The "word-break" CSS Property

This property specifies soft wrap opportunities between letters, i.e. where it is "normal" and permissible to break lines of text.

Values for "word-break"

CSS Level	Value
CSS Text Level 3	"normal | keep-all | break-all | break-word"

Notes

• This property does not affect rules governing the soft wrap opportunities created by white space and around punctuation.

Recommended Links

• CanIUse.com: Search "word-break" (browser compatibility information)
• CanIEmail.com: Search "word-break" (email client compatibility information)
• CSS Text Level 3: word-break property
• CSS Text Level 4: word-break property
• MDN: word-break property
• Quackit: word-break property

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• Bing "CSS word-break property"
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