word-break Attribute | wordBreak Property

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 ]

HTML	{ word-break: sBreak }
Scripting	object.style.wordBreak [ = sBreak ]

Possible Values

sBreak String that specifies one of the following values:

normal 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 with a default value of normal; the proposed cascading style sheets (CSS) extension attribute is inherited.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see Dynamic Properties.

Applies To

[ Object Name ]

Platform Version

Win16:

Win32:

Mac:

Unix:

WinCE:

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ADDRESS, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, CENTER, DD, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, FIELDSET, FORM, Hn, HR, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MARQUEE, MENU, OL, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, TABLE, TD, TH, TR, UL, XMP