Template:Nowrap

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This template should not be used in citation templates such as Citation Style 1 and Citation Style 2, because it includes markup that will pollute the COinS metadata they produce; see Wikipedia:COinS.

Shortcuts

{{Nowrap}} or {{nowrap}} stops wrapping of specific text (which can be inside of a link). Use this template sparingly. It prevents word wraps (line breaks) that might otherwise happen at spaces, hyphens ("-"), or, in some browsers, parentheses. The size of the nowrapped text becomes the minimum width of that paragraph and that can negatively influence the ability of the page to adapt to smaller screens, or alternate representations of the content.

To achieve the opposite effect of {{nowrap}}, you can use {{wbr}}. For more information about wrapping and breaking sentences, see Wikipedia:Line-break handling.

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>these words stay together</syntaxhighlight> → these words stay together

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>a, b, c, or d.</syntaxhighlight> → a, b, c, or d.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> merry-go-round </syntaxhighlight> → merry-go-round

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> Four-part harmony </syntaxhighlight> → Four-part harmony

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> CSS </syntaxhighlight> → CSS

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> Examples section </syntaxhighlight> → Examples section

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>{{{1}}}</syntaxhighlight> → {{{1}}}

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>A very long sentence that should wrap when the window becomes smaller but which is prevented from wrapping by this template, which prevents normal line wrapping of long strings that are wrapped in the template.</syntaxhighlight> → A very long sentence that should wrap when the window becomes smaller but which is prevented from wrapping by this template, which prevents normal line wrapping of long strings that are wrapped in the template.

Examples

"`They held {{Nowrap\|10 kg (22 lb)}} in total.`" May render like this: They held 10 kg (22 lb) in total. Or like this: They held 10 kg (22 lb) in total. But not render like this: They held 10 kg (22 lb) in total.	"`He encountered {{Nowrap\|a tiger}} in the woods.`" May render like this: He encountered a tiger in the woods. Or like this: He encountered a tiger in the woods. But not like this: He encountered a tiger in the woods.

Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes

This template may be used with {{Wbr}} and {{Spaces}} 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 <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>=</syntaxhighlight>, or the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>=</syntaxhighlight> magic word. For example:

which all render as this:

2 + 2 = 4.

For text that includes a vertical bar "|", escape the bar(s) with "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>|</syntaxhighlight>" or "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>|</syntaxhighlight>" or "<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Template:Abs</syntaxhighlight>". For instance, put two bars "|6|" like this:

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>|6| < 7</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>|6| < 7</syntaxhighlight> or <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Template:Abs < 7</syntaxhighlight>

Which renders this:

|6| < 7

Technical details

The actual code that does the job is this HTML <span> tag that applies a class to the text inside the template:

The class nowrap receives the CSS property <syntaxhighlight lang="css" class="" style="" inline="1">white-space: nowrap;</syntaxhighlight> in MediaWiki:Common.css.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Nowrap in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Nowrap

Prevents word wraps (line breaks) within text or inside a link which contains spaces or hyphens (-).

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Text	`1`	Text or link to be protected.	String	required

{{nowrap}} prevents wrapping within a single template (i.e. not suitable for relatively complex or lengthy content).
{{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 begin}} ... {{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.
{{nowrap mobile begin}} ... {{nowrap mobile end}} has the same effect for mobile viewports specifically. Useful for deeply nested lists.
{{word joiner}} prevents wraps for both two adjacent characters.
{{avoid wrap}} prevents wraps unless the space is too narrow to display the text on one line.
- {{inline block}} does the same and allows further style customization, but does not automatically add the "avoidwrap" CSS class.
{{spaces}} produces multiple non-breaking spaces (or a single one).
{{wrap}} can be used to provide a (brief) exception within a no-wrapping area.
- {{normalwraplink}} allows links to wrap when they otherwise would not.
{{·}} and {{•}}, spaced and wrap-sensitive interpunct (dot) and bullet.
Help:Line-break handling, Wikipedia's how-to guide about word wrapping and line breaks.
- In particular, to avoid line wrapping when quoting a passage such as a poem or computer code, see Template:Quote § Line breaks – e.g. Template:Blockquote with "poem" tag.

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Nowrap/doc.
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.