Template:Spaces
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A template to produce one or more non-breaking spaces ( character entities).
Usage[edit]
Syntax[edit]
{{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 (<syntaxhighlight inline lang=xml> </syntaxhighlight>) 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[edit]
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[edit]
TemplateData for Spaces
<templatedata> {
"description": "Inserts one or more non-breaking spaces",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "Quantity",
"description": "How many non-breaking spaces to insert",
"type": "number",
"default": "1"
},
"2": {
"label": "Type",
"description": "Non-default types (in decreasing order of width): em, fig, en, thin, hair",
"type": "string",
"default": " "
}
}
} </templatedata>
See also[edit]
- 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
