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CKEditor Non-breaking space Plugin ( )

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This module allows users to insert non-breaking spaces into content using a keyboard shortcut or a button. This is useful for preventing unwanted line breaks, such as when displaying company names with two words. The non-breaking spaces are highlighted in blue within the CKEditor for visibility.

Minimal module to insert a non-breaking space ( ) into the content by pressing Ctrl+Space or using the provided button.

Uses

During content creation the author may add a non-breaking space ( ) to prevent an automatic line break.
To avoid that a company’s 2-word name is split onto 2 separate lines.

As the non-breaking space are an invisible character, they are highlighted in blue on the CKEditor.

Installation

Install the module then follow the instructions for installing the CKEditor plugins below.

Configuration

Go to the 'Text formats and editors' configuration page: /admin/config/content/formats, and for each text format/editor combo where you want to use NBSP, do the following:

  • Drag and drop the 'NBSP' button into the Active toolbar.
  • Enable filter "Cleanup NBSP markup".
  • if the "Limit allowed HTML tags and correct faulty HTML" filter is disabled you dont have anything to do with this text format.
    Otherwise, add the <nbsp> tag in the "allowed HTML tags" field (Eg. <nbsp>).

Which version should I use?

NBSP is now available for both Drupal 8, Drupal 9 & Drupal 10!

  • if you are running Drupal 8.7.x, use NBSP 8.x-1.x.
  • if you are running Drupal 8.8.x - 8.9.x, use NBSP 8.x-2.0-alpha1.
  • if you are running Drupal 9.x, use NBSP 2.x.
  • if you are running Drupal 10.x, use NBSP 3.x.
  • if you are running Drupal 11.x-dev, use NBSP 3.x.
Drupal Core CKEditor NBSP 8.0.x 4.x 1.x 8.8.x 4.x 8.x-2.0-alpha1 9.x 4.x 8.x-2.1 9.x 5.x 8.x-2.2 10.x 4.x 8.x-2.2 10.x 5.x 3.0.x 11.x-dev 5.x 3.0.x

Dependencies

The Drupal 8 version of NBSP requires Editor and CKEditor.

Supporting organizations

This project is sponsored by Antistatique. We are a Swiss Web Agency, Visit us at www.antistatique.net or Contact us.

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Depends on

Dependencies of the latest stable release

  • ckeditor5 Drupal core
  • editor Drupal core

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Activity

Tracked releases
9
Tracked since
Jun 2023
Latest release
4 months ago
Releases (12 mo)
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Release Timeline

Releases

Version Type Core PHP Release date
3.1.2 Stable 10–11 May 20, 2026
3.1.1 Stable 10–11 Oct 6, 2025
3.1.0 Stable 10–11 Aug 11, 2025
3.1.x-dev Dev 10–11 Aug 11, 2025
3.0.3 Stable 10–11 Mar 20, 2025
8.x-2.4 Stable 9–10 May 31, 2024
3.0.2 Stable 10–11 May 30, 2024
3.0.1 Stable 10 Jun 2, 2023
8.x-2.3 Stable 9–10 Jun 2, 2023