Aquileo | 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:

html

<!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">
      GeeksforGeeks
    </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">
        GeeksforGeeksisacomputerscienceportal.
    </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:

break-word: This is used to allow unbreakable words to be broken to the next line. Example-2:

html

<!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">
      GeeksforGeeks
    </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">
        GeeksforGeeksisacomputerscienceportal.
    </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:

initial: This is used to set the property to its default value. Example-3:

html highligt=38-39

<!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">
      GeeksforGeeks
    </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">
      GeeksforGeeksisacomputerscienceportal.
    </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:

html

<!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">
      GeeksforGeeks
    </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">
            GeeksforGeeksisacomputerscienceportal.
        </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:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Style wordWrap Property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Opera
Safari

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