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wbr object

Browser support:
Indicates where a line break is allowed to be inserted if needed within a nobr element.
The nobr element allows authors to create a non-breaking line of text. With the wbr element you can specify the point where a line break is allowed to be inserted if needed.
Although the wbr element is known by Firefox and Opera, they do not implement its functionality.
Internet Explorer 8 does not support the wbr element in 'standards' mode.

Syntax:

Methods that return the object:
document.createElement ("wbr")
The base interface, through which you can add new functionalities to the wbr object, is the HTMLWBRElement interface.
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HTML page for this element: wbr

Possible members:

Properties
Methods
Events
Style properties
attributes
Represents a collection of attribute nodes that belong to an element.
baseURI
10
Returns the base URL for the object.
behaviorUrns
Represents a collection of the Uniform Resource Names for all behaviors attached to an element.
canHaveChildren
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain child elements.
canHaveHTML
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain HTML formatted text.
currentStyle
Represents the computed style settings for an element.
id
Sets or retrieves a unique identifier for the object.
isContentEditable
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of the object are editable by the user.
isDisabled
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object is disabled.
isMultiLine
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of an element can be multiline or not.
isTextEdit
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the createTextRange method can be used for the element.
localName
9
Returns the local part of the qualified name of the current node.
name
Sets or retrieves the name of an element.
namespaceURI
9
Sets or returns the namespace URI of the current node.
nextElementSibling
9
Returns a reference to the next child element of the current element's parent.
nextSibling
Returns a reference to the next child of the current element's parent.
nodeName
Returns the name of the current node.
nodeType
Returns an integer that indicates the type of the node.
nodeValue
Sets or returns the value of the current node.
offsetHeight
Returns the height of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the height with the padding, scrollBar, and the border, but does not include the margin.
offsetLeft
Returns the left position of an object relative to the left side of its offsetParent element, in pixels.
offsetParent
Returns a reference to the closest ancestor element in the DOM hierarchy from which the position of the current element is calculated.
offsetTop
Returns the top position of the object relative to the top side of its offsetParent element, in pixels.
offsetWidth
Returns the width of the visible area for an object, in pixels. The value contains the width with the padding, scrollBar, and the border, but does not include the margin.
outerHTML
Sets or retrieves the outer HTML content (the source code including the opening and closing tags) of an element.
outerText
Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
ownerDocument
Returns the document object that contains the current node.
parentElement
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
parentNode
Returns the parent element of the current node in the DOM hierarchy.
parentTextEdit
Returns the closest ancestor element of the current element in the DOM hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange object.
previousElementSibling
9
Returns a reference to the previous child element of the current element's parent.
previousSibling
Returns a reference to the previous node of the current element's parent.
readyState
Returns a string value that represents the state of the object.
runtimeStyle
Represents the overridden style settings for an element.
scopeName
Retrieves the local name of the namespace declared for the current element.
sourceIndex
Returns the position of the current object in the all collection of the document.
style
Represents the inline style settings for an element or a CSS rule.
tabIndex
Specifies or returns the tabbing order for keyboard navigation using the TAB key.
tagName
Returns the tag name of the current element.
tagUrn
Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) of the namespace declared for the current element.
uniqueID
Returns the unique identifier generated by the browser for the object.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the wbr element:
<nobr>The NOBR tag prevents text from being wrapped if it is too long for the browser window to display it.
 The WBR tag allows specifying where the line of text<wbr/>can be wrapped within the NOBR tags.</nobr>
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