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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.
A template to produce one or more non-breaking spaces ( character entities), or another type of spaces.
Usage
Syntax
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 ofenandthin.
produces a single non-breaking space of the type indicated.
Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes
This template, usually as its alias, may be used with 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 Spaces
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 |