Template:Space
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A template used to insert one or more non-breaking spaces ( ) to prevent automatic line breaks at specific points in the text. This is useful for keeping elements such as numbers and units together.
Usage
Syntax
Template:Larger produces N consecutive non-breaking spaces (where N is a whole number larger than zero) of the type specified by the second parameter (which are ordered by decreasing space width): em, fig, en, thin, hair. If type is not specified, N non-breaking spaces ( ) are produced. A non-breaking space has the same width as a standard space, whose width is between the width of en and thin.
Template:Larger produces a single non-breaking space of the type indicated.
Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes
This template, usually as its alias {{nbsp}}, may be used with {{wbr}} and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists in infoboxes, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.
Comparisons
Template data
TemplateData for Space
Inserts one or more non-breaking spaces
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantity | 1 | How many non-breaking spaces to insert
| Number | optional |
| Type | 2 | Non-default types (in decreasing order of width): em, fig, en, thin, hair
| String | optional |
See also
- Template:Non breaking hyphen
- Help:Advanced text formatting
- {{0}} to add invisible characters
- {{block indent}} to indent an entire block of content, similar to a block quotation (uses
<div>and CSS margins) - {{nowrap|item}} to stop the linewrapping of any part of item