HTML DOM Style wordBreak Property


The HTML DOM style wordBreak property returns and modify line breaking rules for non - Chinese, Japanese and Korean scripts in an HTML document.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

  • Returning wordBreak

object.style.wordBreak
  • Modifying wordBreak

object.style.wordBreak = “value”

Values

Here, value can be −

ValueExplanation
initialIt set this property value to its default value.
inheritIt inherits this property value from its parent element.
normalIt breaks words according to their usual rules.
keep-allIn it line breaks are disallowed between pairs of letters.
break-allIn it lines may break between any two letters.

Example

Let us see an example of HTML DOM style wordBreak property −

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      background: lightblue;
      height: 100vh;
   }
   p {
      border: 2px solid #fff;
      width: 120px;
   }
   .btn {
      background: #db133a;
      border: none;
      height: 2rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      width: 40%;
      display: block;
      color: #fff;
      outline: none;
      cursor: pointer;
      margin: 1rem 0;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>DOM Style wordBreak Property Example</h1>
<p>Thisisaparagraphelement.</p>
<button onclick="add()" class="btn">Set wordBreak</button>
<script>
   function add() {
      document.querySelector('p').style.wordBreak = "break-all"
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

This will produce the following output −

Click on “Set wordBreak” button to break the long word inside the paragraph element −

Updated on: 01-Jul-2020

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