Template:Zero width space/doc

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{{zwsp}}
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{{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.

v t e Inline spacing templates
Non-breaking space characters	{{figure space}} {{hair space}} {{narrow no-break space}} {{nb5}} {{ns}} {{quad}} {{spaces}} {{thin space}} {{word joiner}} {{zero width joiner}}
Breaking space characters	{{sp}} {{zero width space}}
Non-character spaces	{{gaps}} {{in5}} {{indent}} {{pad}} {{two pixel space}}

Usage

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