Template:Diagonal split header

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Usage

This template simulates a table header cell split diagonally, a device often used to compactly label headers of rows and columns, as in this example:

To From  ! Solid	Liquid	Gas
Solid	Solid-solid transformation	Melting	Sublimation
Liquid	Freezing	—	Boiling/evaporation
Gas	Deposition	Condensation	—

To use it, create a header cell using ! followed by {{diagonal split header|NATURE-OF-ROW-HEADERS|NATURE-OF-COLUMN-HEADERS|COLOR-OF-ROW-HEADERS|COLOR-OF-COLUMN-HEADERS}}.

As the effect is achieved by drawing a diagonal line across the cell, the two headers are still part of the same cell and can easily overrun the line. A remedy is to pad the headers with non-breaking spaces ( ), line breaks (<br />), and/or CSS (escape = signs as {{=}}). The template user is responsible for checking that it does not overrun on common Web browsers.

Background colour and non-header cells

A third and fourth parameter can be added to change the background colour from the standard header cell colour. Changing it to transparent (or another colour such as white, or #ffffff) lets the template be applied to non-header cells.

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