Template:Double+single/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Double+single.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on many pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

The {{" '}} template (or {{Double+single}} in long form) is for use at the beginning of a 'single-quoted' quotation that also begins a "double-quoted" quotation (or a double-quoted passage that begins with an apostrophe). Its purpose is to slightly space the double and single quotation marks apart for legibility, without actually inserting a space character. It does this with CSS, and does so because the insertion of an extranous space character of any kind would be a violation of the semantic integrity of the web content of the article or other page in which it appeared.

Example (with highlighting added for clarity)

Using the template:

Gonzales added, {{" '}}Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

For comparison, here is the completely unspaced version:

Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

Gonzales added, "'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

And here is the version with a semantically incorrect non-breaking space character:

Gonzales added, " 'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

Gonzales added, " 'Interesting times' is quite a euphemism for this chaos."

When rendered, the non-breaking-spaced version looks similar to or the same as the template version, but improperly mixes content and presentation.

The equivalent template when used inside a template parameter that automatically provides double quotes (e.g. |title= in {{cite web}}) is {{-'}} (Template:Space+single). See also {{' "}} and {{'-}} for the right-hand side versions (manual and parameter, respectively).

{{'}} (Template:Apostrophe)
{{'s}}
{{′}} (Template:Prime)
{{''}}
{{' "}} (Template:Single+double)
{{" '}} (Template:Double+single)
{{' '}} (Template:Single+single)
{{" ' "}} (Template:Double+single+double)
{{' " '}} (Template:Single+double+single)
{{-"}} (Template:Space+double)
{{"-}} (Template:Double+space)
{{-'}} (Template:Space+single)
{{'-}} (Template:Single+space)
{{--)}} (Template:Space+parenthesis) (it's --) because ) and -) were already used by other templates)
{{(-}} (Template:Parenthesis+space) (using (-- also works, for consistency with the one above)