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Properties
 lineBreak Property
line-break Attribute | lineBreak Property

Sets or retrieves line-breaking rules for text in selected languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Korean.

Syntax

HTML { line-break : sBreak }
Scripting[ sBreak = ] object.style.lineBreak

Possible Values

sBreakString that specifies or receives one of the following values.
normalDefault. Normal line-breaking mode is applied.
strictStricter 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.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.

Remarks

This property is deprecated. It is replaced by the wordBreak property. The lineBreak property was dropped from 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" World Wide Web link.

Line breaking is standardized in Unicode Standard Annex #14: Line Breaking Properties World Wide Web link.

Standards Information

This property is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3) World Wide Web link.

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
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