Under format / textstyle there is nonbreaking

Thanks for that Gnospen.

However, I must be missing something, because I can't get it to work.

I type a sentence, then select the space character between two words, then do Format>textstyle>Nonbreaking, I then resize the window so that the line has to break in between the two words. The second word gets moved to the new line, and does not bring with it the word to the left of the nonbreaking space. Even when I select both words including the space and do the Format>textstyle>Nonbreaking, I get the same result when I re-size the window.

Also, we're still looking at several mouse-clicks / keystrokes...

I used nonbreaking and inserted a space and it worked as it should when re-sizing. I also had to exit that mode. A LOT of keystrokes. I guess you can set up a shortcut in user.something. I don't know how thou.

OK. This worked. That is, Format>textstyle>Nonbreaking then type the space.

That is quite an interruption to the typing...

I'll have to figure out how to put in a feature request...

Can you think of a reason why Ctrl+Shift+Space would not be a widely acceptable shortcut in Thunderbird?

Thanks, Mark.

No, but you could program a key to Alt+O, S, N and a space (alt only with O)