1. Typography
  2. word-break

Typography

word-break

Utilities for controlling word breaks in an element.

ClassStyles
break-normal
overflow-wrap: normal; word-break: normal;
break-words
overflow-wrap: break-word;
break-all
word-break: break-all;
break-keep
word-break: keep-all;

Examples

Normal

Use the break-normal utility to only add line breaks at normal word break points:

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

<p class="break-normal">The longest word in any of the major...</p>

Break Words

Use the break-words utility to add line breaks mid-word if needed:

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

<p class="break-words">The longest word in any of the major...</p>

Break All

Use the break-all utility to add line breaks whenever necessary, without trying to preserve whole words:

The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.

<p class="break-all">The longest word in any of the major...</p>

Break Keep

Use the break-keep utility to prevent line breaks from being applied to Chinese/Japanese/Korean (CJK) text:

抗衡不屈不挠 (kànghéng bùqū bùnáo) 这是一个长词,意思是不畏强暴,奋勇抗争,坚定不移,永不放弃。这个词通常用来描述那些在面对困难和挑战时坚持自己信念的人, 他们克服一切困难,不屈不挠地追求自己的目标。无论遇到多大的挑战,他们都能够坚持到底,不放弃,最终获得胜利。

<p class="break-keep">抗衡不屈不挠...</p>

For non-CJK text the break-keep utility has the same behavior as the break-normal utility.

Responsive design

Prefix a word-break utility with a breakpoint variant like md: to only apply the utility at medium screen sizes and above:

<p class="break-normal md:break-all ...">  <!-- ... --></p>

Learn more about using variants in the variants documentation.

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