Sets or retrieves line-breaking behavior within words, particularly where multiple languages appear in the object.
Syntax
HTML
{ word-break : sBreak }
Scripting
object.style.wordBreak [ =sBreak ]
Possible Values
sBreak
String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.
normal
Default. Allows line breaking within words.
break-all
Behaves the same as normal for Asian text, yet allows the line to break arbitrarily for non-Asian text. This value is suited to Asian text that contains some excerpts of non-Asian text.
keep-all
Does not allow word breaking for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Functions the same way as normal for all non-Asian languages. This value is optimized for text that includes small amounts of Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
normal. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
When using the word-break attribute with a TABLE, you must set the table-layout property to fixed on the TABLE.
Standards Information
property is part of a proposed addition to
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) .
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