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This is a feature request, not a bug. I'm using the default MediaWiki editor on a laptop (which is the same as the desktop version). Currently, entering a non-breaking space using HTML code makes the text harder to read in the editor window, as the HTML entity breaks the flow of reading naturally in a way that non-alphanumeric characters such as wikilink brackets don't. You can also enter it as an actual non-breaking space, which doesn't disrupt flow, but it looks no different from a regular space, and future editors won't be able to tell the difference. What if actual non-breaking spaces were given a light gray outline in the editor window, maybe with the letters NB inside on English projects, to distinguish them from normal spaces, and people would switch from using the HTML code to actually entering it as is? It also improves on page size; I believe the HTML entity uses 6 bytes, while the actual character uses only 2 in UTF-8.

This is a feature request, not a bug. I'm using the default MediaWiki editor for the English Wikipedia and Wiktionary on a Mac laptop (which is the same as the desktop version). I have not changed anything in preferences except that I am not using the visual editor. It appears that Extension:WikiEditor is enabled, but this shouldn't make a difference, as it's not part of the text box. Currently, entering a non-breaking space using HTML code makes the text harder to read in the editor window, as the HTML entity breaks the flow of reading naturally in a way that non-alphanumeric characters such as wikilink brackets don't. You can also enter it as an actual non-breaking space, which doesn't disrupt flow, but it looks no different from a regular space, and future editors won't be able to tell the difference. What if actual non-breaking spaces were given a light gray outline in the editor window, maybe with the letters NB inside on English projects, to distinguish them from normal spaces, and people would switch from using the HTML code to actually entering it as is? It also improves on page size; I believe the HTML entity uses 6 bytes, while the actual character uses only 2 in UTF-8.

This is a feature request, not a bug. I'm using the default MediaWiki editor on afor the English Wikipedia and Wiktionary on a Mac laptop (which is the same as the desktop version). I have not changed anything in preferences except that I am not using the visual editor. It appears that Extension:WikiEditor is enabled, but this shouldn't make a difference, as it's not part of the text box. Currently, entering a non-breaking space using HTML code makes the text harder to read in the editor window, as the HTML entity breaks the flow of reading naturally in a way that non-alphanumeric characters such as wikilink brackets don't. You can also enter it as an actual non-breaking space, which doesn't disrupt flow, but it looks no different from a regular space, and future editors won't be able to tell the difference. What if actual non-breaking spaces were given a light gray outline in the editor window, maybe with the letters NB inside on English projects, to distinguish them from normal spaces, and people would switch from using the HTML code to actually entering it as is? It also improves on page size; I believe the HTML entity uses 6 bytes, while the actual character uses only 2 in UTF-8.