Template:Nowrap/doc
| 40px | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Nowrap. It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
 |
This template is used on 587,000+ pages. To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes should first be tested in this template's /sandbox or /testcases subpage, or in your own user space. The tested changes can then be added in one single edit to this template. Please consider discussing any changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
{{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.
Usage
- {{nowrap|these words stay together}}
- {{nowrap|a, b, c, or d.}}
- {{nowrap| merry-go-round }}
- {{nowrap| [[4-part harmony]] }}
The template names {{j}} (join) or {{nobr}} or {{nobreak}} may be used instead of "nowrap", as they are redirects to {{nowrap}}.
Examples
| "They held {{nowrap|10 kg (22 lb)}} in total."
|
"He encountered {{nowrap|a tiger}} in the woods."
|
Handling equal-sign or bar
Templates have problems with parameter data that contains equal-signs "=" or vertical bars "|" (pipes). In such cases, consider using {{nowrap begin}} + {{nowrap end}} instead. But there are also other workarounds:
For text that includes an equal-sign "=", precede the text with 1= or use a triple-brace unnamed parameter: {{{|=}}}. For example:
{{nowrap|1=2 + 2 = 4}}, or{{nowrap|2 + 2 {{{|=}}} 4}}
which both render as this:
- 2 + 2 = 4.
For text that includes a vertical bar "|", escape the bar(s) with "|" or "{{!}}". For instance, put two bars "|6|" like this:
{{nowrap||6| < 7}}or{{nowrap|{{!}}6{{!}} < 7}}
Which renders this:
- |6| < 7
Technical details
The actual code that does the job is this HTML+CSS code:
<span style="white-space: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 {{j}}, {{nobr}} and {{nobreak}} redirect here.
See also
- {{nowraplinks}} – Prevents wraps inside links and only allows wraps between the links and in normal text. Very useful for link lists and easy to use.
- {{nowrap begin}} – Prevents wraps in both text and links. For the trickier wrapping cases when you need full control, for instance in very complex link lists.
- Wikipedia:Line break handling – The how-to guide detailing how to handle word wraps (line breaks) on Wikipedia.
