-ms-hyphens property
Specifies a value that indicates whether additional break opportunities for the current line are created by hyphenating individual words within the line.
This property is read/write.
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Syntax
-ms-hyphens: none | manual | auto
Property values
One of the following values.
none-
Indicates that all word breaking is suppressed, including at soft hyphens.
manual-
Indicates that word breaking is allowed only where word breaking opportunities are suggested. These suggestions may come in the form of soft hyphens or hard hyphens.
auto-
Indicates that, in addition to suggested word breaking opportunities, word breaking opportunities are allowed where determined by a hyphenation resource (dictionary). Soft hyphens take priority over other hyphenation opportunities, but are still subject to the hyphenation controlled properties.
CSS information
| Applies To | All elements |
|---|---|
| Media | visual |
| Inherited | true |
| Initial Value | manual |
Standards information
- CSS Text Level 3, Section 5.1
See also