Overview
A non-breaking space has two common functions. It can be used between words so that the browser doesn’t split the words across two lines.
<h2>We Don't Want this Split</h2>It can also be used if you want to have extra space between elements such as an icon element and a word. Putting two simple spaces next to one another won’t work because the browser will just remove the extra space. But using next to one another will output the equivalent of two spaces.
<p><i class="fa-solid fa-link"></i> We don't want the icon too close to the text.</p>However, the best way to create extra spacing is through the use of CSS to style the element.
HTML Notes:
- In our HTML section the term “tag” and “element” are often used interchangeably to refer to both the tag used to create a page element and the element created by the tag (<p> tag = <p> element = paragraph on the page)
- HTML5 is not case sensitive; so <P> is the same as <p>, <H1> is the same as <h1>
- Global attributes can be used with all HTML tags and are therefore not mentioned on every tag page
- To write clean, readable HTML code, it is best to use indentation whereas elements within elements are indented (tabbed or spaces) to create something that looks like a project outline
- The browser will automatically remove any extra spaces and lines in your HTML code when the page is displayed
- Double quotes or single quotes can be used around HTML attribute values, but when the attribute value itself contains one form of quote, it will be necessary to use the other around the attribute
We’d like to acknowledge that we learned a great deal of our coding from W3Schools and TutorialsPoint, borrowing heavily from their teaching process and excellent code examples. We highly recommend both sites to deepen your experience, and further your coding journey. We’re just hitting the basics here at 1SMARTchicken.