HTML | DOM Style wordWrap Property
The Style wordWrap property in HTML DOM is used to set or return whether long words should be broken to wrap around to the next line.
Syntax:
- To get the wordWrap property
object.style.wordWrap
- To set the wordWrap property
object.style.wordWrap = "normal|break-word|initial|inherit"
Property Values:
- normal: This is used to break long words only at the break points.
Return Values: It returns a string value, which representing the word-wrap property of an element
Example-1:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.content {
border: 1px solid;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
style
=
"color: green"
>
w3wiki
</
h1
>
<
b
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
b
>
<
p
>
The wordWrap property specifies whether
long words should be broken to wrap
around to the next line.
</
p
>
<
div
class
=
"content"
>
w3wikiisacomputerscienceportal.
</
div
>
<
button
onclick
=
"setWordWrap()"
>
Change wordWrap
</
button
>
<!-- Script to set wordWrap to normal -->
<
script
>
function setWordWrap() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.wordWrap = 'normal';
}
</
script
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- Before clicking the button:
- break-word: This is used to allow unbreakable words to be broken to the next line.
Example-2:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.content {
border: 1px solid;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
style
=
"color: green"
>
w3wiki
</
h1
>
<
b
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
b
>
<
p
>
The wordWrap property specifies
whether long words should be broken
to wrap around to the next line.
</
p
>
<
div
class
=
"content"
>
w3wikiisacomputerscienceportal.
</
div
>
<
button
onclick
=
"setWordWrap()"
>
Change wordWrap
</
button
>
<!-- Script to set wordWrap to break-word -->
<
script
>
function setWordWrap() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.wordWrap = 'break-word';
}
</
script
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- Before clicking the button:
- initial: This is used to set the property to its default value.
Example-3:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
.content {
border: 1px solid;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
word-wrap: break-word;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
style
=
"color: green"
>
w3wiki
</
h1
>
<
b
>DOM Style wordWrap Property</
b
>
<
p
>
The wordWrap property specifies
whether long words should be broken
to wrap around to the next line.
</
p
>
<
div
class
=
"content"
>
w3wikiisacomputerscienceportal.
</
div
>
<
button
onclick
=
"setWordWrap()"
>
Change wordWrap
</
button
>
<!-- Script to set wordWrap to initial -->
<
script
>
function setWordWrap() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.wordWrap = 'initial';
}
</
script
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- inherit: This is used to inherit the value from the parent of the element.
Example-4:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<
html
>
<
head
>
<
title
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
title
>
<
style
>
#parent {
word-wrap: break-word;
}
.content {
border: 1px solid;
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
word-wrap: normal;
}
</
style
>
</
head
>
<
body
>
<
h1
style
=
"color: green"
>
w3wiki
</
h1
>
<
b
>
DOM Style wordWrap Property
</
b
>
<
p
>
The wordWrap property specifies whether
long words should be broken to wrap around
to the next line.
</
p
>
<
div
id
=
"parent"
>
<
div
class
=
"content"
>
w3wikiisacomputerscienceportal.
</
div
>
</
div
>
<
button
onclick
=
"setWordWrap()"
>
Change wordWrap
</
button
>
<!-- Script to set wordWrap to inherit -->
<
script
>
function setWordWrap() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.wordWrap = 'inherit';
}
</
script
>
</
body
>
</
html
>
Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- Before clicking the button:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Style wordWrap Property are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari
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