A template used to insert one or morenon-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}} producesN consecutive non-breaking spaces (whereN is awhole 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 ofen andthin.
{{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. SeeTemplate:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.