Module:ColorText - Revision history

76561198061330722 at 10:28, 15 July 2026

2026-07-15T10:28:02Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:28, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	-- keep ~~the visible~~ text ~~safe~~, ~~but keep output inline (no paragraph markup)~~		-- keep content as plain text, and remove any possible hidden breaks/control chars
	local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)
			safeText = safeText:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ")
			safeText = safeText:gsub("[%z\1-\31]", "") -- strip other control chars
			safeText = mw.text.trim(safeText)

	~~-- Return a compact inline~~ string (~~no mw.html objects, no extra whitespace)~~		return string.format(
	~~local out =~~ '<span style="color:~~' .. color .. '~~ !important;">~~' .. safeText .. '~~</span>'		'<span style="color:%s !important;">%s</span>',
			color,
	~~return out~~		safeText
			)
	end		end

76561198061330722 at 10:19, 15 July 2026

2026-07-15T10:19:43Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:19, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	-- ~~prevent line breaks / whitespace from becoming~~ paragraph ~~separators~~		-- keep the visible text safe, but keep output inline (no paragraph markup)
	~~keyword = keyword:gsub("[\r\n]+", " "~~)

	local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)

	~~local span =~~ mw.html~~.create('span'~~)		-- Return a compact inline string (no mw.html objects, no extra whitespace)
	span:~~cssText(string~~.~~format(~~'~~color:%s~~ !important;'~~, color))~~		local out = '<span style="color:' .. color .. ' !important;">' .. safeText .. '</span>'
	span~~:wikitext(safeText)~~

	~~local s = tostring(span) -- make sure it's a string~~		return out
	~~s = s:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ") -- remove any newlines just in case~~
	~~s = s:match("^%s(.-)%s$") -- trim outer whitespace~~
	return s
	end		end

76561198061330722 at 10:16, 15 July 2026

2026-07-15T10:16:49Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:16, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	-- ~~nowiki the text but keep it inline~~/~~compact~~		-- prevent line breaks / whitespace from becoming paragraph separators
			keyword = keyword:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ")

	local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)

	local ~~out~~ = mw.html.create('span')		local span = mw.html.create('span')
	~~out~~:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))		span:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))
	~~out~~:wikitext(safeText)		span:wikitext(safeText)

	~~-- ensure the returned HTML contains no newlines/outer whitespace~~		local s = tostring(span) -- make sure it's a string
	local s = ~~out:tag~~('span')		s = s:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ") -- remove any newlines just in case
	s = s:gsub("[\r\n]+", " "):match("^%s(.-)%s$")		s = s:match("^%s(.-)%s$") -- trim outer whitespace
	return s		return s
	end		end

76561198061330722 at 10:15, 15 July 2026

2026-07-15T10:15:08Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:15, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	-- ~~prevent line breaks from causing paragraph behavior in tables~~		-- nowiki the text but keep it inline/compact
	~~keyword = keyword:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ")~~

	local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)

	local ~~span~~ = mw.html.create('span')		local out = mw.html.create('span')
	~~span~~:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))		out:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))
	~~span~~:wikitext(safeText)		out:wikitext(safeText)

	~~local out = tostring(span)~~
	~~out = out:match("^%s(.-)%s$")~~
	~~return out~~

			-- ensure the returned HTML contains no newlines/outer whitespace
			local s = out:tag('span')
			s = s:gsub("[\r\n]+", " "):match("^%s(.-)%s$")
			return s
	end		end

76561198061330722 at 10:08, 15 July 2026

2026-07-15T10:08:32Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:08, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

			-- prevent line breaks from causing paragraph behavior in tables
			keyword = keyword:gsub("[\r\n]+", " ")

	local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)
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	span:wikitext(safeText)		span:wikitext(safeText)

	~~return~~ tostring(span)		local out = tostring(span)
			out = out:match("^%s(.-)%s$")
			return out

	end		end

76561198061330722: Undo revision 7160 by 76561198061330722 (talk)

2026-07-15T09:41:52Z

Undo revision 7160 by 76561198061330722 (talk)

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:41, 15 July 2026
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	function p.main(frame)		function p.main(frame)
	local keyword = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")		local keyword = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if keyword == "" then		if keyword == "" then return "" end
	return ""
	end

	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	~~-- Create a span via MediaWiki's tag mechanism (more parser-safe than returning raw HTML)~~		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)
	~~return frame:extensionTag{~~
	~~name = 'span',~~		local span = mw.html.create('span')
	~~content~~ = mw.text.nowiki(keyword),		span:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))
	~~attributes = {~~		span:wikitext(safeText)
	~~style~~ = '~~color~~:' .. color ~~.. '~~ !important;'
	}		return tostring(span)
	}
	end		end

76561198061330722: attempt to remove invoking requirement and stop odd formatting when multiple calls are used on the same line

2026-07-15T09:39:18Z

attempt to remove invoking requirement and stop odd formatting when multiple calls are used on the same line

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:39, 15 July 2026
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	function p.main(frame)		function p.main(frame)
	local keyword = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")		local keyword = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if keyword == "" then return "" end		if keyword == "" then
			return ""
			end

	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"

	~~local safeText~~ = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)		-- Create a span via MediaWiki's tag mechanism (more parser-safe than returning raw HTML)
			return frame:extensionTag{
	~~local span~~ = mw.~~html~~.~~create('span')~~		name = 'span',
	~~span:cssText(string~~.~~format(~~'~~color:%s~~ !important;'~~, color))~~		content = mw.text.nowiki(keyword),
	~~span:wikitext(safeText)~~		attributes = {
			style = 'color:' .. color .. ' !important;'
	~~return tostring(span)~~		}
			}
	end		end

76561198061330722: use mw.html

2026-07-15T09:26:28Z

use mw.html

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:26, 15 July 2026
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	function p.main(frame)		function p.main(frame)
	local keyword = frame.args[1] or ""		local keyword = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	keyword = ~~mw.text.trim(keyword)~~		if keyword == "" then return "" end

	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"
	~~local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword) -- prevents extra parsing inside the span~~

	~~return~~ string.format(		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword)
	'~~<span style="~~color:%s !important;~~">%s</span>~~',
	color,		local span = mw.html.create('span')
	safeText		span:cssText(string.format('color:%s !important;', color))
	)		span:wikitext(safeText)

			return tostring(span)
	end		end

76561198061330722: better input/escape handling

2026-07-15T09:18:56Z

better input/escape handling

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:18, 15 July 2026
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	function p.main(frame)		function p.main(frame)
	local keyword = frame.args[1] or ""		local keyword = frame.args[1] or ""
			keyword = mw.text.trim(keyword)

	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"
	return string.format('<span style="color:%s !important;">%s</span>', color, ~~keyword~~)		local safeText = mw.text.nowiki(keyword) -- prevents extra parsing inside the span

			return string.format(
			'<span style="color:%s !important;">%s</span>',
			color,
			safeText
			)
	end		end

76561198061330722: add default routing to main function (drops the requirement to specify 'main' when invoking)

2026-07-15T09:13:10Z

add default routing to main function (drops the requirement to specify 'main' when invoking)

← Older revision		Revision as of 09:13, 15 July 2026
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	local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"		local color = colors[keyword:lower()] or "#888888"
	return string.format('<span style="color:%s !important;">%s</span>', color, keyword)		return string.format('<span style="color:%s !important;">%s</span>', color, keyword)
			end

			function p._default(frame)
			return p.main(frame)
	end		end

	return p		return p