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Web browsers usually <a href="/wiki/Line_wrap_and_word_wrap" title="Line wrap and word wrap">wrap the line</a> where there are natural breaks such as spaces, hyphens, etc. in the text. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Causing_line_breaks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Causing_line_breaks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Causing_line_breaks"></span>Causing line breaks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Causing line breaks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newlines" data-mw-thread-id="h-Newlines-Causing_line_breaks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Newlines-Causing_line_breaks"></span>Newlines<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Newlines-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Newlines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Line_breaks_usage" title="Wikipedia:Line breaks usage">Wikipedia:Line breaks usage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style#Controlling_line_breaks" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style § Controlling line breaks</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="H:PARAGRAPH"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H:PARAGRAPH&redirect=no">H:PARAGRAPH</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>There are several ways to force <a href="/wiki/Newline" title="Newline">line breaks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hard_return" class="mw-redirect" title="Hard return">paragraph breaks</a> in the text. The simplest method is by inserting newlines; for example: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">A single newline in the markup does not cause a visible line break.</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>A single newline in the markup does not cause a visible line break. </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">Two newlines in the markup causes a paragraph break.</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>Two newlines in the markup </p><p>causes a paragraph break. </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">Three newlines in the markup causes an extra-wide paragraph break. This should normally be avoided.</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>Three newlines in the markup </p><p><br/> causes an extra-wide paragraph break. This should normally be avoided. </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="<br>" data-mw-thread-id="h-<br>-Causing_line_breaks"><span id=".3Cbr.3E"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-<br>-Causing_line_breaks"></span><br><span data-mw-comment-end="h-<br>-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: <br>"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="H:BR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=H:BR&redirect=no">H:BR</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p><span class="anchor" id="<br>_or_<br_/>"></span><span class="anchor" id="br"></span><span class="anchor" id="br/"></span><span class="anchor" id="br_/"></span> </p><p><code><br>, <br >, <br/>, <br /></code> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> software uses any of them for a single forced line break. All of them are converted to <code class="nowrap" style=""><br /></code> in the HTML that browsers read. </p><p>MediaWiki also converts <code></br></code> to <code class="nowrap" style=""><br /></code>, but this form is invalid. Please correct these tags. </p><p>For content that is semantically a list, such as in infoboxes, actual list markup is preferred. See <a href="#Lists">§ Lists</a> below. </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">And this line of text<br>will break in the middle.</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>And this line of text<br/>will break in the middle. </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The example below includes five forms, including the invalid <code></br></code>, that are rendered as line breaks and two that display as plain text. </p> <div style="display:inline-table; border: 2px solid lime; padding: 0.5em;"> <p><b>Wiki source</b> </p><p>One <br>Two <br >Three </br>Four <br/>Five <br />Six < br>Seven </ br>Eight </p> </div> <div style="display:inline-table; border: 2px solid lime; padding: 0.5em;"> <p><b>Rendered result</b> </p><p>One <br/>Two <br/>Three <br/>Four <br/>Five <br/>Six < br>Seven </ br>Eight </p> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="<poem>" data-mw-thread-id="h-<poem>-Causing_line_breaks"><span id=".3Cpoem.3E"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-<poem>-Causing_line_breaks"></span><poem><span data-mw-comment-end="h-<poem>-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: <poem>"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="poem"></span> </p><p>The <code class="nowrap"><<a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Poem" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Poem">poem</a>></code> extension adds HTML-like tags to maintain newlines and spaces. This is useful for longer blocks of text such as poems, lyrics, mottoes, oaths and the like. These tags may be used inside other tags such as <code class="nowrap" style=""><blockquote></code>. For example: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; "><poem> In Xanadu did [[Kubla Khan]] A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. </poem></pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <div class="poem"> <p>In Xanadu did <a href="/wiki/Kubla_Khan" title="Kubla Khan">Kubla Khan</a><br/> A stately pleasure-dome decree:<br/> Where Alph, the sacred river, ran<br/> Through caverns measureless to man<br/> Down to a sunless sea.<br/> <br/> So twice five miles of fertile ground<br/> With walls and towers were girdled round:<br/> And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,<br/> Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;<br/> And here were forests ancient as the hills,<br/> Enfolding sunny spots of greenery. </p> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="<pre>" data-mw-thread-id="h-<pre>-Causing_line_breaks"><span id=".3Cpre.3E"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-<pre>-Causing_line_breaks"></span><pre><span data-mw-comment-end="h-<pre>-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: <pre>"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><code class="nowrap"><<a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext#Pre" title="Help:Wikitext">pre</a>>...</pre></code> and its alternatives are typically used to display code; their contents are rendered in <a href="/wiki/Monospace" class="mw-redirect" title="Monospace">monospace</a> with a frame and different background colour. Both markup and newlines within <code class="nowrap" style=""><pre>...</pre></code> are reproduced verbatim. However, the first newline after <code class="nowrap" style=""><pre></code> and last newline before <code class="nowrap" style=""></pre></code> are ignored, allowing the tags to be placed on their own lines without extra empty lines appearing on the page. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap"><pre> {{2x|foo}}<br />bar [[wiki]] </pre></pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td><pre>{{2x|foo}}<br />bar [[wiki]] </pre> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To evaluate markup while still preserving newlines, the alternatives <code><pre<includeonly></includeonly>></pre></code> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pre" title="Template:Pre">Pre</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> can be used. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap">{{Pre | {{2x|foo}}<br />bar [[wiki]] }}</pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1195917819">.mw-parser-output .pre-borderless{border:none}</style><pre class="pre">foofoo<br/>bar <a href="/wiki/Wiki" title="Wiki">wiki</a></pre> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="<nowiki>" data-mw-thread-id="h-<nowiki>-Causing_line_breaks"><span id=".3Cnowiki.3E"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-<nowiki>-Causing_line_breaks"></span><nowiki><span data-mw-comment-end="h-<nowiki>-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: <nowiki>"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The effect of the tag <code class="nowrap"><<a href="/wiki/Help:Wikitext#Nowiki" title="Help:Wikitext">nowiki</a>>...</nowiki></code> on line breaks is that single and double line breaks are ignored, and you also cannot add a line break with <code class="nowrap" style=""><br /></code>: </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap"><nowiki> Single line breaks, and double line breaks as well, are ignored, and the tag <br /> is just displayed as is. </nowiki></pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td> Single line breaks, and double line breaks as well, are ignored, and the tag <br /> is just displayed as is. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are several ways to enable line breaks in text that uses <code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki>...</nowiki></code>: </p><p><b>Solution 1</b>. Use <code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki>...</nowiki></code> for each line separately, with <code class="nowrap" style=""><br /></code> or double newline between lines. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap"><nowiki>Around the entire line,</nowiki> <br /> or only around text that must be escaped: <nowiki>{{2x|bar}}</nowiki>. <nowiki> Extra spaces are still collapsed. </nowiki></pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td>Around the entire line, <br/> <p>or only around text that must be escaped: {{2x|bar}}. </p><p> Extra spaces are still collapsed. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Solution 2</b>: Use <code class="nowrap" style=""><poem>...</poem></code>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap"><poem><nowiki>Twas bryllyg, and ''y<sup>e</sup>'' slythy toves Did gyre and gymble in ''y<sup>e</sup>'' wabe: All mimsy were ''y<sup>e</sup>'' borogoves, And ''y<sup>e</sup>'' mome raths outgrabe.</nowiki></poem></pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td><div class="poem"> <p>Twas bryllyg, and ''y<sup>e</sup>'' slythy toves<br/> Did gyre and gymble in ''y<sup>e</sup>'' wabe:<br/> All mimsy were ''y<sup>e</sup>'' borogoves,<br/> And ''y<sup>e</sup>'' mome raths outgrabe.<br/> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>When <code class="nowrap" style=""><poem>...</poem></code> is used with <code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki>...</nowiki></code>, the contents must begin on the same line as the tags, because a leading newline will appear in the output. However, the last newline <i>is</i> ignored, so the closing tags may be on their own line. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap"><poem><nowiki> Extra line above </nowiki></poem></pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td><div class="poem"> <p><br/> Extra line above<br/> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Solution 3</b>: Consider using <a href="#<pre>"><pre></a> instead of <code class="nowrap" style=""><nowiki>...</nowiki></code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lists" data-mw-thread-id="h-Lists-Causing_line_breaks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Lists-Causing_line_breaks"></span>Lists<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Lists-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Lists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Help:List" title="Help:List">Help:List</a></div> <p>Numbered and bulleted lists are created using standard wiki markup. In cases where a plain list without number or bullet is desired, such as in an infobox, many editors will simply create a list using breaks. This method does not apply the semantics of a list, and for those using screen readers it will not sound like a list. For these cases, <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Plainlist" title="Template:Plainlist">plainlist</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> and <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unbulleted_list" title="Template:Unbulleted list">unbulleted list</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> both use list markup without numbers or bullets: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">{{plainlist| * cat * dog * horse * cow * sheep * pig }}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>cat</li> <li>dog</li> <li>horse</li> <li>cow</li> <li>sheep</li> <li>pig</li></ul> </div> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formulas" data-mw-thread-id="h-Formulas-Causing_line_breaks"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Formulas-Causing_line_breaks"></span>Formulas<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Formulas-Causing_line_breaks"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Formulas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To display formulas with <code class="nowrap" style=""><math></code> on their own line, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Mathematics#Using_LaTeX_markup" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Mathematics#Using LaTeX markup</a> recommends <code class="nowrap" style=""><math display=block></code>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps" data-mw-thread-id="h-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span>Preventing and controlling word wraps<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Preventing and controlling word wraps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This section in a nutshell:</b> To prevent word wraps use <code>&nbsp;</code> in place of each space; and use <code>&#8209;</code> in place of each hyphen. For more complex cases, see below.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are several ways to prevent word wraps (line wraps) from occurring in unwanted places. This is an overview of when to use which method. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-breaking_space" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-breaking_space-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-breaking_space-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span>Non-breaking space<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-breaking_space-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Non-breaking space"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="nbsp"></span> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Character_encodings_in_HTML#Character_references" title="Character encodings in HTML">HTML entity</a> <code>&nbsp;</code> is a <a href="/wiki/Non-breaking_space" title="Non-breaking space">non-breaking</a>, or hard, space. It renders like a normal space " ", but prevents a line wrap from occurring, like this: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">Lots of text 10&nbsp;kg more text.</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>It may render like this: </p> <dl><dd>Lots of text 10 kg</dd> <dd>more text.</dd></dl> <p>Or it may render like this: </p> <dl><dd>Lots of text</dd> <dd>10 kg more text.</dd></dl> <p>But it will <i>not</i> render like this: </p> <dl><dd>Lots of text 10</dd> <dd>kg more text.</dd></dl> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The non-breaking space works within links exactly like a regular space. Thus you can link to <code>[[J.&nbsp;R.&nbsp;R. Tolkien]]</code> directly and it will render as <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>. The initials will not be separated across a line break. </p><p>However, <code>&nbsp;</code> renders the source text harder to read and edit. Avoid using it unless it is really necessary to avoid a line break. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-breaking_hyphen" data-mw-thread-id="h-Non-breaking_hyphen-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Non-breaking_hyphen-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span>Non-breaking hyphen<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Non-breaking_hyphen-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Non-breaking hyphen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="8209"></span> </p><p>Browsers may break words at <a href="/wiki/Hyphens" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyphens">hyphens</a>. A <i>non-breaking hyphen</i> <code>&#8209;</code> may be used to prevent this occurring, as in: </p> <pre>As seen on page C&#8209;2 of the newspaper. </pre> <p>This code generates "page C‑2" just like the plain code "<code>page C-2</code>", but prevents a line break at the hyphen. </p><p>However, like <code>&nbsp;</code>, the use of <code>&#8209;</code> instead of "<code>-</code>" renders the source text harder to read and edit. Don't use it unless it is really necessary to avoid a line break. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inline_blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Inline_blocks-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Inline_blocks-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span>Inline blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Inline_blocks-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Inline blocks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The templates <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Inline_block" title="Template:Inline block">Inline block</a>}}</code> and <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Avoid_wrap" title="Template:Avoid wrap">Avoid wrap</a>}}</code> avoid breaks, but allow them if there is not enough space. <span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Awrap" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Awrap">awrap</a>}}</code> is a shorthand of the latter.</span> </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">{{inline block|{{color|blue|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.}}}}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p><span style="display:inline-block;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.</span></span> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">{{inline block|{{color|green|Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium.}}}}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p><span style="display:inline-block;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:green">Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium.</span></span> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">{{avoid wrap|{{color|blue|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.}}}}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.</span></span> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">{{awrap|{{color|green|Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium.}}}}</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p><span class="avoidwrap" style="display:inline-block;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:green">Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium.</span></span> </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Both put the content in <code><span style="display:inline-block;"></code>. The latter also adds the CSS class "avoidwrap". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="{{nowrap}}" data-mw-thread-id="h-{{nowrap}}-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span id=".7B.7Bnowrap.7D.7D"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-{{nowrap}}-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span>{{nowrap}}<span data-mw-comment-end="h-{{nowrap}}-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: {{nowrap}}"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="nowrap"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NOWRAP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOWRAP&redirect=no">WP:NOWRAP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:NOWRAP" redirects here. For the Manual of Style guideline, see <a href="/wiki/MOS:NOWRAP" class="mw-redirect" title="MOS:NOWRAP">MOS:NOWRAP</a>.</div> <p>The <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap" title="Template:Nowrap">nowrap</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template is less flexible and will prevent breaks even when the line is too long for the window, forcing the user to scroll: </p><p><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:blue">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt.</span></span> <span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239334494"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:green">Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium.</span></span> </p><p>It is good for short text sections like <span class="nowrap">"10 kg (22 lb)",</span> which should always stay together.<br/> This could also be achieved with the <a href="/wiki/Non-breaking_space" title="Non-breaking space">non-breaking space</a>: <span class="nowrap"><code>Lots of text 10&nbsp;kg&nbsp;(22&nbsp;lb) more text.</code></span><br/> But this makes the source text hard to read. The template is recommended instead: <span class="nowrap"><code>Lots of text {{nowrap|10 kg (22 lb)}} more text.</code></span> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td>It may render like this </td> <td>or like this </td> <td>or like this. </td> <td>But not like this. </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top;"> <td> <p>Lots of text 10 kg (22 lb) more text. </p> </td> <td> <p>Lots of text 10 kg (22 lb)<br/> more text. </p> </td> <td> <p>Lots of text<br/> 10 kg (22 lb) more text. </p> </td> <td> <p>Lots of text 10 kg (22<br/> lb) more text. </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>(For the specific case of unit conversions, see <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Convert" title="Template:Convert">convert</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>.) </p><p>In some cases <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap" title="Template:Nowrap">nowrap</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> doesn't work so well. For instance, when you want to prevent wraps in longer or more complex text, then it might be hard to see where the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap" title="Template:Nowrap">nowrap</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> ends. Additionally, the MediaWiki template mechanisms interpret characters such as equal signs "<code>=</code>" and pipes "<code>|</code>" in template parameters as special characters, and thus they cause problems. In these cases, it is instead recommended to use <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap_begin" title="Template:Nowrap begin">nowrap begin</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> + <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap_end" title="Template:Nowrap end">nowrap end</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, like this: </p> <pre>{{nowrap begin}}2 + 2 = 4{{nowrap end}} and {{nowrap begin}}|2| < 3{{nowrap end}} </pre> <p>It may render like this: </p> <dl><dd>2 + 2 = 4 and</dd> <dd>|2| < 3</dd></dl> <p>But it will <i>not</i> render like this: </p> <dl><dd>2 + 2 = 4 and |2|</dd> <dd>< 3</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="<wbr>_and_soft_hyphens" data-mw-thread-id="h-<wbr>_and_soft_hyphens-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"><span id=".3Cwbr.3E_and_soft_hyphens"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-<wbr>_and_soft_hyphens-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span><wbr> and soft hyphens<span data-mw-comment-end="h-<wbr>_and_soft_hyphens-Preventing_and_controlling_word_wraps"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Line-break_handling&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: <wbr> and soft hyphens"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="wbr"></span><span class="anchor" id="<wbr>"></span> </p><p>To insert a word-break opportunity, use <code class="nowrap" style=""><wbr></code>. </p><p>It specifies where it would be OK to add a line-break where a word is too long, or it is perceived that the browser will break a line at the wrong place. Whether the line actually breaks is then left up to the browser. The break will look like a space - see soft hyphen below when it would be more appropriate to break the word or line using a hyphen. </p> <table class="wikitable" style=""> <tbody><tr> <th>Markup </th> <td><pre style="word-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap">Now is the time to become a power editor, by learning Hyper<wbr>Text Markup Language...</pre> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Renders as </th> <td>It may render like this: <dl><dd>Now is the time to become a power editor, by learning HyperText Markup Language...</dd></dl> <p>Or it may render like this (in a narrow browser window): </p> <dl><dd>Now is the time to become a power editor, by learning Hyper</dd> <dd>Text Markup Language ...</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note that <code class="nowrap" style=""><wbr></code> will not work inside <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Nowrap" title="Template:Nowrap">nowrap</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>. </p><p>In many cases breaking up a word with a space would be inappropriate. <a href="/wiki/Soft_hyphen" title="Soft hyphen">Soft hyphens</a> also creates word-break opportunities, but will add a hyphen rather than a space. In other words, a soft hyphen is a hyphen inserted into a word not otherwise hyphenated, to be displayed or typeset only if it falls at the end of a line of text. </p><p>The code <code>&shy;</code> is employed in the same manner as <code class="nowrap" style=""><wbr></code>. For example: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">This long German word Datenschutz&shy;erklärung breaks between its constituent parts "Datenschutz" and "erklärung".</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>This long German word Datenschutzerklärung breaks between its constituent parts "Datenschutz" and "erklärung". </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="border-width:1px;border-style: none none none;border-color:#ddd; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Use of soft hyphens should be limited to special cases, usually involving <a href="/wiki/Longest_English_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Longest English words">very long words</a> or narrow spaces (such as captions in <a href="/wiki/Infobox" title="Infobox">infoboxes</a> or other tight page layouts, or column labels in narrow tables). Widespread use of soft hyphens is strongly discouraged, because it makes the wikitext very difficult to read and to edit. For example: </p> <table style="margin-top:0;margin-left:0; border-width:medium; padding:0;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Markup</th> <th scope="col" style="width:50%;">Renders as </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:9px 5px 5px; vertical-align:top;"><pre style="margin:0; border:none; padding:0; word-wrap:break-word; white-space:-moz-pre-wrap; white-space:-o-pre-wrap; white-space:-pre-wrap; white-space:pre-wrap; ">This Wi&shy;ki&shy;source ex&shy;am&shy;ple is dif&shy;fi&shy;cult to un&shy;der&shy;stand</pre> </td> <td style="background:#f8f9fa; background:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle, #f8f9fa); color:var(--color-base, #000); border:1px solid #eaecf0; padding:5px; vertical-align:top;"><div style=""> <p>This Wikisource example is difficult to understand </p> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td 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