HTML Entities

Common Syntax

					 
        
          &entity_name
          OR
          &#entity_code
        
      

For example to display less than (<), use &lt; or &#60;

Entity name is easy to remember but some entity name is not recognize by all the browsers. While Entity code number is supported by all the browsers.

Non-breaking Space - &nbsp;

If we want to write more than 1 space in our text then browser ignore all the extra space and truncate the text. To achieve this we can use non-breaking space &nbsp;

Another use case of non-breaking space is when we want text to stick together and not break into new line such as 10 kg, $ 100.

Without using non-breaking space, they may break and appears in new line. 10 appear in one line and kg appears in new line.

With non-breaking space, they stick together. If there is need of line break then the whole 10 kg appears in new line.

Common HTML Entities