JavaScript - no-break / non-breaking space in string

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In this very short article, we are going to look at how to insert a no-break (non-breaking) space character to string in JavaScript.

Quick solution:

Use the following \xA0 character code.

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

var text = 'a \xA0\xA0\xA0 b';  // U+00A0

console.log(text);  // a     b

Non-breaking space in unicode:

Unicode code (by hex number)	JavaScript (by hex number)	HTML (by dec or hex number)	HTML (by name)
`U+00A0`	`\xA0` or `\xa0` `\u00A0` or `\u00a0`	` `, ` ` or ` `	` `

Binding non-breaking space to HTML from JavaScript example.

There are a few ways how to do it:

by pasting code directly into JavaScript string - some codes could be invisible without hex editor,
with innerText or textContent property and unicode character code,
with innerHTML property and html unicode code (e.g.  ,   or  ).

Check the below example:

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
  <div id="element"></div>
  <script>

    var element = document.querySelector('#element');

    element.innerText = 'a \xA0\xA0\xA0 b';           // or  \u00A0

    // element.textContent = 'a \xA0\xA0\xA0 b';      // or  \u00A0
    // element.innerHTML = 'a &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b';  // or  &#xA0;  or  &#160;

  </script>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript - no-break / non-breaking space in string

Binding non-breaking space to HTML from JavaScript example.

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