CSS word-break Property

This word-break property is used to specify how to break the word when the word reached at end of the line. The line breaks in the text can occur in certain spaces, like when there is a space or a hyphen.

Syntax:

word-break: normal|break-all|keep-all|break-word|initial|inherit;

Default Value: Normal

Properties: There are word-break property which are given below:

normal
break-all
keep-all
initial
inherit

1. normal: This property uses the default line break rules.

Syntax:

word-break: normal (default value)

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        CSS word-break Property
    </title>
    <style>
        p {
            width: 140px;
            border: 1px solid #000000;
        }
         
        gfg.a {
            word-break: normal;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>word-break: normal (default):</h2>
        <p class="gfg">
            GeeksforGeeksGeeksGeeks.
            A computer science portal for geeks.
        </p>
 
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

2. break-all: It is used to break the words at any character to prevent overflow.

Syntax:

break-word: break-all

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        CSS word-break Property
    </title>
    <style>
        p {
            width: 142px;
            border: 1px solid #000000;
        }
          
        p.gfg {
            word-break: break-all;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 style="color:green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>word-break: break-all;</h2>
        <p class="gfg">
            GeeksforGeeksGeeksGeeks. A
            computer science portal for geeks .
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

3. Keep-all: It is same as value normal.

Note: It should not be used for Chinese/Japanese/Korean text.

Syntax:

word-break: Keep-all;

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        CSS word-break Property
    </title>
    <style>
        p {
            width: 140px;
            border: 1px solid #000000;
            color:black;
        }
        p.gfg {
            word-break: keep-all;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>word-break: Keep-all</h2>
        <p class="gfg">
            GeeksforGeeksGeeksGeeks.A
            computer science portal for geeks.
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

4. break-word: It is used to broken the words at arbitrary points to prevent overflow.

Syntax:

word-break: break-word;

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        CSS word-break Property
    </title>
    <style>
        p {
            width: 140px;
            border: 1px solid #000000;
            color:black;
        }
        p.gfg {
            word-break: break-word;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>word-break: break-word</h2>
        <p class="gfg">
            GeeksforGeeksGeeksGeeks.A
            computer science portal for geeks.
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>

Output:

5. initial: It sets the property to its default value.

Syntax:

word-break:initial;

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        CSS word-break Property
    </title>
    <style>
        p {
            width: 140px;
            border: 1px solid #000000;
            color:black;
        }
        p.gfg {
            word-break:initial;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>word-break:initial;</h2>
        <p class="gfg">
            GeeksforGeeksGeeksGeeks.A
            computer science portal for geeks.
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>