Template:PDFCite
This template adds rows to the table "PDFCite", which is declared by the template PDFCite Table. View table.
Inserts a link to the PDF file and ensures the highlighting of the provided citation on the given page.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| URL to the PDF file | file | A fully qualified URL to the PDF file. 
  | 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. 
  | 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). 
  | 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 0–6.45% across the 38 schools.
- Local PDF
 
If the URL belongs to the current wiki domain, the external icon will not be printed:
In 44 countries, we found evidence of a government agency using computational propaganda to shape public attitudes.
- Visual mode
 
If you use VisualEditor, you can insert the template interactively (Insert → Template → PDFCite) and fill parameters in a form.
- Error handling