This subtemplate of Template:NavPeriodicTable generates the rectangular entries (cells) for each element in the navigational periodic table.

{{NavPeriodicTable/Elementcell
 | number=94
 | name=Plutonium
 | category=
 | symbol=Pu <!-- note: symbol is not used -->
}}
number
The (integer) atomic number of the element, in plain text.
name
Provide the name of the element in plain text.
category

This is the chemical series description. It recognises input from a limited list, see below. This input is used to set the background color, and is shown in the tooltip for each cell. The word unknown is recognised (showing a grey background), When the category= input is not recognised (not in this list), it will return a black cell.

The input is case-insensitive (A=a).

| actinoid
| alkaline metal
| alkaline metal (predicted)
| alkaline earth metal
| alkaline earth metal (predicted)
| eka-superactinide
| eka-superactinide (predicted)
| noble gas
| noble gas (predicted)
| halogen
| halogen (predicted)
| metalloid
| metalloid (predicted)
| lanthanoid
| other non-metal
| other non-metal (predicted)
| post-transition metal
| post-transition metal (predicted)
| superactinide
| superactinide (predicted)
| transition metal
| transition metal (predicted)
| unknown <!-- note: "unknown" is recognised (defined) separately from default -->
| #default <!-- note: input not recognised, so probably an error-situation, will return a black bg color -->
symbol
|symbol== is not used.