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[=?ISO-8859-2?Q?Rafa=B3?= Maj]

Hello,
is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can brake
text when lacking white spaces?

In example I have text:
aaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzz

and its displayed in container that (with this font etc) will hold up to 10
characters (or will overflow etc which is bad).

I can insert spaces manually like
aaaaaaaaaa aaammmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmz zzzzzzz
and so on.

But can I insert not a space but some character that will be only used if no
other is suitable to brake the stirng with?

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit Rafal Maj:

Hello,
is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can
brake text when lacking white spaces?

In example I have text:
aaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmzzzzz

Looks somewhat odd. I wonder what it means. Generally, when you have such a
problem, it's best to consider whether the content is meaningful and how it
might be changed.

and its displayed in container that (with this font etc) will hold up
to 10 characters (or will overflow etc which is bad).

"Doctor, it hurts when I do this."
"Then don't do that."

That is, why do you create the problem by squeezing something into a narrow
area where it cannot fit?

More info: http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/nobr.html#suggest

 

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Rafa³ Maj)

is there a html entity or something that tells browser where it can brake
text when lacking white spaces?

­

Micha

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

Scripsit Michael Fesser:

.oO(Rafa³ Maj)


­

That's soft hyphen, which is ignored by Firefox and treated as a
_hyphenation_ hint by most other browsers.

foo­bar produces, when it does not fit,

foo-
bar

(notice the hyphen) whereas foo<wbr>bar produces, when it does not fit,

foo
bar

(notice the lack of hyphen).

 

[Michael Fesser]

..oO(Jukka K. Korpela)

Scripsit Michael Fesser:


That's soft hyphen, which is ignored by Firefox

Firefox 3 will support it, most other modern browsers already do.

and treated as a
_hyphenation_ hint by most other browsers.

Correct, but that's what I think the OP wants. Of course it's just a
guess, but it's the one that makes the most sense to me.

Micha