Sets or retrieves
line-breaking behavior within words, particularly where multiple
languages appear in the object.
Syntax
| HTML |
{ word-break : sBreak }
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| Scripting | [ sBreak = ] object.style.wordBreak |
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Possible Values
| sBreak | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.| normal | Default.
Allows line breaking within words.
| break-all |
Behaves 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 small amounts of non-Asian text.
| keep-all |
Behaves as
normal
for non-Asian text, but disallows word breaking for
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text. This value is suited to
non-Asian text that includes small amounts of Chinese,
Japanese, or Korean text.
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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
attribute to
fixed
on the
TABLE.
The behaviors of the parameter values are detailed in
CSS Text Level 3: W3C Working Draft (6 March 2007), sec. 4.1, "Line Breaking Restrictions: The 'word-break' Property" 
; and in
Unicode Standard Annex #14: Line Breaking Properties .
Standards Information
This property is defined in
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3) .
Applies To
|
ADDRESS,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
CENTER,
currentStyle,
DD,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
DT,
FIELDSET,
FORM,
hn,
HR,
LEGEND,
LI,
LISTING,
MARQUEE,
MENU,
OL,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
runtimeStyle,
style,
TABLE,
TD,
TH,
TR,
UL,
XMP |