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A template to produce one or more non-breaking spaces ( character entities).
Usage[edit source]
- Syntax
{{spaces|N|type}}...... to produce N consecutive non-breaking spaces (where N is a whole number larger than zero) of the type specified by the second parameter:em,en,fig,hair,thin, or if not specified, a non-breaking space ( ) the same width as a standard space.
{{space|type}} produces a single non-breaking space of the type indicated.
Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes[edit source]
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 source]
This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.
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 |
See also[edit source]
- {{pad}} to add inline spacing in units of px, em or ex
- {{nowrap|item}} to stop the linewrapping of any part of item
- {{nb5}} to insert five non-breaking spaces
- {{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
