Help:Inline queries/Configuring labels or table headers

Subpages of the main Help page: **3.4 /Configuring labels or table headers **3.5 /Changing the first result column
 * 1 /Introduction to "hash"ask
 * 2 /The "hash"show parser function
 * 3 /Standard parameters for inline queries
 * 3.1 /Result limits and links to further results
 * 3.2 /Introduction and default text
 * 3.3 /Sorting results
 * 4 /Result formats
 * 5 /Exporting query results: RSS, etc.
 * 6 /Using templates for custom formatting

Queries that return more than just the selected articles (e.g. the population in the above example) will display labels that describe the various output fields. By default, the label just displays the name of the requested property, or the text «Category» if categories are displayed. Labels for properties normally display as a link to the respective pages in the Property: namespace.

In the table format, the labels appear as column headers. In other formats, the labels might appear right before the output fields. The texts used for these labels can be controlled as explained in Help:Displaying information, using the equality symbol after printouts. Example:

This query will produce:

It is possible to use empty printout labels to have no label for a result column at all. In tables, however, the table header will still be shown even if all printouts use empty labels. To remove the header of a table completely, the parameter headers can be used. Two values are possible:


 * show: display labels (default)
 * hide: hide all labels and table headers

This setting works for tables as well as for other outputs. In the latter case, the value hide will hide all printout labels, even if they have a non-empty label set in the query.