Template talk:Clear

Why the ?

Missing closing tag. Oh, and why the {{void}}? (And why its use everywhere else? It seems pretty pointless to me.) - GP _talk 15:50, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

the ifeq condition is broken up like this:

1. if {{{1}}} = (i.e. nothing)

then, output "both"

else, output the value of {{{1}}}

As for it's use, it clears out all the neiboring content in the cell or div. To the left, if 1 equal to "left"; to the right; if 1 equal to "right"; and both directions if 1 is undefined, blank or equal to "both".

Tacopill (Talk) 16:15, 5 March 2011 (UTC).

Yes, I know how #if and the HTML clear attribute work, but what do they have to do with the use of template:void here? - GP _talk

My guess would be, to capture all the possible null values that could go in {{{1}}}, which maybe an improvement over #if: (without eq). I'm not sure on this, however, since i didn't design it. I brought it over from Lylat Wiki, and the person who brought or created it there isn't currently active, there or here. Tacopill (Talk) 05:26, 6 March 2011 (UTC).

No, what I'm saying is, why use template:void, when it has absolutely nothing in it to transclude, and removing it would give exactly the same effect? - GP _talk

As i've said... I don't know. To me,

{{#if:{{{1}}}|{{void}}|....|....}}

seems more complete, than,

{{#if:{{{1}}}||....|....}}

Even if it doesn't do so functionality. Then again, it might just be my currently-undiagnosed OCD....or my perfectionism....or some other bizzare reason.

Anyway, if it's really important... you can remove it. Or request that i remove it, if you can't.

Tacopill (Talk) 21:15, 6 March 2011 (UTC).

No, I was just wondering if there was a reason. It's a pretty crazy thing. - GP _talk 21:39, 6 March 2011 (UTC)

Ah. Ok. Sorry for dragging it out..... And, i would like to know the reason as well. :). Tacopill (Talk) 00:25, 9 March 2011 (UTC).