Template:Spaces/doc

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 Text
Hair (Very thin)	→ ←	Text{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces|hair}}<ref>...</ref>	Text  Text	Text  Text
2-pixel	→‍←	Text{{px2}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{px2}}<ref>...</ref>		Text‍ Text‍
Narrow no-break	→ ←	Text{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref>		Text  Text
Thin	→ ←	Text{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces|thin}}<ref>...</ref>	Text  Text	Text  Text
Standard	→ ←	Text&nbsp;<ref>...</ref> ''Text''&nbsp;<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces}}<ref>...</ref>	Text	Text  Text
En	→ ←	1&ensp;3	1{{spaces|en}}3	1 3	1 3
Figure	→ ←	123<br/>1&numsp;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

Template data

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TemplateData for Spaces

Inserts one or more non-breaking spaces

Template parameters

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

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