Template:Spaces

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A template to produce one or more non-breaking spaces (  character entities), or another type of spaces.

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}<ref>...</ref>`	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}<ref>...</ref>`	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
Standard^[a]	`→` `←`	`Text <ref>...</ref>` `''Text'' <ref>...</ref>`	`Text{spaces}<ref>...</ref>`	Text ^[1]	Text ^[1] Text ^[2]
En	`→` `←`	`1&ensp;3`	`1{spaces\|en}3`	1 3	1 3
Figure	`→` `←`	`123<br/>1{figure space}3`	`123<br/>1{spaces\|fig}3`	123 1 3	123 1 3
Em	`→` `←`	`1&emsp;3`	`1{spaces\|em}3`	1 3	1 3

^ 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
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

v t e Inline spacing templates
Non-breaking space characters	{figure space} {hair space} {narrow no-break space} {nb5} {ns} {quad} {spaces} {thin space} {word joiner} {zero width joiner}
Breaking space characters	{sp} {zero width space}
Non-character spaces	{gaps} {in5} {indent} {pad} {px2}