Template:Spaced en dash/doc

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Template shortcut sndspndsndashspndash This is the spaced en dash template it renders like this without the quote marks&ndash It works similarly to the HTML markup sequence code &ampnbsp&ampndash&nbspcode ie a nonbreaking space which will not line break and will not collapse together with normal spaces that come before the template a short dash known as an Dash En dash|en dash and a normal space (which willlinebreak and will collapse together with normal spaces that come after the template. Among other uses this template may be used in lists to provide something stronger than a Templatebold middot&middot or a Templatebullet&bullbut shorter than an Dash Em dash em dash &mdash For horizontal lists use tlflatlist or code class hlist code instead see HLIST. Here the recommended usage is to use no space before the template and one space after the template like this: nowiki Salt spaced en dash Pepper nowiki This will render one space on each side the dash, like this Salt &ndash Black pepperPepperA line break will come after one the dashes not before when the spacing is used as suggested like this: Salt &ndash Black pepperPepper – Curry & ndashSaffron tlcsnd is a handy synonym class wikitable style border none background: none Colspan style text align: center Here's an example use for lists One use template spaced en dash is within other templates tables lists, and similar things to provide a separator between items. It is also to be consistent so that the article editor can use their choice nowiki nowiki bull nowiki nowiki dot nowiki nowiki middot or nowiki nowiki spaced en dash and not have to insert the dot middot or spaced en dash symbol they can use any these as a simple macro. The idea being that if you have a table with a list items, you can insert a spaced short dash (or the other symbols) between items that will appear correct, in that the items always have just one separator between them, and when a list crawls to the next line, the dash hangs onto the prior item instead of rolling over to the next line. Notice on the end this box the symbol hangs on the end of the last item that will fit on the line indicating that additional items follow on the next line as part this list, but the item only stays on the line if the item and the dash will fit See the column on the right In code it is Item1 nowiki nowiki spaced en dash Item2<nowiki nowikispaced en dash Item3nowiki nowiki spaced en dash Item4<nowikinowikispaced en dash Item5nowikinowikispaced en dash etc with some smaller items squeezed in to show that the list does not have to be the same number items per line) but in the box they all fold perfectly once it runs out space on the line to fit the next item and the dash following.

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Dot sizes Dot size}} See also tn which produces a spaced boldinterpunct middottn which produces a spaced bulletpoint tn , which produces a spaced forward slash tl en dash which produces an unspaced en dashtl em dash,
which produces an (unspaced) em dashincludeonlyCategory:Inline spacing templates

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