CSS line-break Property
Description
The line-break property specifies the strictness of line-breaking rules applied within an element: particularly how wrapping interacts with punctuation and symbols.
- Initial value
- auto
- Applies to
- All elements
- Inherited
- Yes
- Media
- Visual
- Computed value
- Specified value
- Animatable
- No
- CSS Version
- CSS3
- JavaScript syntax
- object.style.lineBreak
Syntax
line-break: auto | loose | normal | strict
Values
- autoThe browser determines the set of line-breaking restrictions to use, and it may vary the restrictions based on the length of the line; e.g., use a less restrictive set of line-break rules for short lines.
- looseBreaks text using the least restrictive set of line-breaking rules. Typically used for short lines, such as in newspapers.
- normalBreaks text using the most common set of line-breaking rules.
- strictBreaks text using the most stringent set of line-breaking rules.
Example
.class {
line-break:loose;
}Browser Support
| Desktop | |||||
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| 5.5 | 14 | 58 | 69 | 45 | 11 |
| Tablets / Mobile | |||||
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| 58 | 58 | 79 | 43 | 11 | 7.0 |
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