Template:Nowrap/doc
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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 breaking.
Usage
{{Nowrap|these words stay together}}
{{Nowrap|a, b, c, or d.}}
{{Nowrap| merry-go-round }}
{{Nowrap| [[4-part harmony]] }}
{{Nowrap| [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] }}
{{Nowrap| [[#Examples|Examples section]] }}
Examples
"They held {{Nowrap|10 kg (22 lb)}} in total. "
|
"He encountered {{Nowrap|a tiger}} in the woods. "
|
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 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.
See also