Template:Empty cell

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Usage

Used to make empty cells in tables. ​ is a Unicode zero-width space.

{| class="wikitable mw-datatable"
|-
! {{empty cell}} !!   heading1   !!   heading2
|-
|     row1       || row1, cell1  || row1, cell2
|-
|     row2       || row2, cell1  || row2, cell2
|-
|}

Renders as:

​	heading1	heading2
row1	row1, cell1	row1, cell2
row2	row2, cell1	row2, cell2

(Note: leading and trailing spaces between cell divisions are rendered the same by the MediaWiki parser. The table above could be written with a single space between items and still be correct.)

Rationale

Using this template may slightly improve accessibility for screen readers. Additionally, it avoids another editor mistakenly correcting what seems to be tripled markup.