wbr element | wbr object (Internet Explorer)

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Inserts a soft line break into a block of nobr text.

HTML information

Closing Tag	forbidden
CSS Display

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

Element

HTMLElement

wbr

Members

The wbr object has these types of members:

Events
Methods
Properties

Events

The wbr object has these events.

Event	Description
abort	Fires when the user aborts the download.
afterupdate	Fires on a databound object after successfully updating the associated data in the data source object.
beforecopy	Fires on the source object before the selection is copied to the system clipboard.
beforeupdate	Fires on a databound object before updating the associated data in the data source object.
cellchange	Fires when data changes in the data provider.
change	Fires when the contents of the object or selection have changed.
dataavailable	Fires periodically as data arrives from data source objects that asynchronously transmit their data.
datasetchanged	Fires when the data set exposed by a data source object changes.
error	Fires when an error occurs during object loading.
errorupdate	Fires on a databound object when an error occurs while updating the associated data in the data source object.
filterchange	Fires when a visual filter changes state or completes a transition.
input	Occurs when the text content of an element is changed through the user interface.
layoutcomplete	Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document.
load	Fires immediately after the client loads the object.
ondatasetcomplete	Fires to indicate that all data is available from the data source object.
onselect	Fires when the current selection changes.
reset	Fires when the user resets a form.
resize	Fires when the size of the object is about to change.
rowenter	Fires to indicate that the current row has changed in the data source and new data values are available on the object.
rowexit	Fires just before the data source control changes the current row in the object.
rowsdelete	Fires when rows are about to be deleted from the recordset.
rowsinserted	Fires just after new rows are inserted in the current recordset.

Methods

The wbr object has these methods.

Method	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
applyElement	Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
clearAttributes	Removes all attributes and values from the object.
componentFromPoint	Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
doScroll	Simulates a click on a scroll bar component.
fireEvent	Fires a specified event on the object.
getAttribute	Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getElementsByClassName	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the value of the class attribute.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
hasAttributes	Determines whether one or more attributes exist for the object.
msMatchesSelector	Determines whether an object matches the specified selector.
normalize	Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model.
removeAttribute	Removes an attribute from an object.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
replaceAdjacentText	Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
scrollIntoView	Causes the object to scroll into view, aligning it either at the top or bottom of the window.
setActive	Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute	Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
setCapture	Sets the mouse capture to the object that belongs to the current document.

Properties

The wbr object has these properties.

Property	Description
attributes	Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object.
canHaveChildren	Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.
canHaveHTML	Retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup.
id	Sets or retrieves the string identifying the object.
isContentEditable	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can edit the contents of the object.
isDisabled	Gets the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object.
isMultiLine	Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines.
role	Sets or retrieves the role for this element.
scopeName	Gets the namespace defined for the element. This property is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.
tagUrn	Sets or gets the URN specified in the namespace declaration. This property is not supported for Windows Store apps using JavaScript.

Standards information

HTML 4.01 Specification (Obsolete)

Remarks

A soft line break is a point inside a nobr section at which a line break is permitted but not required.

Examples

This example uses the wbr element to create line breaks. In contrast, the nobr element does not break lines.


<nobr>This line of text will not break, no matter how narrow the window gets.</nobr>
<nobr>This one, however,<wbr> will break after the word "however," 
if the window gets small enough.</nobr>

wbr element | wbr object