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WarningThis template is used on approximately 15,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.
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  • {{zwspTemplate:Zwsp}}
  • {{0wsTemplate:0ws}}

{{zwsp}} inserts the code ​ literally, which produces a U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE in the rendered wiki-page.

Usage

This is a convenience template for the zero-width space character, U+200B (​ or ​).

It is invisible in display, but has the effect of acting as a line-breaking point for text inside a word that otherwise would not break. Whitespace and normal dashes (-) are already line-break points, but this template allows the special insertion of invisible breakpoints inside words. A break at a zero-width space does not cause a hyphen (or anything else) to appear; use {{Soft hyphen}} if you want that.

The zero-width space character has a higher breaking priority than the hyphen character (-), so when using it in a phrase with hyphen, it is recommended to place a zero-width space immediately after each hyphen as well.

There are two ways to use this template:

  • With no arguments, i.e. {{zwsp}}, this produces a single zero-width space character
  • With one or more arguments, e.g. {{zwsp|this|is|a|test}}, the arguments are rendered separated by zero-width spaces. This reduces the amount of typing if several zero-width space characters are needed in rapid succession.

See also

  • {{non breaking hyphen}}
  • {{soft hyphen}} appears only if text is wrapped mid-word at specified point
  • {{word joiner}}
  • v
  • t
  • e
Inline spacing templates
Non-breaking space characters
  • {{figure space}}
  • {{hair space}}
  • {{narrow no-break space}}
  • {{five non-breaking spaces}}
  • {{ns}}
  • {{quad}}
  • {{spaces}}
  • {{thin space}}
  • {{word joiner}}
  • {{zero width joiner}}
Breaking space characters
  • {{sp}}
  • {{zero width space}}
Non-character spaces
  • {{gaps}}
  • {{indent 5}}
  • {{indent}}
  • {{pad}}
  • {{two pixel space}}
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