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 \[and less than 15\]) 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 Text
Hair (Very thin)	→Template:Hair space←	Text{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{hair space}}<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces|hair}}<ref>...</ref>	TextTemplate:Hair space TextTemplate:Hair space	Text Text
2-pixel	→Template:Px2←	Text{{px2}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{px2}}<ref>...</ref>		Text Template:Px2 TextTemplate:Px2
Narrow no-break	→Template:Narrow no-break space←	Text{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{narrow no-break space}}<ref>...</ref>		Text Template:Narrow no-break space Text Template:Narrow no-break space
Thin	→ ←	Text{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref> ''Text''{{thin space}}<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces|thin}}<ref>...</ref>	Text  Text	Text Text
Standarda	→ ←	Text&nbsp;<ref>...</ref> ''Text''&nbsp;<ref>...</ref>	Text{{spaces}}<ref>...</ref>	Text	Text  Text
En	→ ←	1&ensp;3	1{{spaces|en}}3	1 3	13
Figure	→Template:Figure space←	123<br/>1{{figure space}}3	123<br/>1{{spaces|fig}}3	123 1Template:Figure space3	123 13
Em	→ ←	1&emsp;3	1{{spaces|em}}3	1 3	13

Template data

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TemplateData for Spaces

{
	"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": " ",
			"suggestedvalues": [
				"em",
				"fig",
				"en",
				"nbsp",
				"thin",
				"hair"
			]
		}
	}
}

See also

• Template:Non breaking hyphen
• 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

Inline spacing templates

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