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

Usage

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Syntax

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((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

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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

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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))

Usage

Syntax

Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes

Comparisons

Template data

See also