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{{nowrap}}
stops wrapping of specific text. It prevents word wraps (line breaks) within text or inside a link which contains spaces or hyphens ("-"). The size of the nowrapped text becomes the minimum width of that paragraph. Before you use this template you might want to read up on Wikipedia:Line-break handling.
Contents
Usage
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{{nowrap|these words stay together}}
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{{nowrap|a, b, c, or d.}}
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{{nowrap| merry-go-round }}
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{{nowrap| [[4-part harmony]] }}
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{{nowrap| [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] }}
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{{nowrap| [[#Examples|Examples section]] }}
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The template names {{nobr}} and {{nobreak}} are redirects that may be used instead of "{{nowrap|…}}
".
Examples
"They held {{nowrap|10 kg (22 lb)}} in total. "
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"He encountered {{nowrap|a tiger}} in the woods. "
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Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes
This template may be used with {{wbr}}
and {{nbsp}}
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.
Handling equal-sign or bar
Templates have problems with parameter data that contains equal-signs "=
" or vertical bars "|
" (pipes). Note that this does not apply if the equal-sign "=
" or vertical bar "|
" is inside a wikilink or another template. In the case that there is a bare equal-sign "=
" or vertical bar "|
", consider using {{nowrap begin}} + {{nowrap end}} instead. However, there are also other workarounds:
For text that includes an equal-sign "=", precede the text with 1=
, use a triple-brace unnamed parameter {{{|=}}}
, or the {{=}}
template. For example:
{{nowrap|1=2 + 2 = 4}}
,{{nowrap|2 + 2 {{{|=}}} 4}}
, or{{nowrap|2 + 2 {{=}} 4}}
which all render as this:
- 2 + 2 = 4.
For text that includes a vertical bar "|", escape the bar(s) with "|
" or "{{pipe}}
" or "{{abs}}
". For instance, put two bars "|6|" like this:
{{nowrap||6| < 7}}
or{{nowrap|{{pipe}}6{{pipe}} < 7}}
or{{nowrap|{{abs|6}} < 7}}
Which renders this:
- |6| < 7
Technical details
The actual code that does the job is this HTML+CSS code:
<span class="nowrap">This text will not wrap</span>
Spaces at the beginning or end of the text will fall outside the no-wrap tag in the rendered text due to Wikimedia rendering mechanisms.
The templates {{nobr}} and {{nobreak}} redirect here.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Nowrap
<templatedata>{
"description": "Prevents word wraps (line breaks) within text or inside a link which contains spaces or hyphens (-).", "params": { "1": { "label": "Text", "description": "Text or link to be protected.", "type": "string", "required": true } }
}</templatedata>
See also
- {{nowraplinks}}...{{nowraplinks end}} prevents wraps inside links while allowing wraps between links and in normal text. Very useful for link lists and easy to use.
- {{nowrap}}...{{nowrap end}} prevents wraps in both text and links. For the trickier wrapping cases when you need full control, for instance in very complex link lists.
- {{spaces}} to produce multiple non-breaking spaces (or a single one).
- Wikipedia:Line-break handling, the how-to guide about word/line-wrapping/breaks at Wikipedia.
- In particular, to avoid line wrapping when quoting a passage such as a poem or computer code, see {{Quote#Line breaks}} - e.g. Template:Blockquote with "poem" tag.
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