Template:Space/doc

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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) 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 and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists in infoboxes, to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries.

See also

• {{Nowrap}}

Template data

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