I used to use a key stroke short cut combination to insert a non-breaking hyphen. I'm using a Magic Keyboard w touch ID. I realize I can insert one with the Character Viewer but would rather type it out (not w Unicode: UTF)
I'm able to make a non-breaking space with Option-Space can't remember what I did for the NB hyphen. Perhaps it's no longer a thing??
Sonoma 14.4.1
Open the character viewer (⌘^␠) and search for the non-breaking hyphen (U+2011), and insert that into some text somewhere, such as into a text shortcut you’re creating.
U+2021 is usually also ⌥2011, when Unicode hex input is enabled as an input source. (There was a now-fixed bug here.)
Here’s the non‑breaking hyphen in use.
Open the character viewer (⌘^␠) and search for the non-breaking hyphen (U+2011), and insert that into some text somewhere, such as into a text shortcut you’re creating.
U+2021 is usually also ⌥2011, when Unicode hex input is enabled as an input source. (There was a now-fixed bug here.)
Here’s the non‑breaking hyphen in use.
Wonderwall1234 wrote:
I'm able to make a non-breaking space with Option-Space can't remember what I did for the NB hyphen.
If you are talking about Word or LibreOffice, I think it is Command Shift Hyphen.
For other apps, you usually need to do something else, as mentioned by others. A text replacement might work:
Replace text and punctuation in documents on Mac - Apple Support
Wonderwall1234 wrote:
I used to use a key stroke short cut combination to insert a non-breaking hyphen. I'm using a Magic Keyboard w touch ID. I realize I can insert one with the Character Viewer but would rather type it out (not w Unicode: UTF)
I'm able to make a non-breaking space with Option-Space can't remember what I did for the NB hyphen. Perhaps it's no longer a thing??
Sonoma 14.4.1
Not sure what that is exactly "non-breaking hyphen"
Shift Option — (this would be an "em dash")
Option – (this would be an "en dash")
examples in a .rtfd format:
ref: The en dash is approximately the length of the letter N, and the em dash the length of the letter M
Thanks everyone for your help. In the end this is such a small thing that I've now spent too much time on...
Looking like I'll need to create/modify shortcut as suggested by MrHoffman, OR use Character Viewer or Keyboard Shortcuts, or Insert > Symbols depending on app. Found same issue here https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/19a8mw9/word_for_mac_update_keyboard_shortcut_issue/
To confirm some things:
en/em dashes working fine with:
En Dash (–) Option+Hyphen
Em Dash (—) Shift+Option+Hyphen
Here's an example of a non-breaking hyphen — if I want the 'check-in' to stay together on the same line, in the example below, I'd use a non-breaking hyphen vs a hyphen.
Mac InDesign, these work for me:
non-breaking spaces (option+command+x)
non-breaking hyphens (option+command+-)
Mac 365 PPT/Word, non-breaking space works:
non-breaking space (option+space)
but
non-breaking hyphen in Word, see below — Up Arrow... interesting but doesn't help, I also don't have a Numpad
This mentions keyboard conflicts on mac https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/keyboard-shortcuts-in-word-95ef89dd-7142-4b50-afb2-f762f663ceb2#PickTab=macOS
Wonderwall1234 wrote:
Mac 365 PPT/Word, non-breaking space works:
but
non-breaking hyphen in Word, see below — Up Arrow... interesting but doesn't help, I also don't have a Numpad
Don't you have a up arrow just below right shift?
In any case you can change that shortcut to the standard Command Shift - by clicking on the button called Keyboard Shortcuts at the bottom of that Window. My Word window has Command Shift - for the no break hyphen and it does produce that.
Hi Tom, yes, I have the all arrows on keyboard. The Keyboard shortcut had only 'up arrow' which was unhelpful. I changed it to Command+Shift+- so that's good for Word.
Type a non-breaking hyphen using Magic Keyboard
