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Best practice with "no break space" (U+00A0) in code and design view? I do not talk about " "

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Hi.
I'm using the latest version of Dreamweaver 21.3 on macOS.

I prefer to use the UTF-8 character "U+00A0" for the "no break space" instead of the named entity " " in the code view.

For better readability.

It is visualized by a red dot.
But a red dot is shown as well, wenn you put a standard space at the end of line.

So a red dot is not an exclusive visualization exclusively for a "no break space".

1st question
Is it possible to configure another visualization of the U+00A0 in the code view?

2nd question
In Design View the option "Show invisible elements" is selected. However, the U+00A0 is not visualized.
Is it possible to achieve this?


3rd question
With the shortcut CMD+SHIFT+Space a " " is entered in code view.
Is it possible to have "U+00A0" inserted instead?

 

Thanks.

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    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 6, 2023
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    I prefer to use the UTF-8 character "U+00A0" for the "no break space" instead of the named entity " "


    By @Aturob

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    Why?  There's no reason to use Unicode here.  For best results, use native HTML or UTF-8 Hex or Dec values.

     

        or     These are tested and work fine in Dreamweaver.  😉

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    AturobAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    May 13, 2023

    @436298

    You ask why.
    The reason is readabilty.

    You can have a look to Office software to understand my motive. Since decades a no brake space is visualized there by colored middle dot, sometimes with a background color additionally.

    If anyone has a solution for my issue, I would appreciate that.

    AturobAuthor
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    May 13, 2023

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