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word-wrap property

Browser support:

	3.5

Specifies whether the current line should break if the content exceeds the boundaries of its container.

Note: The word-wrap property is supported in Firefox from version 3.5.

JavaScript page for this property: wordWrap. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

One of the following values:

break-word

Content will wrap to the next line, and a word-break will occur when necessary.

inherit

Takes the value of this property from the computed style of the parent element.

normal

Content exceeds the boundaries of the specified rendering box.

Default: normal.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the word-wrap property:

<head>
    <style>
        .example {
            width: 200px;
            height: 150px;
            background: #99C6CD;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="example" style="word-wrap: break-word;">
        breakonelongwordintomultiplewordsonmultiplelines.
    </div>

    <br />

    <div class="example" style="word-wrap: normal;">
        breakonelongwordintomultiplewordsonmultiplelines.
    </div>
</body>