Breaking space (opposite of non-breaking space)

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While solving a little bug on a website caused by a non-breaking space ( ) I was wondering if there's an opposite.

Is there an HTML code for a breaking space, and if so, what is it?

I saw mention in this question about a zero-width space (), but that won't give any width (obviously).

Does an HTML entity exist for a regular space?

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Solution 1 - Html

  is a regular space (by its numeric ASCII value).

Solution 2 - Html

If you are using HTML and you would like more than one space to to appear, will not work. The unfortunate part about   is it does not wrap properly because it is a non-breaking space.

For those that reached here looking for a solution, try the CSS

white-space: pre-wrap;

This will allow you to have multiple spaces side by side in a single line. It works great for chat programs.

Solution 3 - Html

There may be other blank entities (which won't compact to a single) but there is another workaround for doing some padding but still having some wrapping occur as required:

Use the "ZeroWidthSpace" html entity and alternate with either "nbsp" for clarity or simply a space character.

Solution 4 - Html

There are multiple html entities for regular white space, which allow breaking, for instance &emsp;

Read this article for more information: https://www.codetd.com/en/article/6915972

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	Sander Koedood	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Html	Bert	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 2 - Html	Case	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 3 - Html	Dennis Bareis	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 4 - Html	Multicolaure	View Answer on Stackoverflow