Template:Vertical header

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{{VerthTemplate:Verth}}
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Module:Vertical header (sandbox)

Regular column	Vertical value column	Thin gold column	Unsortable column
0	1	1	2
3	5	8	13
Regular column	Vertical value column	Thin gold column	Unsortable column

This is a template that helps create vertically oriented column headers in tables. It even works for sortable columns.

Although this template was made with table headers in mind, it can work with regular cells as well.

If the header cells have other attributes, for example, colspan or rowspan, there must be no vertical bar | between the attributes and the template call.

If your browser does not support CSS property writing-mode: vertical-rl that makes this template possible, it gracefully degrades to the default display of the table columns.

The |1= text can contain wikilinks ([[]]). You can escape the equals sign either by using {{=}} or by explicitly mentioning the |1= parameter. Styles may contain double quotes.

If you want to move or delete a column in the visual editor you will first need to change the vertical header to a regular header first. When done you can change it back.

Examples

! {{vert header|Your text here}} – basic example
! {{vert header|nb=1|Your text here}} – produces a no-bold, sortable header
! {{vert header|class=unsortable|va=top|Your text here}} – produces an unsortable, top-aligned table header
! colspan="2" {{vert header|cellstyle=background-color:gold;color:black;|Your text here}} – produces a header spanning two columns, with a gold background; use no vertical bar after colspan

You can also use the ! {{verth|Your text here}} shorthand.

An example below (from Help:Sortable tables) with headers that span rows or columns (using rowspan and colspan). Note that there is no vertical bar | between rowspan=2 and {{vert header...}}

name	data columns		another column
name	data	more data	another column
cats	273	53	1
dogs	65	8,492	2
mice	1,649	548	3

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2 {{vert header|name}}
! colspan=2 {{vert header|class=unsortable|data columns}}
! rowspan=2 {{vert header|another column}}
|-
! {{vert header|data}}
! {{vert header|more data}}
|-
| cats
| 273
| 53
| 1
|-
| dogs
| 65
| 8,492
| 2
|-
| mice
| 1,649
| 548
| 3
|}

Vertical headers combined with sticky table header

The example table below is adapted from a version of this article: List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers.

It illustrates how many columns can successfully be added to a table, and still be readable, even in a cell phone. It is important to make the sticky header less tall within cell phones. See {{sticky table start}}. This can be done by using the {{abbr}} template (shortening "Intelligence" to Intel in the vertical header). Also, one can eliminate a sticky header row ("Breakdown") by moving info to the caption. Narrow your browser window to see that the left column is also sticky. If using a 2-column vertical header ("Intel agencies" below) there must be at least one cell below it with a minimum of 3 characters. Otherwise the vertical text will move into an adjacent header cell in narrower screens or mobile. Single-column vertical headers only need a cell with one character to avoid this problem.

List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers. With breakdown by police, etc..
Location	Region	Killings	Police	Military	Intel agencies	Other	Population	Rate per 10 million	Year listed	Notes	Source
Venezuela	Americas	5,286					28,887,118	1829.9	2019		^[1]^[2]
El Salvador	Americas	1087					6,380,000	1703.8	2017		^[3]^[4]
Syria	Asia	1,497					18,270,000	819	2019	In the context of the Syrian civil war	^[5]
Philippines	Asia	6,069+					109,048,269	556.5	2016-2021	These are just the "Drug personalities who died in anti-drug operations" alone. Actual number is much higher.	^[6]
Nicaragua	Americas	325+					6,218,000	522.7	2018	Up to 535	^[7]
Jamaica	Americas	137	133	4	0	0	2,898,000	472.7	2018		^[8]
Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	46	46	0	0	0	1,354,000	339.7	2014		^[9]
Brazil	Americas	5,804					210,147,125	276.2	2019		^[10]
Bahamas	Americas	11	11	0	0	0	399,285	275.7	2018		^[11]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	2	2	0	0	0	110,211	181.8	2018		^[12]
Afghanistan	Asia	606	49	267	234	56	35,530,000	170.5	2018		^[13]
Guyana	Americas	12+	12	0	0	0	787,076	152.5	2018		^[14]^[15] ^[16]^[17] ^[18]
Dominican Republic	Americas	142	134	5	0	3	10,770,000	131.8	2017		^[19]
South Africa	Africa	436					56,720,000	76.9	2017/8		^[20]
Central African Republic	Africa	30+	30+				4,659,000	64.4	2015/6	18 documented executions with credible information about 12 other cases	^[21]
Lesotho	Africa	19					2,233,000	63.8	2017/8	Data from 16 months, rate divided accordingly.	^[22]
Burkina Faso	Africa	116					19,190,000	60.4	2018/9	From September 2018 to February 2019	^[23]
Saint Lucia	Americas	1	1	0	0	0	178,844	56.2	2019		^[24]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	389					81,340,000	47.8	2018		^[25]
Iraq	Asia	176+					39,309,783	45.1	2019		^[26]^[27]
Nigeria	Africa	841					190,900,000	44.0	2018		^[28]
Kenya	Africa	222					50,950,879	43.5	2018		^[29]
Honduras	Americas	37					9,158,345	40.4	2019		^[30]
Iran	Asia	304+					83,372,584	36.6	2019	Low estimate, real figure is likely to be higher	^[31]
Burundi	Africa	39	10	1	2	26	10,860,000	35.9	2018	Data from 8 months, rate multiplied accordingly.	^[32]
Uruguay	Americas	67					3,469,551	35.1	2014-2019	Data for 66 months, rate adjusted accordingly.	^[33]
Angola	Africa	100+					28,810,000	34.7	2016	Data from capital city only.	^[34]
Colombia	Americas	169	97	72	0	0	49,070,000	34.1	2017		^[35]
United States	Americas	1,096	1,096				331,449,281	33.1	2022	Data compiled by The Washington Post. See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States	^[36]
Mali	Africa	60+					18,540,000	32.3	2018		^[37]
Sudan	Africa	138+					43,110,000	32.1	2019		^[38]
Rwanda	Africa	37+					11,920,000	31.0	2016/7		^[39]
Mexico	Americas	371	145	170	0	56	124,041,731	30.0	2017		^[35]
Bangladesh	Asia	466					164,700,000	28.3	2018		^[40]
Pakistan	Asia	495					197,000,000	25.2	2017		^[41]
Eswatini	Africa	3+					1,357,161	22.1	2019		^[42]
Argentina	Americas	95					44,270,000	21.6	2019		^[43]
Egypt	Africa	212					97,550,000	21.2	2018	Counted using graph	^[44]
Malta	Europe	1	0	1	0	0	493,559	20.0	2019		^[45]
Canada	Americas	69					37,060,000	18.6	2022	See also: List of killings by law enforcement officers in Canada	^[46]
Luxembourg	Europe	1	1	0	0	0	590,321	16.9	2018		^[47]

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