Sets or retrieves
line-breaking rules for text in selected languages
such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean.
Syntax
| HTML |
{ line-break : sBreak }
|
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| Scripting | [ sBreak = ] object.style.lineBreak |
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Possible Values
| sBreak | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.- normal
- Default. Normal line-breaking mode is applied.
strict- Stricter line-breaking rules are enforced.
|
The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
normal. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
inherited.
DHTML expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s). As of Internet Explorer 8, expressions are not supported in IE8 mode. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
This property is deprecated. It is replaced by the
-ms-word-break
property in Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later. The
line-break
property was dropped from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3) in March 2007, as per
CSS Text Level 3: W3C Working Draft (6 March 2007), sec. 10, "Changes from the May 2003 CSS3 Text CR" .gif)
.
Line breaking is standardized in
Unicode Standard Annex #14: Line Breaking Properties .
Standards Information
This property is defined in
CSS 3 .
Applies To
|
ADDRESS,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
CENTER,
currentStyle,
DD,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
DT,
FIELDSET,
FORM,
hn,
HR,
LEGEND,
LI,
LISTING,
MARQUEE,
MENU,
OL,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
runtimeStyle,
style,
TABLE,
TD,
TH,
TR,
UL,
XMP |
See Also
wordBreak