line-break

Summary

Deprecated. Gets or sets line-breaking rules for text in selected languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.

Overview table

Initial value

auto

Applies to

All elements

Inherited

Yes

Media

visual

Computed value

specified value

Animatable

No

CSS Object Model Property
:

Syntax

Values

normal

Default. Normal line-breaking mode is applied.

strict

Stricter line-breaking rules are enforced.

Notes

Remarks

This property is deprecated. It is replaced by the -ms-word-break property starting in Windows Internet Explorer 7.

See also

Related articles

Text

• block-progression

• font-language-override

• font-size

• hyphenate-limit-chars

• hyphenate-limit-lines

• hyphenate-limit-zone

• hyphens

• ime-mode

• layout-grid

• layout-grid-char

• layout-grid-line

• layout-grid-mode

• layout-grid-type

• letter-spacing

• text-overflow-ellipsis

• text-overflow-mode

• text-rendering

• user-modify

• Text

• size

• b

• b

• br

• br

• caption

• cite

• code

• del

• dfn

• em

• font

• hr

• i

• ins

• kbd

• mark

• samp

• strong

• Achieving typographic effects with the canvas tag

Related pages

• CSSStyleDeclarationCSSStyleDeclaration
• currentStylecurrentStyle
• runtimeStyleruntimeStyle
• stylestyle
• -ms-word-break-ms-word-break

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]