CSS Properties: How to specify the word-break property to allow words to be continued to the next line

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:50 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
  <head>
  <title>How to specify the word-break property to allow words to be continued to the next line</title>
  <style type="text/css">
p.w3r {
    width: 140px; 
    border: 1px solid #CCFF00;
    word-break: break-all;
}
</style>
  </head>
  <body>
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</body>
  </html>

Live Demo:

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HTML Code:

<div>
<table>
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</table>
</div>

CSS Code:

table {
  border-collapse: separate;
  border-spacing: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid grey;
}

td, th {
  margin: 0;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  white-space: nowrap;
  border-top-width: 0px;
}

div {
  width: 500px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  margin-left: 5em;
  overflow-y: visible;
  padding: 0;
}

.headcol {
  position: absolute;
  width: 5em;
  left: 0;
  top: auto;
  border-top-width: 1px;
  /*only relevant for first row*/
  margin-top: -1px;
  /*compensate for top border*/
}

.headcol:before {
  content: 'Row ';
}

.long {
  background: yellow;
  letter-spacing: 1em;
}

Live Demo:

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