Template:PDFCite/doc

Inserts a link to the PDF file and ensures the highlighting of the provided citation on the given page.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL to the PDF file	file	A fully qualified URL to the PDF file. Example https://domain.tld/filename.pdf	URL	required
Text of citation	citation	The cited passage in plain text.	String	required
Page number	page	A number of page in the PDF file that contains the cited passage.	Number	required
Highlight color	color	The hex color code without a leading hash. Example FFEEDD	String	optional
Link text	text	It will become a clickable text or html element. If you want to display the citation text on the wiki page, type 'quote' here (without quotes). Default PDF	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
Tooltip text	tooltip	Text shown on hovering over the link. If not provided, the URL of the PDF file will be shown.	String	optional

Code

{{PDFCite
|file=
|citation=
|page=
|text=
|color=
}}

Example

{{PDFCite
|file=https://wikivisor.com/w/images/3/34/Peer_adult_network_structure_and_suicide_attempts_in_38_high_schools.pdf
|citation=(b) Mean number of friends named, and (c) Mean coreness. Table 1 describes school-level variables and each school’s network structure relative to all others (e.g., percent isolates ranged 0–6.45% across the 38 schools)
|page=3
|color=33eeff
}}

Result

Quote mode

(b) Mean number of friends named, and (c) Mean coreness. Table 1 describes school-level variables and each school’s network structure relative to all others (e.g., percent isolates ranged 0–6.45% across the 38 schools)

Inline usage

Table 1 describes school-level percent isolates ranged

across the 38 schools.

Local PDF (fake example)

If the URL belongs to the current wiki domain, the external icon will not be printed:

Visual mode

If you use VisualEditor, you can insert the template interactively (Insert → Template → PDFCite) and fill parameters in a form.