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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.

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.

Comparisons

Name
(alias)		 -Instance- Example code and ... Using {{spaces}} Output Output {{spaces}}
none -- Text<ref>...ref>
''Text''<ref>...ref> 		Text[1]
Text[2]
Hair
(Very thin)		 - - Text{{hair space}}<ref>...ref>
''Text''{{hair space}}<ref>...ref> 		Text{{spaces|hair}}... Text [1]
Text [2] 		Text [1]
Text [2]
2-pixel -- Text{{px2}}<ref>...ref>
''Text''{{px2}}<ref>...ref> 		Text[1]
Text[2]
Narrow no-break - - Text{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...ref>
''Text''{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...ref> 		Text [1]
Text [2]
Thin - - Text{{thin space}}<ref>...ref>
''Text''{{thin space}}<ref>...ref> 		Text{{spaces|thin}}... Text [1]
Text [2] 		Text [1]
Text [2]
Standard[a] - - Text <ref>...ref>
''Text'' <ref>...ref> 		Text{{spaces}}... Text [1] Text [1]
Text [2]
En - - 1 3 1{{spaces|en}}3 1 3 1 3
Figure - - 123<br/>1 3 123
1{{spaces|fig}}3 		123
1 3 		123
1 3
Em - - 1 3 1{{spaces|em}}3 1 3 1 3
  1. ^ Provided here by a non-breaking space ( ).


Template data

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TemplateData for Spaces

Inserts one or more non-breaking spaces

Template parameters[Edit template data]

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Quantity1

How many non-breaking spaces to insert

Default
1
Numberoptional
Type2

Non-default types (in decreasing order of width): em, fig, en, thin, hair

Suggested values
em fig en nbsp thin hair
Default
 
Stringoptional

See also

Non-breaking space characters
Breaking space characters
Non-character spaces
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