Template:Spaces

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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

{{spaces|N|type}} 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.

{{spaces|type}} 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

Name (alias)	`→`Instance`←`	Example code and ...	Using {{spaces}}	Output	Output {{spaces}}
none	`→←`	`Text<ref>...</ref>` `''Text''<ref>...</ref>`		Text^[1] Text^[2]
Hair (Very thin)	`→` `←`	`Text{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref>` `''Text''{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref>`	`Text{{spaces\|hair}}<ref>...</ref>`	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
2-pixel	`→`‍`←`	`Text{{px2}}<ref>...</ref>` `''Text''{{px2}}<ref>...</ref>`		Text‍^[1] Text‍^[2]
Narrow no-break	`→` `←`	`Text{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref>` `''Text''{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref>`		Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
Thin	`→` `←`	`Text{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref>` `''Text''{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref>`	`Text{{spaces\|thin}}<ref>...</ref>`	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
Standard^[a]	`→` `←`	`Text <ref>...</ref>` `''Text'' <ref>...</ref>`	`Text{{spaces}}<ref>...</ref>`	Text ^[1]	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
En	`→` `←`	`1&ensp;3`	`1{{spaces\|en}}3`	1 3	1 3
Figure	`→` `←`	`123<br/>1{{figure space}}3`	`123<br/>1{{spaces\|fig}}3`	123 1 3	123 1 3
Em	`→` `←`	`1&emsp;3`	`1{{spaces\|em}}3`	1 3	1 3

^ Provided here by a non-breaking space ( ).

Template data

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TemplateData for Spaces

Inserts one or more non-breaking spaces

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Quantity	`1`	How many non-breaking spaces to insert Default 1	Number	optional
Type	`2`	Non-default types (in decreasing order of width): em, fig, en, thin, hair Suggested values `em` `fig` `en` `nbsp` `thin` `hair` Default	String	optional

v t e Inline spacing templates
Non-breaking space characters	{{figure space}} {{hair space}} {{narrow no-break space}} {{five non-breaking spaces}} {{ns}} {{quad}} {{spaces}} {{thin space}} {{word joiner}} {{zero width joiner}}
Breaking space characters	{{sp}} {{zero width space}}
Non-character spaces	{{gaps}} {{indent 5}} {{indent}} {{pad}} {{two pixel space}}