Template:Nw: Difference between revisions

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This template prevents word wraps (line breaks) in text and links that contain spaces.

Before you use this template you might want to read up on line-break handling.

Lots of text {{nw|10 kg (22 lb)}} more text.

It may render like this:

Lots of text 10 kg (22 lb)

more text.

Or like this:

Lots of text

10 kg (22 lb) more text.

But it will not render like this:

Lots of text 10 kg (22

lb) more text.

Templates have problems to handle parameter data that contains equal signs "=" or vertical bars "|". But there are also workarounds:

For text that includes an equal sign "=", precede the text with 1=. For example:

{{nw|1=2 + 2 = 4}}

Which renders this:

2 + 2 = 4

For text that includes a vertical bar "|", escape the bar(s) with | or {{!}}. For instance like this:

{{nw||2| < 3}}

Or like this:

{{nw|{{!}}2{{!}} < 3}}

Which renders this:

|2| < 3

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 your text will fall outside the no-wrap tag in the rendered text due to MediaWiki rendering mechanisms.

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 == Usage ==
 <pre>
-Lots of text {{nowrap|10 kg (22 lb)}} more text.
+Lots of text {{nw|10 kg (22 lb)}} more text.
 </pre>
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 For text that includes an equal sign "=", precede the text with <code>1=</code>. For example:
-:<code><nowiki>{{nowrap|</nowiki>1=2 + 2 = 4}}</code>
+:<code><nowiki>{{nw|</nowiki>1=2 + 2 = 4}}</code>
 Which renders this:
-:{{nowrap|1=2 + 2 = 4}}
+:{{nw|1=2 + 2 = 4}}
 For text that includes a vertical bar "|", escape the bar(s) with <code><nowiki>&amp;#124;</nowiki></code> or <code><nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki></code>. For instance like this:
-:<code><nowiki>{{nowrap|</nowiki>&amp;#124;2&amp;#124; < 3}}</code>
+:<code><nowiki>{{nw|</nowiki>&amp;#124;2&amp;#124; < 3}}</code>
 Or like this:
-:<code><nowiki>{{nowrap|{{!}}2{{!}} < 3}}</nowiki></code>
+:<code><nowiki>{{nw|{{!}}2{{!}} < 3}}</nowiki></code>
 Which renders this:
-:{{nowrap|&#124;2&#124; < 3}}
+:{{nw|&#124;2&#124; < 3}}
 == Technical details ==