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How can I break up long words instead of overflowing?

Answer 1

+1 A:

Depends on what the desired output should be, but if you want to hyphenate the word, you can use , that is, replace "abcdefasdfasfasd", with say, abcdefasdfasfasd.

You could also have a look at the overflow property.

aioobe 2010-05-18 10:51:43

Answer 2

A:

does justify do it?

Andrew Bullock 2010-05-18 10:51:50

Answer 3

+3 A:

I think word-wrap is supported in most browsers?

word-wrap:break-word;

Bigfellahull 2010-05-18 10:55:47

Answer 4

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There's a CSS property called word-wrap. Give it the attribute "break-word" and you should be good to go.

.break-word {
word-wrap: break-word;
}

Source: Web Designer Wall - Force text to wrap

Stuart Memo 2010-05-18 10:59:08

Answer 5

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The css mentioned above won't work in all browser's as it's non-standard. When I run into this I usually use php's wordwrap function, but that's no good if you're not using php.

Two things which need to be pointed out: You've defined the height of the second element twice in the css. If you wrap text inside an element with a defined height, it could well overflow, and cause you a new set of problems.

puppybeard 2010-05-18 14:03:50

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