Template:Nowrap/doc

Purpose

This template can be used to stop the line wrapping of specific text. Use this template sparingly. It prevents word wraps (line breaks) within text or inside a link which contains spaces, hyphens ("-"), or, in some browsers, parentheses. It can also be used to stop line breaks within single cells of Wikimedia tables. The size of the nowrapped text becomes the minimum width of the paragraph within where it is used, and that can negatively influence the ability of the page to adapt to smaller screens, or alternate representations of the content.

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." 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.

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 wiki-link or another template. Here is a workaround:

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 "|" For instance, put two bars "|6|" like this:

{{Nowrap|&#124;6&#124; < 7}}

which renders this:

|6| < 7

Technical details

The actual code that does the job is this HTML tag that applies a class named "nowrap" to the text inside the template:

<span class="nowrap">This text will not wrap</span>

The nowrap class receives the CSS property white-space: nowrap;