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It works similarly to the html+wiki markup sequence "<code>'''&amp;nbsp;<nowiki>'''&amp;middot;'''</nowiki>'''&nbsp;</code>". That is, a [[non-breaking space]], a bolded middot and a normal space.

 

 

This template is usually used for dotted lists, such as for link lists in navigation boxes. (For lists that have a font-size 80% or less of normal font-size, the bold middot "'''&middot;'''" becomes too small. Then use the [[Template:•|bullet]] "&bull;" instead.)

 

=== Normal usage ===

The recommended usage is to use ''no'' space before the template and one space after the template, like this:

 

 

The template can also be used with no space after it, but then the code does not wrap in the edit window thus making editing harder. Like this:

 

 

Both examples will render one space on each side of the dot, like this:

 

If it line breaks then the line break will come ''after'' the dot, not before, like this:

:[[Salt]] '''&middot;'''

 

For long dotted lists each list item can be put on its own line, with no spaces between each item and the template. Like this:

<pre><nowiki>

[[Salt]]{{&middot;}}

[[Curry]]{{&middot;}}

[[Saffron]]</nowiki></pre>

 

As before it will render one space on each side of the dots, like this:

 

And if it line breaks then the line break will come ''after'' one of the dots, not before, like this:

:[[Curry]] '''&middot;''' [[Saffron]]

 

When using the template to separate words in italics (typically lists of artworks in [[Template:navbox|navboxes]]), put it ''within the italics'' to display with proper spacing on both sides. Compare:

 

 

<!-- This smaller text size is necessary for the first example to "fail" as intended. -->

<div style="font-size:90%">

</div>

 

 

=== Usage issues ===

Putting one or more spaces before the template will cause it to render differently, like these examples:

 

Then it will render with ''two'' spaces before the dot, and one after, like this:

 

And if it line breaks it might break ''before'' the dot, like this:

:[[Salt]]

 

Alternatively an <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> can be added before and after the template to create extra padding around the middot.

 

=== Dot size reference list ===

{| style="text-align:center; background:transparent;"

| style="width:1.7em;" | <small>&middot;</small>

 

=== See also ===

There are several other templates with similar functionality:

 

 

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