Title: non-breaking space button?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# non-breaking space button?

 *  Resolved [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/)
 * Did a button for inserting non-breaking spaces ever get into the non-pro version?
   I saw a post over in the pro forum back in decemeber that such a button had been
   added to pro, and that you were working on adding it to WPedit, but I can’t see
   anything that looks like it. Am I just missing it?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785644)
 * Hi Mike,
 * The editor actually preserves white space in it’s default capacity.
 * IN a new post/page…
    1) Type the words “This is”. 2) Press the space bar about
   50 times. 3) Type the words “a test.”.
 * It should preserve the white space both when saving; and switching between visual
   and text views.
 * Were you describing something different?
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785648)
 * Err yes! I was describing the property of   that prevents a space being split
   across a line (irrespective of browser width). So for example if you write
    St
   Andrew’s you don’t want it to appear as St Andrew’s
 * or Friday 13 Feb as
    Friday 13 Feb
 * i.e. a non-breaking space
 * You can always insert these in the text view, but it is somewhat cumbersome and
   error prone for non-html speakers, especially since they are not visble in the
   visual view. There used to a button for inserting them in the old days, but it
   disappeared with the new version.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785669)
 * Sorry… it’s been a long week… and I’m working over-capacity.
    Okay, I understand.
 * That button was one of the many which had to be re-written when TinyMCE updated
   from version 3 to version 4. So, it was only included in my Pro version initially.
 * But, I don’t mind adding it to the free version.
    I’ll get it in there for the
   next update.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785827)
 * Just FYI… this button has now been added to WP Edit (free version).
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785828)
 * Thanks very much. However, I’m probably blind, but having installed the latest
   update, I still can’t see this button in the list of available buttons under 
   the buttons tab. What am I doing wrong?
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785829)
 * You need to go to the WP Edit settings page (Buttons tab); and click the button
   to “Save Buttons”.
 * Anytime a new buttons is added by me to the code (or an old button removed); 
   it won’t show in the Button Placeholder until the “Save Buttons” button is clicked.
 * Then, you’ll see a nifty little admin notice at the top of the page explaining
   which buttons were added; or removed.
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785830)
 * Perfect! Thanks. I’d never have guessed that 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785831)
 * I know.. I may change that in the future.
 * _(always read the [changelog](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-edit/changelog/)…
   hint hint 😉_
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785832)
 * Um. Sorry to be a pain, but although the button inserts what looks like a space,
   it doesn’t seem to behave like a non breaking space:-( It seems to break just
   like an ordinary space, whereas inserting   in the text editor DOES keep the 
   words together, even though it LOOKS like a space once you return to the visual
   editor.
 * btw. I’m observing these effects in a real published page, not just in the visual
   editor window.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785833)
 * They are there. I just went through the same thing with another user.
 * Can you share the link to the page where you are testing?
    What browser are you
   using?
 * Some browsers show the ` ` characters in the console; some don’t.
 * Also, the visual and text editors won’t show the actual ` ` characters (
   they render it as a (nonbreaking) space). The `nbsp;` characters are stored as
   a data-attribute.
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785834)
 * Hi,
 * Take a look at [http://www.standrewsoxshott.org.uk/uncategorized/test/](http://www.standrewsoxshott.org.uk/uncategorized/test/)
 * I used the button to insert non-breaking spaces between the words
    “non breaking
   spaces”, and   between “the real deal”.
 * When you change the window width (in firefox and in chrome) “the real deal” moves
   as a single word and never breaks, whereas it will break afer both “non” and “
   breaking”.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785835)
 * > I used the button to insert non-breaking spaces between the words
   >  “non breaking
   > spaces”, and between “the real deal”.
 * Did you use the button to insert the nonbreaking spaces in BOTH sets of words?
   Or did you use the button for one set; and enter the other set manually by typing
   them?
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785836)
 * Sorry, I mistyped that . I meant
 * I used the button to insert non-breaking spaces between the words
    “non breaking
   spaces”, and   between “the real deal”.
 * So I had
 * non(button)breaking(button)spaces
 * and
 * The( )real( )deal
 * where (button) means I pressed the button
 * and ( ) means I went to the text editor and manually typed in   instead of a 
   space.
 * Hope that is clear now.
 *  Thread Starter [MikeShand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikeshand/)
 * (@mikeshand)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785837)
 * Ah! I didn’t mis type it the html is being interpretted in this post, so it is
   turning the code for non-breaking space into a space here. SO if I repost that
   using NB to stand for the html code It would read.
 * I used the button to insert non-breaking spaces between the words
    “non breaking
   spaces”, and NB between “the real deal”.
 * So I had
 * non(button)breaking(button)spaces
 * and
 * The(NB)real(NB)deal
 * where (button) means I pressed the button
 * and (NB) means I went to the text editor and manually typed in NB instead of 
   a space.
 * Hope that is clear now.
 *  Plugin Author [Josh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josh401/)
 * (@josh401)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/non-breaking-space-button/#post-5785838)
 * That is strange. I cannot replicate.
 * What browser are you using?

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