word-break Attribute | wordBreak Property

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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

This property is part of a proposed addition to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) .

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