[thelist] Opposite of nowrap
Stephen Rider
evolt_org at striderweb.com
Wed Dec 17 10:09:21 CST 2003
Possibilities:
‌ ‌ "zero width non-joiner"
    "thin space"
HTML also includes the POORLY SUPPORTED ­ character, which some
browsers treat as an "optional hyphen" (allows the word to break there
and shows a hyphen _if_ it does), and others treat as a regular hyphen
(always displays as a hyphen). Because of the inconsistent support,
(caused largely by the fact that there is no real consensus as to how
this _should_ display), ­ should probably not be used.
Steve
On Wednesday, December 17, 2003, at 08:53 AM, Diane Soini wrote:
> There are various methods to specify a nowrap property on text. Is
> there the opposite? I have a form that retrieves results and sometimes
> there are things like URLs that are way too long for the space and it
> breaks the layout. I'd like the text to break anywhere it needs to so
> it will fit. Or at the very least, specify it's ok to break on other
> non-letter characters besides the hyphen.
>
> I tried using javascript to add "\n" as needed, but that effort was
> iffy. Maybe there is some better javascript already written, or a CSS
> or HTML property I haven't heard of?
>
> And no, something like tinyurl isn't an option. It isn't always URLs
> for one thing.
>
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