Wikipedia:Template index/Compact tables of contents

This page lists ways to create several kinds of compact tables of contents (TOC). Please note that a normal compact TOC will not work when put on Category pages; this page contains a separate section instructing you how to put a compact TOC on Category pages.

Non-category pages

These should work on pages whose title does not begin with "Category:".

Alphabetical lists

What to type	What it makes	Notes
{{CompactTOC8}} Talk	See template page for numerous examples. This highly customizable template can replace most other templates listed below, which are in the process of being switched over to its code.
{{AlphanumericTOC}} Talk	Variable, see template page for examples
{{CompactTOCprefix|prefix=!}} Talk		Similar to the above, includes the prefix in the links: designed for use with pages such as List of acronyms and initialisms: A.
{{TOC US states|before=|after=[[#Other section|Other section]]|noendlinks=}} Talk		Use before= or after= to manually create links to other sections on the page. If after is left blank, links to [[#See also]], [[#References]] and [[#External links]] may also be generated using optional parameters.

Category pages

Use one of these on pages whose title begins with "Category:".

Alphabetical lists

What to type	What it makes
{{Category TOC}} Talk
{{Category TOC lower case}} Talk
{{Category A-Z TOC}} Talk
{{Category year TOC}} Talk

{{Large category TOC}}

Numeric lists

What to type	What it makes
{{Category TOC numeric}} Talk
{{Category IP TOC}} Talk