CSS Text Effects
CSS Text Overflow, Word Wrap, Line Breaking
Rules, and Writing Modes
In this chapter you will learn about the following properties:
text-overflow
word-wrap
word-break
writing-mode
CSS Text Overflow
The CSS text-overflow property specifies how overflowed content that is not
displayed should be signaled to the user.
It can be clipped:
This is some long text that will not fit in the box
or it can be rendered as an ellipsis (...):
This is some long text that will not fit in the box
The CSS code is as follows:
Example
p.test1 {
white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #000000;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: clip; }p.test2 { white-space: nowrap; width: 200px; border: 1px solid #000000;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis; }
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The following example shows how you can display the overflowed content when hovering over the element:
Example
div.test:hover { overflow: visible;}
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CSS Word Wrapping
The CSS word-wrap property allows long words to be able to be broken and wrap onto the next line.
If a word is too long to fit within an area, it expands outside:
This paragraph contains a very long word: thisisaveryveryveryveryveryverylongword. The long word will break and wrap to the next line.
The word-wrap property allows you to force the text to wrap - even if it means splitting it in the middle of a word:
This paragraph contains a very long word: thisisaveryveryveryveryveryverylongword. The long word will break and wrap to the next line.
The CSS code is as follows:
Example
Allow long words to be able to be broken and wrap onto the next line:
p { word-wrap: break-word;}
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CSS Word Breaking
The CSS word-break property specifies line breaking rules.
This paragraph contains some text. This line will-break-at-hyphens.
This paragraph contains some text. The lines will break at any character.
The CSS code is as follows:
Example
p.test1 { word-break:
keep-all;}p.test2 { word-break:
break-all;}
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CSS Writing Mode
The CSS writing-mode property specifies
whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically.
Some text with a span element with a vertical-rl writing-mode.
The following example shows some different writing modes:
Example
p.test1 { writing-mode: horizontal-tb; }span.test2 { writing-mode: vertical-rl; }p.test2 { writing-mode:
vertical-rl; }
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Test Yourself With Exercises
Exercise:
Specify that the overflowed content for the <p> element should be signaled with an ellipsis (...).
<style>
p {
white-space: nowrap;
width: 200px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
overflow: hidden;
: ;
}
</style>
<body>
<p>
This paragraph contains a very long word: supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
</p>
</body>
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CSS Text Effect Properties
The following table lists the CSS text effect properties:
Property
Description
text-justify
Specifies how justified text should be aligned and spaced
text-overflow
Specifies how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user
word-break
Specifies line breaking rules for non-CJK scripts
word-wrap
Allows long words to be able to be broken and wrap onto the next line
writing-mode
Specifies whether lines of text are laid out horizontally or vertically
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Reference: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_text_effects.asp
CSS Text Effects
CSS is the language we use to style an HTML document.
CSS describes how HTML elements should be displayed.
This tutorial will teach you CSS from basic to advanced.
CSS describes how HTML elements should be displayed.
This tutorial will teach you CSS from basic to advanced.