100px) a width value for the bar, such as "100%" or "8em" (unitless numbers are interpreted as px)
per=...
(default is false), when set to any value (true), adds a percentage to the bar as well
ref=...
(default is blank), may be used to add a reference/citation for the numbers.

Examples

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Code Result
{{Composition bar|50|100|red}}
50 / 100
{{Composition bar|50|100|red|background-color=#DDD|border=none}}
50 / 100
{{Composition bar|50|100|#99F|width=85%}}
50 / 100
{{Composition bar|50|100|{{party color|Green Party (UK)}}}}
50 / 100
{{Composition bar|50|100|rgb(255,255,16)}}
50 / 100
{{Composition bar|75|100|#FF0}}
75 / 100
{{Composition bar|40|100|#F00|per=1}}
40 / 100 (40%)
{{Composition bar|90|100|#F0F0F0|per=1|background-color=#F00}}
90 / 100 (90%)
{{Composition bar|90|100|#F0C|per=1}}
90 / 100 (90%)
{{Composition bar|0|26|hex=#00BFFF|per=1}}
0 / 26 (0%)

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Composition bar

A composition bar.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

The number of sub-units.

Linerequired
22

The total number of sub-units possible.

Linerequired
33 hex

The background color of the left part of the bar - a valid web color, which can be specified by name, as a hex triplet (#rrbbgg), or rgb triplet (rgb(0–255,0–255,0–255)). In the case of political parties, most will have their logo color available in {{party color|political party}} templates.

Default
#CCCCCC
Lineoptional
Background colorbackground-color

The background color of the right part of the bar - a valid web color.

Default
transparent
Lineoptional
Border colorborder border-color

The color of the border, or 'none' for no border

Default
#AAAAAA
Lineoptional
Widthwidth

The width of the bar with units, such as 100% or 10em (unitless numbers are interpreted as px)

Default
100px
Lineoptional
Show percentper

When set to 1 (true), adds a percentage to the bar as well

Default
0
Lineoptional

See also

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