Template:Nobr/doc
|  | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Nobr. It contains usage information, categories, interlanguage links and other content that is not part of the original template page. | 
{{Nobr}} 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 Template:W.
Usage[edit source]
- {{Nobr|these words stay together}}
- {{Nobr|a, b, c, or d.}}
- {{Nobr| merry-go-round }}
- {{Nobr| [[4-part harmony]] }}
- {{Nobr| [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] }}
- {{Nobr| [[#Examples|Examples section]] }}
 
Examples[edit source]
| " They held {{Nobr|10 kg (22 lb)}} in total."
 
 
 
 
 
 | " He encountered {{Nobr|a tiger}} in the woods."
 
 
 
 
 
 | 
Handling equal-sign or bar[edit source]
Templates have problems with parameter data that contains Template:Ws "=" 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 {{Nobr begin}} + {{Nobr 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}},- {{Nobr|2 + 2 {{{|=}}} 4}}, or- {{Nobr|2 + 2 {{=}} 4}}
which all 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:
- {{Nobr||6| < 7}}or- {{Nobr|{{!}}6{{!}} < 7}}
Which renders this:
- |6| < 7
Technical details[edit source]
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.
See also[edit source]
- {{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.
- {{Nobr 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.
- Template:W – The how-to guide detailing how to handle word wraps (line breaks) on Wikipedia.










