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Use this template to add a Picture dictionary to an entry.

Usage (see four different ways to use this template below):

{{ picdic
| image=Solar_sys8.jpg
| detail1=

{{ picdicimg | image=Milky Way Galaxy.jpg | link=heavenly body |lang=en}}

| detail2=

{{ picdicimg | image=Celestia sun.jpg | link=Sun | altlink=The sun |lang=en}}

{{ picdicimg | image=Mercury in color - Prockter07 centered.jpg | link=Mercury |lang=en}}

}}

Parameters for this template:

image: Image that describes the entry.
detail1: Any content, in most cases clickable image(s) describing a hypernym.; A clickable image can be inserted by adding a line with template:picdicimg for each image.

Optional parameters

detail2
detail3
detail4: Any content, in most cases clickable images describing the hyponyms.; A clickable image can be inserted by adding a line with template:picdicimg for each image.; detail2, detail3 and detail4 are optional, in that case hyponyms should be described elsewhere.; Within parameters detail1, detail2, detail3 and detail4 the full wiki syntax can be used. The only restriction is the use of the | character in tables (and complex templates). That character should be replaced by the template {{!}}. For tables {|, |-, |, ||, |} etc. should be replaced by {{{!}}, {{!}}-, {{!}}, {{!}}{{!}}, {{!}}} etc. Alternatively the (X)HTML syntax for tables can be used like <table><tr><td> </td></tr></table>.
scrollable: Fill scrollable=yes to have a scroll bar at the bottom of the details
text: The name of the entry. The default value is the page name of the entry.
width: Maximum width of the image.; This parameter is optional, the default width is 310.
height: Maximum height of the image.; This parameter is optional, the default height is 310.
imagemap: This parameter is optional, and only to be used in case of an image map instead of other visual content describing the hyponyms.; The parameter imagemap cannot be used in combination with the parameter labels; To use image maps this parameter should be filled with a valid defintion of the imagemap areas.; The coordinates are the number of pixels from the upper-left-hand corner of the default size of the image, so are independent of the size shown on screen.; Example of this parameter:

imagemap=

circle 1035 572 13 [[Mercury]]

circle 860 483 234 [[Sun]]

A tutorial to use image maps can be found at Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2008-03-03.
labels: This parameter is optional, and only to be used in case of text labels to be inserted on the main image instead of other visual content describing the hyponyms.; The parameter labels cannot be used in combination with the parameter imagemap; The labels itself should be inserted by adding a line with template:picdiclabel for each label.; The coordinates are the number of pixels from the upper-left-hand corner of the visible size of the image, so are dependent of the size shown on screen. See the template for further info.; Examples of this parameter:

labels=

{{ picdiclabel | posx=214 | posy=119 | link=Mercury | style="text-align:right;" |lang=en}}

Examples

Four different ways to use Picture dictionary (using Template:picdic), Solar System examples with comparable links.

Picture dictionary with clickable images

Picture dictionary with legend and wikilinks

Picture dictionary with image map

Picture dictionary with labels

Legend (1):
1= The sun 2= Mercury 3= Venus 4= Earth 5= Moon 6= Mars 7= Jupiter 8= Saturn 9= Uranus 10= Neptune 11= comet 12= asteroid belt 13= orbit 14= terrestrial planets or inner planets 15= outer planets

Legend (2):
1= The sun
2= Mercury
3= etc

Legend (3, in table):
1= The sun 2= Mercury 3= Venus 4= Earth 5= Moon	6= Mars 7= Jupiter 8= Saturn 9= Uranus 10= Neptune	11= comet 12= asteroid belt 13= orbit 14= terrestrial planets or inner planets 15= outer planets