caption: macrocall
created: 20131024141900000
modified: 20220909111836951
tags: Widgets
title: MacroCallWidget
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

<<.from-version "5.3.0">> The <<.wlink MacroCallWidget>> widget is now deprecated. While it will continue to work, users are advised to use the <<.wlink TranscludeWidget>> widget, converting the `$name` attribute to `$variable`.

For example,

```
<$macrocall $name="my-macro" my-parameter="Elephant"/>
```

should be changed to:

```
<$transclude $variable="my-macro" my-parameter="Elephant"/>
```

Internally, the <<.wlink MacroCallWidget>> widget is implemented via the <<.wlink TranscludeWidget>> widget.

! Content and Attributes

The content of the <<.wlink MacroCallWidget>> widget is ignored.

|!Attribute |!Description |
|$name |Name of the macro to invoke |
|$type |ContentType with which the macro text should be parsed (defaults to `text/vnd.tiddlywiki`) |
|$output |ContentType for the output rendering (defaults to `text/html`, can also be `text/plain` or `text/raw`) |
|//parameters// |Macro parameters specified as attributes |