Template:Spaces
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A template to produce one or more non-breaking spaces ( character entities).
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.
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 |
See also
- Help:Advanced text formatting
- {{pad}} to add inline spacing in units of px, em or ex
- {{0}} to add invisible characters
- {{nowrap|item}} to stop the linewrapping of any part of item
- {{nb5}} to insert five non-breaking spaces
- {{indent}} indents by a specified number of spaces (with leading newline)
- {{in5}} indents by five or a specified number of spaces (with no leading newline)
- {{block indent}}, to indent an entire block of content, similar to a block quotation (uses
<div>and CSS margins) - {{sp}}, to add regular, breaking space