Template talk:Navbox timeline

On 10 June 2022, it was proposed that this page be moved from Template:Timeline to Template:Navbox timeline. The result of the discussion was moved.

Months (and days)?

Is there a way to implement months or days in the timeline? Even without labels, or if we had to use decimals, the ability to have an item end halfway through a year would be amazing. — HTGS (talk) 07:07, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It would be great to have centuries and decades with the ability to turn years off. We would get far greater timespans in a standard window width and vast array of possible use cases. Now the maximum is at around 80 years, and the view gets a bit cluttered with the all the years visible. Still a great template. -- Rakkaus-muki-2 (talk) 15:53, 17 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 10 June 2022

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. Base name will be converted into a template disambiguation page. (closed by non-admin page mover) 🐶 EpicPupper ^{(he/him | talk)} 17:50, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

– This is not the only or main timeline template; there are several other generic templates for different kinds of timeline for use in different context, such as Template:Sidebar timeline to create a sidebar; this one creates a navbox. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 19:33, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, have to agree, this is probably not the right name for this template. --Izno (talk) 20:15, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. Sensible move. — HTGS (talk) 20:55, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support, this is a more accurate name. Thingofme (talk) 10:29, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support per reasons listed by nominator. Paintspot Infez (talk) 22:44, 11 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support with making the base name a {{Template disambiguation}} page per nom. After moving the page, the previous name should not be a redirect but should be a disambiguion page. Gonnym (talk) 13:45, 12 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Limited to just a few decades

This template is limited to just a few decades, depending on the viewer's skin and whether images are used at left and right. It would be helpful to remove the individual years and just show decades. See {{Skorenovac}} for an example. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dark mode

It seems that this template is VERY incompatible with dark mode. Does anyone have input on how this template should look in dark mode ? —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 12:48, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a few compatibility changes to try to make the template work better with dark mode, but it hasn't changed much, as far as I can see. I used the unsophisticated "color:inherit"; something CSS-related that checks the background may work better. One possible problem is at Module:Navbox/styles.css, where the background is set to "transparent". This setting goes against the recommendations at the MediaWiki dark mode site; I have removed it from many templates to improve dark mode compatibility. Another possible problem that I haven't tracked down is

background: inherit !important;
color: inherit !important;

which are being applied to the bold title cells on the left. I haven't tracked down why that happens. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]