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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 (&nbsp;) are produced. A non-breaking space has the same width as a standard space, whose width is between the width of en and thin.

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:Space comparison

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Spaces in articles based on its TemplateData.

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

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 A template used to insert one or more non-breaking spaces (<code>&amp;nbsp;</code>) to prevent automatic line breaks at specific points in the text. This is useful for keeping elements such as numbers and units together.
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 == Usage ==
 === Syntax ===
-{{larger|<code><nowiki>{{spaces|</nowiki>''N''{{!}}''type''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>}} 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): <code>em</code>, <code>fig</code>, <code>en</code>, <code>thin</code>, <code>hair</code>. If type is not specified, ''N'' non-breaking spaces (<syntaxhighlight inline lang=xml>&nbsp;</syntaxhighlight>) are produced. A non-breaking space has the same width as a standard space, whose width is between the width of <code>en</code> and <code>thin</code>.
+ 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): <code>em</code>, <code>fig</code>, <code>en</code>, <code>thin</code>, <code>hair</code>. If type is not specified, ''N'' non-breaking spaces (<syntaxhighlight inline lang=xml>&nbsp;</syntaxhighlight>) are produced. A non-breaking space has the same width as a standard space, whose width is between the width of <code>en</code> and <code>thin</code>.
-{{larger|<code><nowiki>{{spaces|</nowiki>''type''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>}} produces a single non-breaking space of the type indicated.
+ 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 {{tlx|wbr}} and {{tlx|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.
+This template, usually as its alias, may be used with  and {{tlx|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==